How much revenue did FlatOut 2 make?

$3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FlatOut 2 sell?

Q: How many copies did FlatOut 2 sell?

1.4M to 2.3M copies, based on its 22k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.4M–2.3M; $3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$16.0M before Steam's cut; from 22k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 FlatOut 2 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FlatOut 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 955k–2.3M

best case 5.0M (Need for Speed™ Heat)

Games like FlatOut 2

A typical game among these

≈ 955k–2.3M copies

≈ $8.1M–$43.1M after Steam's cut

from ~31k 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: Need for Speed™ Heat at ≈ 3.8M–6.2M copies, ≈ $73.7M–$198.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 267 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (7 of 8) and Open World (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Open World, priced around $70.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 79 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
Need for Speed™ Heat 2020	Est. copies ≈ 3.8M–6.2M 5.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $73.7M–$198.2M after Steam's cut $134.0M–$304.9M before Steam's cut	$69.99	154k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $948k–$2.5M after Steam's cut $1.7M–$3.9M before Steam's cut	$4.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Cult ClassicCombat Racing
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	20k reviews Very Positive	RacingCombat Racing
Crossout 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	70k reviews Mostly Positive	Third PersonGun Customization
Need for Speed™ Unbound 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $29.0M–$77.9M after Steam's cut $52.7M–$119.8M before Steam's cut	$69.99	61k reviews Mixed	RacingMultiplayer
Need for Speed™ Payback 2020	Est. copies ≈ 806k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.9M after Steam's cut $12.1M–$27.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Need for Speed™ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 737k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.4M after Steam's cut $11.1M–$25.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	30k reviews Mixed	RacingMultiplayer
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted 2020	Est. copies ≈ 699k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$15.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	28k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingMultiplayer