How much revenue did FlatOut make?

$872k–$2.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FlatOut sell?

Q: How many copies did FlatOut sell?

423k to 688k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 423k–688k; $872k–$2.3M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.6M before Steam's cut; from 7k 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 FlatOut and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FlatOut's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 685k–1.7M

best case 3.2M (Crossout)

Games like FlatOut

A typical game among these

≈ 685k–1.7M copies

≈ $5.5M–$9.2M after Steam's cut

from ~21k 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: Crossout at ≈ 2.4M–3.9M copies.

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 779 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Automobile Sim (7 of 8) and Racing (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Third Person + Gun Customization.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2025, and 1 of the 8 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
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Collector's Edition 2008	Est. copies ≈ 491k–798k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.3M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	8k reviews Very Positive	Combat RacingRacing
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
Crossout 2017	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 3.3x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	70k reviews Mostly Positive	Third PersonGun Customization
SimplePlanes 2015	Est. copies ≈ 533k–865k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$12.99	11k reviews Very Positive	FlightSandbox
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
FlatOut 2 2006	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.4M after Steam's cut $7.0M–$16.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	22k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RacingCombat Racing
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
Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2025	Est. copies ≈ 392k–637k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $5.4M–$14.5M after Steam's cut $9.8M–$22.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	16k reviews Very Positive	RacingDriving