How much revenue did Car Wash Simulator make?

$324–$871 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Car Wash Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Car Wash Simulator sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 48 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $324–$871 after Steam's cut $589–$1k before Steam's cut; from 48 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 Car Wash Simulator and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Car Wash Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 734k–832k

best case 12.8M (Assetto Corsa)

Games like Car Wash Simulator

A typical game among these

≈ 734k–832k copies

≈ $6.0M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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: Assetto Corsa at ≈ 9.8M–15.9M copies, ≈ $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Automobile Sim (8 of 8) and Racing (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–15.9M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut $97.8M–$222.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	175k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
DiRT Rally 2.0 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.7M–$20.7M after Steam's cut $14.0M–$31.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	49k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
F1® 2020 2020	Est. copies ≈ 990k–1.6M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Very Positive	RacingSimulation
Project CARS 2 2017	Est. copies ≈ 634k–1.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	18k reviews Very Positive	RacingDriving
DiRT 4 2017	Est. copies ≈ 559k–909k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	16k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Project CARS 2015	Est. copies ≈ 705k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingSimulation
F1 2018 2018	Est. copies ≈ 411k–668k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	14k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Motorsport Manager 2016	Est. copies ≈ 592k–962k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Very Positive	ManagementRacing