How much revenue did Drive Beyond Horizons make?

$3.5M–$9.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Drive Beyond Horizons sell?

Q: How many copies did Drive Beyond Horizons sell?

504k to 819k copies, based on its 20k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 504k–819k; $3.5M–$9.3M after Steam's cut $6.3M–$14.3M before Steam's cut; from 20k reviews (Mostly 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 Drive Beyond Horizons and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Drive Beyond Horizons's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–6.1M

best case 27.0M (BeamNG.drive)

Games like Drive Beyond Horizons

A typical game among these

≈ 2.0M–6.1M copies

≈ $15.6M–$80.0M after Steam's cut

from ~63k 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.

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.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.5M–33.4M 6.7x 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
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–15.9M 2.8x 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
My Summer Car 2025	Est. copies ≈ 2.9M–4.8M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.1M–$32.4M after Steam's cut $21.9M–$49.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	118k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation
Crossout 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	70k reviews Mostly Positive	Third PersonGun Customization
The Long Drive 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.6M–2.6M 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
DiRT Rally 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Very Positive	RacingSimulation
Wreckfest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	42k reviews Very Positive	RacingDestruction
Trailmakers 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M 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