How much revenue did Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now make?

$150k–$404k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now sell?

Q: How many copies did Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now sell?

55k to 89k copies, based on its 977 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 55k–89k; $150k–$404k after Steam's cut $273k–$622k before the cut; from 977 reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 224k–499k

best case 1.7M (Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit)

Games like Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now

The middle of these games

≈ 224k–499k copies

≈ $1.7M–$3.1M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit at ≈ 1.3M–2.1M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Automobile Sim (8 of 8) and Racing (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Driving, priced around $50. The breakout hits carry Driving + PvP + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2007 to 2025, and 1 of your 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 79 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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