How much revenue did F1® 22 make?

F1® 22 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did F1® 22 sell?

Q: How many copies did F1® 22 sell?

634k to 1.0M copies, based on its 26k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 634k–1.0M; from 26k 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 F1® 22 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including F1® 22's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 379k–1.2M

best case 1.3M (Car Mechanic Simulator 2021)

Games like F1® 22

A typical game among these

≈ 379k–1.2M copies

≈ $3.7M–$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: Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 at ≈ 963k–1.6M copies, ≈ $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 175 to 10k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Driving (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Automobile Sim, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 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 38 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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F1® 2021 2021	Est. copies ≈ 863k–1.4M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	35k reviews Very Positive	RacingDriving
MX Bikes 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.7M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$27.9M after Steam's cut $18.8M–$42.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	37k reviews Very Positive	MotocrossMotorbike
F1® 23 2023	Est. copies ≈ 437k–710k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Very Positive	VRRacing
Uncrashed : FPV Drone Simulator 2021	Est. copies ≈ 199k–323k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $819k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
KartKraft™ 2018	Est. copies ≈ 122k–199k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $840k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before Steam's cut	$24.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingImmersive Sim
Le Mans Ultimate 2025	Est. copies ≈ 505k–821k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.6M–$14.9M after Steam's cut $10.1M–$23.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	20k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 2021	Est. copies ≈ 963k–1.6M 2.0x 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
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