How much revenue did Motordoom make?

$17k–$47k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Motordoom sell?

Q: How many copies did Motordoom sell?

5k to 7k copies, based on its 182 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5k–7k; $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$72k before Steam's cut; from 182 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 Motordoom and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Motordoom's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 9k–52k

best case 148k (BMX Streets)

Games like Motordoom

A typical game among these

≈ 9k–52k copies

≈ $20k–$280k after Steam's cut

from ~535 reviews

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

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: BMX Streets at ≈ 113k–183k copies, ≈ $774k–$2.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 219 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 1k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Skateboarding (5 of 8) and Sports (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + Simulation, priced around $25.
When they shipped: 4 of the 8 similar games shipped in the last two years, so this genre is actively shipping.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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STREET UNi X 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $12k–$33k after Steam's cut $22k–$50k before Steam's cut	$19.99	89 reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingBMX
BMX Streets 2024	Est. copies ≈ 113k–183k 8.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $774k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
BMX The Game 2020	Est. copies ≈ 15k–24k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $102k–$274k after Steam's cut $185k–$421k before Steam's cut	$24.99	597 reviews Mixed	BMXSports
STORROR Parkour Pro 2025	Est. copies ≈ 44k–72k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $303k–$815k after Steam's cut $551k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessParkour
The Ramp 2021	Est. copies ≈ 39k–63k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $63k–$171k after Steam's cut $115k–$262k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SkateboardingSports
California Games (C64/DOS/Atari/Lynx/NES/SMS/Genesis) 2020	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $2k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$9.99	23 reviews Mixed	RetroSports
Froggy's Battle 2023	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$26k before Steam's cut	$1.99	472 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeRogue-lite
Helskate 2025	Est. copies ≈ 9k–14k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $59k–$160k after Steam's cut $108k–$246k before Steam's cut	$24.99	349 reviews Mixed	SkateboardingAction Roguelike