How much revenue did Chaos on Wheels make?

$3k–$9k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Chaos on Wheels sell?

Q: How many copies did Chaos on Wheels sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 49 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$14k before Steam's cut; from 49 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 Chaos on Wheels and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Chaos on Wheels's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 168k–1.2M

best case 3.2M (Crossout)

Games like Chaos on Wheels

A typical game among these

≈ 168k–1.2M copies

≈ $1.1M–$4.3M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Realistic (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Crossout at ≈ 2.4M–3.9M copies.

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 182 to 46k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Realistic (3 of 8) and War (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third Person + Gun Customization.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 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 43 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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GRIP: Combat Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 157k–255k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RacingAction
War Robots: Frontiers 2025	Est. copies ≈ 123k–199k SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayThird-Person Shooter
Crossout 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 7.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	70k reviews Mostly Positive	Third PersonGun Customization
Naval Action 2019	Est. copies ≈ 428k–695k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mixed	SailingNaval Combat
VTOL VR 2017	Est. copies ≈ 752k–1.2M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.7M after Steam's cut $11.3M–$25.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	FlightVR
World War 3 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.2M 5.4x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	55k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayFPS
Warbox 2021	Est. copies ≈ 91k–147k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $249k–$670k after Steam's cut $453k–$1.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mixed	SandboxWar
Warpips 2022	Est. copies ≈ 130k–211k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $605k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$16.99	5k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTower Defense