How much revenue did Disney•Pixar Cars make?

$785k–$2.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Disney•Pixar Cars sell?

Q: How many copies did Disney•Pixar Cars sell?

143k to 232k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 143k–232k; $785k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.2M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Disney•Pixar Cars and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Disney•Pixar Cars's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 562k–835k

best case 3.6M (Mafia: Definitive Edition)

Games like Disney•Pixar Cars

A typical game among these

≈ 562k–835k copies

≈ $3.5M–$6.4M after Steam's cut

from ~10k 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: Mafia: Definitive Edition at ≈ 2.8M–4.5M copies, ≈ $30.4M–$81.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (8 of 8) and Crime (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2002 to 2021, 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).

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Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City 2010	Est. copies ≈ 636k–1.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	10k reviews Mostly Positive	Open WorldAction
Need for Speed Undercover 2008	Est. copies ≈ 506k–823k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	8k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingOpen World
Mad Max 2015	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M 9.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.3M–$65.4M after Steam's cut $44.2M–$100.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	91k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldVehicular Combat
Mafia 2002	Est. copies ≈ 1.0M–1.7M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut $7.7M–$17.6M before Steam's cut	$14.99	16k reviews Very Positive	ActionStory Rich
Sable 2021	Est. copies ≈ 161k–262k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$24.99	6k reviews Very Positive	AtmosphericExploration
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.3M 7.9x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.6M–$66.2M after Steam's cut $44.7M–$101.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	80k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Sleeping Dogs unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 428k–696k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	17k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Mafia: Definitive Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.8M–4.5M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $30.4M–$81.7M after Steam's cut $55.2M–$125.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	111k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldCrime