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)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left F1® 22 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including F1® 22's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 375k–1.2M

best case 1.3M (Car Mechanic Simulator 2021)

Games like F1® 22

The middle of these games

≈ 375k–1.2M copies

≈ $3.7M–$11.9M after Steam's cut

from ~19k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 at ≈ 955k–1.6M copies, ≈ $6.6M–$17.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

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

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Racing (8 of 8) and Driving (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Automobile Sim, priced around $25.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2025, and 1 of your 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 ≈ 864k–1.4M 1.9x 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 $10.3M–$27.6M after Steam's cut $18.7M–$42.5M before the 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 ≈ 195k–317k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $805k–$2.2M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.3M before the cut	$14.99	8k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
KartKraft™ 2018	Est. copies ≈ 122k–198k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $837k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.5M–$3.5M before the cut	$24.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingImmersive Sim
Le Mans Ultimate 2025	Est. copies ≈ 493k–801k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.6M after Steam's cut $9.9M–$22.4M before the cut	$39.99	20k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 2021	Est. copies ≈ 955k–1.6M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.6M after Steam's cut $11.9M–$27.1M before the cut	$24.99	38k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
Forza Motorsport 2023	Est. copies ≈ 316k–513k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.3M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$25.1M before the cut	$69.99	13k reviews Mixed	RacingAutomobile Sim