How much revenue did Pacific Drive make?

$5.5M–$14.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pacific Drive sell?

Q: How many copies did Pacific Drive sell?

669k to 1.1M copies, based on its 27k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 669k–1.1M; $5.5M–$14.8M after Steam's cut $10.0M–$22.8M before Steam's cut; from 27k 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 Pacific Drive and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pacific Drive's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 44k–604k

best case 5.8M (Mad Max)

Games like Pacific Drive

A typical game among these

≈ 44k–604k copies

≈ $143k–$3.5M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Mad Max at ≈ 4.4M–7.2M copies, ≈ $24.3M–$65.4M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Driving (5 of 8) and Survival (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Vehicular Combat, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, 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 61 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
Mad Max 2015	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 43x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.3M–$65.4M after Steam's cut $44.2M–$100.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	91k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldVehicular Combat
No Time 2019	Est. copies ≈ 64k–105k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $230k–$618k after Steam's cut $418k–$951k before Steam's cut	$12.99	2k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Time TravelTime Manipulation
Jalopy 2018	Est. copies ≈ 345k–561k 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Automobile SimDriving
FAR: Lone Sails 2018	Est. copies ≈ 806k–1.3M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	27k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AtmosphericAdventure
Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator 2024	Est. copies ≈ 48k–79k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $266k–$716k after Steam's cut $484k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessTrains
Just Ride：Apparent Horizon 狂飙：极限视界 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $30k–$80k after Steam's cut $54k–$122k before Steam's cut	$19.99	187 reviews Mostly Positive	ViolentAction
The Last Hope 2016	Est. copies ≈ 41k–67k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $23k–$61k after Steam's cut $41k–$93k before Steam's cut	$1.99	989 reviews Mostly Negative	ExplorationAction Roguelike
Last Holiday 2023	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $93k–$251k after Steam's cut $170k–$386k before Steam's cut	$29.99	456 reviews Mixed	Early AccessRealistic