How much revenue did Cart Racer make?

$21k–$55k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Cart Racer sell?

Q: How many copies did Cart Racer sell?

38k to 61k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 38k–61k; $21k–$55k after Steam's cut $37k–$85k before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 Cart Racer and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Cart Racer's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 146k–265k

best case 907k (Garfield Kart)

Games like Cart Racer

A typical game among these

≈ 146k–265k copies

≈ $507k–$1.2M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Nudity (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Garfield Kart at ≈ 691k–1.1M copies, ≈ $948k–$2.5M 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 Nudity (3 of 8) and Racing (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with LEGO + Open World, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Story Rich; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2011 to 2019, 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 36 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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LEGO® City Undercover 2017	Est. copies ≈ 397k–645k 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.2M–$5.9M after Steam's cut $4.0M–$9.0M before Steam's cut	$19.99	12k reviews Very Positive	LEGOOpen World
NEKOPARA Vol. 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 535k–870k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	13k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	AnimeSexual Content
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 127k–207k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $524k–$1.4M after Steam's cut $953k–$2.2M before Steam's cut	$14.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyAction
Garfield Kart 2015	Est. copies ≈ 691k–1.1M 3.8x vs typical 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
NEKOPARA Vol. 3 2017	Est. copies ≈ 414k–672k 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$9.99	12k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	HentaiSexual Content
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction 2011	Est. copies ≈ 277k–450k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $760k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Overwhelmingly Negative	Psychological HorrorCombat Racing
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad 2015	Est. copies ≈ 490k–796k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $133k–$358k after Steam's cut $242k–$551k before Steam's cut	$0.99	10k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Arcade2D
OMON Simulator 2019	Est. copies ≈ 95k–154k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $26k–$70k after Steam's cut $47k–$107k before Steam's cut	$0.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	NuditySimulation