How much revenue did Driftwood make?

$173k–$464k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Driftwood sell?

Q: How many copies did Driftwood sell?

31k to 51k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 31k–51k; $173k–$464k after Steam's cut $314k–$714k before Steam's cut; from 1k 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 Driftwood and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Driftwood's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 508k–1.1M

best case 27.0M (BeamNG.drive)

Games like Driftwood

A typical game among these

≈ 508k–1.1M copies

≈ $3.4M–$9.5M 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: BeamNG.drive at ≈ 20.5M–33.4M copies, ≈ $141.2M–$379.6M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 12k reviews in their first month; the range was 489 to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Automobile Sim (6 of 8) and Driving (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Driving, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Destruction + Physics + Realistic; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 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 61 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
BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.5M–33.4M 22x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $141.2M–$379.6M after Steam's cut $256.7M–$584.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	421k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationDriving
Motor Town: Behind The Wheel 2021	Est. copies ≈ 242k–393k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.6M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	10k reviews Very Positive	Early AccessOpen World
Jalopy 2018	Est. copies ≈ 345k–561k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.4M–$3.8M after Steam's cut $2.6M–$5.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	Automobile SimDriving
Mon Bazou 2025	Est. copies ≈ 517k–840k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.1M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.4M before Steam's cut	$15.99	21k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Early AccessAutomobile Sim
The Long Drive 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 3.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.2M–$19.2M after Steam's cut $13.0M–$29.6M before Steam's cut	$15.99	57k reviews Very Positive	DrivingOpen World
Trailmakers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.8M–$21.0M after Steam's cut $14.2M–$32.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Very Positive	SpaceAction
Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 429k–697k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	14k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationFlight
Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator 2023	Est. copies ≈ 464k–755k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.2M–$8.6M after Steam's cut $5.8M–$13.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	19k reviews Mostly Positive	AdventureDriving