How much revenue did Distance make?

$1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Distance sell?

Q: How many copies did Distance sell?

231k to 375k copies, based on its 8k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 231k–375k; $1.6M–$4.3M after Steam's cut $2.9M–$6.6M before Steam's cut; from 8k 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 Distance and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Distance's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 120k–309k

best case 502k (Retrowave)

Games like Distance

A typical game among these

≈ 120k–309k copies

≈ $375k–$1.7M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Retrowave at ≈ 383k–622k copies, ≈ $315k–$846k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (7 of 8) and Flight (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + 1980s, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, 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 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
Retrowave 2022	Est. copies ≈ 383k–622k 3.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $315k–$846k after Steam's cut $572k–$1.3M before Steam's cut	$2.99	15k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Racing1980s
Trials Fusion™ 2014	Est. copies ≈ 140k–228k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $770k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Mixed	RacingMultiplayer
Redout: Enhanced Edition 2016	Est. copies ≈ 194k–316k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RacingFlight
GRIP: Combat Racing 2018	Est. copies ≈ 157k–255k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	5k reviews Very Positive	RacingAction
BallisticNG 2018	Est. copies ≈ 114k–186k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $471k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $856k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Combat RacingFuturistic
Kitten Burst 2024	Est. copies ≈ 10k–17k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $58k–$155k after Steam's cut $105k–$238k before Steam's cut	$19.99	422 reviews Very Positive	RacingFlight
BREAK ARTS II 2018	Est. copies ≈ 22k–36k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $92k–$247k after Steam's cut $167k–$380k before Steam's cut	$14.99	733 reviews Mostly Positive	RacingAction
Steam Link 2015	Est. copies ≈ 360k–584k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Mostly Positive	Steam MachineSoftware