How much revenue did Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 make?

$554k–$1.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 sell?

Q: How many copies did Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 sell?

288k to 468k copies, based on its 5k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 288k–468k; $554k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut; from 5k 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 Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Car Mechanic Simulator 2014's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 992k–1.8M

best case 2.6M (Car Mechanic Simulator 2018)

Games like Car Mechanic Simulator 2014

A typical game among these

≈ 992k–1.8M copies

≈ $8.5M–$17.7M after Steam's cut

from ~27k 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: Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 at ≈ 2.0M–3.2M copies, ≈ $10.7M–$28.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Automobile Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2022, 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

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Car Mechanic Simulator 2015 2015	Est. copies ≈ 714k–1.2M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation
Construction Simulator 2022	Est. copies ≈ 363k–591k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.5M–$6.7M after Steam's cut $4.5M–$10.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	15k reviews Very Positive	SimulationMultiplayer
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $10.7M–$28.8M after Steam's cut $19.5M–$44.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	57k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
City Car Driving 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$27.9M after Steam's cut $18.9M–$42.9M before Steam's cut	$24.99	36k reviews Very Positive	SimulationDriving
Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game 2015	Est. copies ≈ 882k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.3M–$19.6M after Steam's cut $13.2M–$30.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Simulation Management
GearCity 2022	Est. copies ≈ 38k–61k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $207k–$555k after Steam's cut $376k–$854k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Management Simulation
Wrench 2018	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $516k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $938k–$2.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	2k reviews Very Positive	BuildingAutomobile Sim
Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 2021	Est. copies ≈ 963k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.0M–$27.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	39k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim