How much revenue did Race The Sun make?

$1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Race The Sun sell?

Q: How many copies did Race The Sun sell?

402k to 653k copies, based on its 6k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 402k–653k; $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut; from 6k 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 Race The Sun and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Race The Sun's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–15k

best case 19k (Madrun)

Games like Race The Sun

A typical game among these

≈ 4k–15k copies

≈ $6k–$18k after Steam's cut

from ~186 reviews

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

None of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Madrun at ≈ 14k–23k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 30 reviews in their first month; the range was 16 to 384.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Runner (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + 2D Platformer.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2023, 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 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

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Unpossible 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$2.99	131 reviews Very Positive	RacingFast-Paced
Jones On Fire 2015	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before Steam's cut	$2.99	241 reviews Mixed	RunnerCats
Magical Girl Dash 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $405–$1k after Steam's cut $737–$2k before Steam's cut	$0.99	60 reviews Very Positive	Precision PlatformerRunner
Sunset Drive 1986 2021	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	247 reviews Very Positive	Early AccessRunner
Madrun 2020	Est. copies ≈ 14k–23k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	573 reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRacing
Space Ribbon - Slipstream to the Extreme 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$3.99	103 reviews Mixed	DrivingCombat Racing
SpermDash精疲力尽 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	104 reviews Very Positive	CasualParkour
Switchcars 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$118k before Steam's cut	$8.99	467 reviews Very Positive	Action RoguelikeAction