How much revenue did Trials 2: Second Edition make?

$49k–$131k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Trials 2: Second Edition sell?

Q: How many copies did Trials 2: Second Edition sell?

18k to 29k copies, based on its 280 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–29k; $49k–$131k after Steam's cut $88k–$201k before Steam's cut; from 280 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 Trials 2: Second Edition and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Trials 2: Second Edition's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.5M–5.1M

best case 37.2M (Rocket League®)

Games like Trials 2: Second Edition

A typical game among these

≈ 1.5M–5.1M copies

≈ $9.3M–$39.2M after Steam's cut

from ~39k 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: Rocket League® at ≈ 28.3M–46.0M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (7 of 8) and Automobile Sim (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Football (Soccer) + Competitive.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 to 2020, 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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