How much revenue did CarX Drift Racing Online make?

$14.4M–$38.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did CarX Drift Racing Online sell?

Q: How many copies did CarX Drift Racing Online sell?

3.1M to 5.0M copies, based on its 89k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.1M–5.0M; $14.4M–$38.6M after Steam's cut $26.1M–$59.4M before Steam's cut; from 89k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 CarX Drift Racing Online and predicted how it would do from its 4 similar games. Every figure here, including CarX Drift Racing Online's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.0M–9.7M

best case 27.0M (BeamNG.drive)

Games like CarX Drift Racing Online

A typical game among these

≈ 2.0M–9.7M copies

≈ $19.8M–$98.8M after Steam's cut

from ~90k 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 4 of the similar games are hits.

This comes from a small set of games, so take it as a sketch.

Best case: BeamNG.drive at ≈ 20.5M–33.4M copies, ≈ $141.2M–$379.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Automobile Sim (3 of 4) and Driving (3 of 4).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Driving, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2026, and 1 of the 4 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 61 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
Scrap Mechanic 2026	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.0M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.3M–$65.4M after Steam's cut $44.2M–$100.6M before Steam's cut	$28.99	123k reviews Very Positive	BuildingSandbox
MudRunner 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.4M–$22.5M after Steam's cut $15.2M–$34.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	44k reviews Very Positive	OffroadSimulation
BeamNG.drive 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20.5M–33.4M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $141.2M–$379.6M after Steam's cut $256.7M–$584.0M before Steam's cut	$24.99	421k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	SimulationDriving
SnowRunner 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.5M–$31.1M after Steam's cut $21.0M–$47.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	56k reviews Very Positive	SimulationAutomobile Sim