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How big is Pancake Sailor?
Estimated owners
≈ 5k–8k
from 187 reviews (Very Positive)

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 Pancake Sailor out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pancake Sailor's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 96k–624k
best case 2.0M (Stormworks: Build and Rescue)
The Open World lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 174k copies.

A typical game
≈ 174k copies
≈ $1.9M after Steam's cut
from ~4k reviews
Best case
≈ 2.0M copies
Stormworks: Build and Rescue · ≈ $19.8M after Steam's cut
from 59k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering
  • Winners here lead with Sandbox + Base-Building, priced around $25.
  • The games you compared span 2014 to 2020, a lane with a long track record.
  • A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

Similar games

2020
Est. copies
≈ 1.6M–2.5M
16x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$10.7M–$28.8M net $19.5M–$44.3M gross
$24.99
59k reviews
Very Positive
SandboxBase-Building +6
2016
Est. copies
≈ 185k–300k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
5k reviews
Very Positive
Free to PlayNaval Combat +6
2014
Est. copies
≈ 383k–622k
2.0x vs typical
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
$1.6M–$4.2M net $2.9M–$6.5M gross
$14.99
7k reviews
Mixed
Action RoguelikeSandbox +6
2018
Est. copies
≈ 81k–132k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$557k–$1.5M net $1.0M–$2.3M gross
$24.99
3k reviews
Very Positive
SimulationFishing +6
2015
Est. copies
≈ 754k–1.2M
4.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$1.4M–$3.9M net $2.6M–$6.0M gross
$6.99
16k reviews
Very Positive
FishingCats +6
2018
Est. copies
≈ 23k–37k
SteamSpy 20k–50k
Est. revenue
$95k–$255k net $172k–$392k gross
$14.99
756 reviews
Mixed
Open World Survival CraftSurvival +6
2019
Est. copies
≈ 74k–121k
SteamSpy 200k–500k
Est. revenue
Free
Free
3k reviews
Very Positive
Free to PlayPirates +6
2018
Est. copies
≈ 68k–111k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$282k–$757k net $512k–$1.2M gross
$14.99
2k reviews
Mostly Positive
Open World Survival CraftOpen World +6

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