How much revenue did Motorsport Manager make?

$3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Motorsport Manager sell?

Q: How many copies did Motorsport Manager sell?

592k to 962k copies, based on its 14k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 592k–962k; $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $5.9M–$13.5M before Steam's cut; from 14k 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 Motorsport Manager and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Motorsport Manager's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 409k–1.2M

best case 2.6M (Car Mechanic Simulator 2018)

Games like Motorsport Manager

A typical game among these

≈ 409k–1.2M copies

≈ $2.7M–$12.9M after Steam's cut

from ~14k 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 5k reviews in their first month; the range was 4k to 6k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Automobile Sim (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Automobile Sim, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, 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
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M 4.1x 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
Car Mechanic Simulator 2014 2014	Est. copies ≈ 288k–468k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $554k–$1.5M after Steam's cut $1.0M–$2.3M before Steam's cut	$6.99	5k reviews Very Positive	Automobile SimSimulation
Euro Truck Simulator 2013	Est. copies ≈ 484k–787k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $665k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$4.99	8k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim
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
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
F1® Manager 2022 2022	Est. copies ≈ 266k–433k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	11k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationStrategy
F1® 2020 2020	Est. copies ≈ 990k–1.6M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Very Positive	RacingSimulation
Forza Motorsport 2023	Est. copies ≈ 319k–518k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.1M–$16.5M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.4M before Steam's cut	$69.99	13k reviews Mixed	RacingAutomobile Sim