How many copies did Ludicrous Speed sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 44 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Ludicrous Speed make?

Ludicrous Speed is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Ludicrous Speed?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 1k–2k; from 44 reviews (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 Ludicrous Speed and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ludicrous Speed's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 346–1k

best case 527k (Race The Sun)

Games like Ludicrous Speed

A typical game among these

≈ 346–1k copies

≈ $633–$3k after Steam's cut

from ~21 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Race The Sun at ≈ 402k–653k copies, ≈ $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3 reviews in their first month; the range was 3 to 17.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Runner (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Procedural Generation + Runner, priced around $10. The breakout hits carry Perma Death + Difficult + Tutorial; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 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).

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VRIKING 2023	Est. copies ≈ 124–202 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $272–$735 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before Steam's cut	$7.99	5 reviews 5 user reviews	Early AccessSimulation
Race The Sun 2013	Est. copies ≈ 402k–653k 303x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	6k reviews Very Positive	Procedural GenerationRunner
Space Ribbon - Slipstream to the Extreme 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$9k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$3.99	103 reviews Mixed	DrivingCombat Racing
Void 21 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$5k after Steam's cut $3k–$7k before Steam's cut	$4.99	30 reviews Positive	RacingAction
Dash Dash Run! 2017	Est. copies ≈ 860–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	25 reviews Positive	IndieCasual
Let's Go! Skiing VR 2019	Est. copies ≈ 403–655 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $553–$1k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before Steam's cut	$4.99	14 reviews Mostly Positive	VR3D Platformer
Flock Party 2023	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$440 after Steam's cut $296–$677 before Steam's cut	$7.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	RacingFlight
Camelbirds 2025	Est. copies ≈ 521–846 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $858–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$5.99	21 reviews Mostly Positive	RacingAction