How much revenue did Wreckfest 2 make?

$1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Wreckfest 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did Wreckfest 2 sell?

145k to 235k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 145k–235k; $1.4M–$3.7M after Steam's cut $2.5M–$5.8M before Steam's cut; from 6k reviews (Mostly Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Wreckfest 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Wreckfest 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 855k–1.7M

best case 2.0M (Need for Speed™ Unbound)

Games like Wreckfest 2

A typical game among these

≈ 855k–1.7M copies

≈ $4.1M–$11.7M after Steam's cut

from ~21k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Need for Speed™ Unbound at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $29.0M–$77.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 267 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Combat Racing (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Open World, priced around $70.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2022, and none of them shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
FlatOut 2 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$16.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingCombat Racing
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
SimplePlanes 2015	Est. copies ≈ 533k–865k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$12.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FlightSandbox
Road Redemption 2017	Est. copies ≈ 466k–758k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.6M–$6.9M after Steam's cut $4.7M–$10.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Vehicular CombatRacing
Need for Speed™ Payback 2020	Est. copies ≈ 806k–1.3M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	20k reviews Very Positive	RacingCombat Racing
Need for Speed™ Unbound 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $29.0M–$77.9M after Steam's cut $52.7M–$119.8M before Steam's cut	$69.99	61k reviews Mixed	RacingMultiplayer
Need for Speed™ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 737k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	30k reviews Mixed	RacingMultiplayer