How much revenue did Initial Drift Online make?

$198k–$533k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Initial Drift Online sell?

Q: How many copies did Initial Drift Online 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; $198k–$533k after Steam's cut $361k–$821k before Steam's cut; from 6k reviews (Mixed)

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 Initial Drift Online and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Initial Drift Online's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 368k–1.0M

best case 78.3M (Euro Truck Simulator 2)

Games like Initial Drift Online

A typical game among these

≈ 368k–1.0M copies

≈ $3.3M–$12.0M after Steam's cut

from ~19k 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: Euro Truck Simulator 2 at ≈ 59.7M–97.0M copies, ≈ $328.0M–$881.9M 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 4k reviews in their first month; the range was 489 to 12k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Automobile Sim (7 of 8) and Driving (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Driving + Transportation, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Transportation + Relaxing + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2025, and 1 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
Euro Truck Simulator 2 2012	Est. copies ≈ 59.7M–97.0M 50x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $328.0M–$881.9M after Steam's cut $596.4M–$1356.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	944k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	DrivingTransportation
Motor Town: Behind The Wheel 2021	Est. copies ≈ 242k–393k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessOpen World
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 464k–755k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	19k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureDriving
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 2021	Est. copies ≈ 963k–1.6M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.0M–$27.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
F1® 22 2022	Est. copies ≈ 634k–1.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Mixed	RacingImmersive Sim
Forza Motorsport 2023	Est. copies ≈ 319k–518k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.4M before Steam's cut	$69.99	13k reviews Mixed	RacingAutomobile Sim
Sledders 2025	Est. copies ≈ 121k–197k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Very Positive	MotocrossSimulation
SnowRunner 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$31.1M after Steam's cut $21.0M–$47.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	56k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim