How much revenue did Captain Cook: Word Puzzle make?

$197–$531 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Captain Cook: Word Puzzle sell?

Q: How many copies did Captain Cook: Word Puzzle sell?

144 to 234 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 144–234; $197–$531 after Steam's cut $359–$817 before the cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Thin evidence: 5 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Captain Cook: Word Puzzle out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Captain Cook: Word Puzzle's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 447–159k

best case 861k (Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game)

Games like Captain Cook: Word Puzzle

The middle of these games

≈ 447–159k copies

≈ $508–$116k after Steam's cut

from ~584 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

3 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Leaf Blower Revolution - Idle Game at ≈ 656k–1.1M copies.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 3k reviews in their first month.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Clicker (5 of 8) and Education (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Idler + Clicker.
The era: Only 3 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 of about 31, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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