How much revenue did FlatOut 2 make?

$3.8M–$10.3M 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; $3.8M–$10.3M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$15.9M before the cut; from 22k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 FlatOut 2 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FlatOut 2's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 947k–2.3M

best case 5.0M (Need for Speed™ Heat)

Games like FlatOut 2

The middle of these games

≈ 947k–2.3M copies

≈ $8.0M–$42.8M after Steam's cut

from ~31k 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™ Heat at ≈ 3.8M–6.2M copies, ≈ $73.3M–$197.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 268 to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Racing (7 of 8) and Open World (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Open World, priced around $70.
The era: The games you compared 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 $73.3M–$197.1M after Steam's cut $133.3M–$303.3M before the 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 the 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 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $28.7M–$77.2M after Steam's cut $52.2M–$118.8M before the cut	$69.99	60k reviews Mixed	RacingMultiplayer
Need for Speed™ Payback 2020	Est. copies ≈ 801k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut $12.0M–$27.3M before the cut	$29.99	32k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Need for Speed™ 2020	Est. copies ≈ 732k–1.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.2M after Steam's cut $11.0M–$25.0M before the cut	$29.99	30k reviews Mixed	RacingMultiplayer
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted 2020	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.8M–$10.2M after Steam's cut $6.9M–$15.7M before the cut	$19.99	28k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingMultiplayer