How much revenue did DriftForce make?

$1k–$3k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did DriftForce sell?

Q: How many copies did DriftForce sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 64 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–3k; $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut; from 64 reviews (Mixed)

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 DriftForce and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including DriftForce's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 733k–1.8M

best case 37.2M (Rocket League®)

Games like DriftForce

A typical game among these

≈ 733k–1.8M copies

≈ $7.1M–$11.5M after Steam's cut

from ~18k 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: Rocket League® at ≈ 28.3M–46.0M copies. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Sports (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Football (Soccer) + Competitive. The breakout hits carry Football (Soccer) + Team-Based + Online Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 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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Rocket League® 2015	Est. copies ≈ 28.3M–46.0M 32x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	580k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerFootball (Soccer)
TrackMania² Stadium 2013	Est. copies ≈ 423k–687k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.8M before Steam's cut	$9.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RacingMultiplayer
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.7M after Steam's cut $11.3M–$25.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	18k reviews Very Positive	RacingLocal Multiplayer
SpeedRunners 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.2M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.4M before Steam's cut	$14.99	37k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerRacing
Horizon Chase Turbo 2018	Est. copies ≈ 181k–294k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Very Positive	RacingArcade
DiRT Rally 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M 2.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Very Positive	RacingSimulation
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box 2009	Est. copies ≈ 852k–1.4M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
Descenders 2019	Est. copies ≈ 694k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $4.8M–$12.8M after Steam's cut $8.7M–$19.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	24k reviews Very Positive	SportsRacing