How much revenue did Project CARS 3 make?

Project CARS 3 is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Project CARS 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Project CARS 3 sell?

88k to 144k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 88k–144k; from 4k 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 Project CARS 3 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Project CARS 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.9M–5.3M

best case 9.2M (Forza Horizon 5)

Games like Project CARS 3

A typical game among these

≈ 1.9M–5.3M copies

≈ $46.1M–$99.2M after Steam's cut

from ~51k 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: Forza Horizon 5 at ≈ 7.0M–11.4M copies, ≈ $115.3M–$310.1M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 6k reviews in their first month; the range was 6k to 42k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Racing (8 of 8) and Automobile Sim (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Racing + Open World, priced around $60.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2008 to 2022, 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 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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DiRT Rally 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Very Positive	RacingSimulation
Wreckfest 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.4M–$28.0M after Steam's cut $19.0M–$43.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	42k reviews Very Positive	RacingDestruction
Assetto Corsa 2014	Est. copies ≈ 9.8M–15.9M 3.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $53.8M–$144.6M after Steam's cut $97.8M–$222.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	175k reviews Very Positive	RacingAutomobile Sim
Forza Horizon 5 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.0M–11.4M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $115.3M–$310.1M after Steam's cut $209.7M–$477.1M before Steam's cut	$59.99	282k reviews Very Positive	RacingOpen World
F1® 2020 2020	Est. copies ≈ 990k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	40k reviews Very Positive	RacingSimulation
TrackMania Nations Forever 2008	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	24k reviews Very Positive	RacingFree to Play
Need for Speed™ Unbound 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $29.0M–$77.9M after Steam's cut $52.7M–$119.8M before Steam's cut	$69.99	61k reviews Mixed	RacingMultiplayer
The Crew™ 2 2018	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.9M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.2M after Steam's cut $45.5M–$103.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	100k reviews Mostly Positive	RacingOpen World