How many copies did Sunset Drive 1986 sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 247 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Sunset Drive 1986 make?

Sunset Drive 1986 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Sunset Drive 1986?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 6k–10k; from 247 reviews (Very 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 Sunset Drive 1986 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sunset Drive 1986's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 162k–268k

best case 502k (Retrowave)

Games like Sunset Drive 1986

A typical game among these

≈ 162k–268k copies

≈ $344k–$2.4M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: Retrowave at ≈ 383k–622k copies, ≈ $315k–$846k after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

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 1k to 7k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (6 of 8) and Arcade (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + 1980s, priced around $11. The breakout hits carry Action + Music + Fast-Paced; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2025, and 3 of the 8 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Retrowave 2022	Est. copies ≈ 383k–622k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $315k–$846k after Steam's cut $572k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$2.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Racing1980s
Drift86 2019	Est. copies ≈ 214k–348k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $117k–$316k after Steam's cut $213k–$485k before Steam's cut	$1.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RacingMultiplayer
Razortron 2000 2016	Est. copies ≈ 136k–221k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $186k–$501k after Steam's cut $339k–$771k before Steam's cut	$4.99	3k reviews Very Positive	CasualRacing
Race The Sun 2013	Est. copies ≈ 402k–653k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Procedural GenerationRunner
Haste 2025	Est. copies ≈ 355k–577k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $2.0M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Fast-PacedAction
Vecter 2020	Est. copies ≈ 72k–117k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to PlayRacing
F1® Manager 2024 2024	Est. copies ≈ 174k–283k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.5M after Steam's cut $3.0M–$6.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	7k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
Expeditions: A MudRunner Game 2024	Est. copies ≈ 119k–193k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Mixed	ModdableMultiplayer