How much revenue did Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific make?

$198k–$532k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific sell?

Q: How many copies did Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific sell?

72k to 117k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 72k–117k; $198k–$532k after Steam's cut $360k–$818k before the cut; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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 Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 69k–216k

best case 884k (UBOAT)

Games like Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific

The middle of these games

≈ 69k–216k copies

≈ $635k–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: UBOAT at ≈ 673k–1.1M copies, ≈ $5.6M–$14.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Naval (8 of 8) and Simulation (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + World War II, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2008 to 2024, and 1 of your 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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Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Missions 2008	Est. copies ≈ 20k–33k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $56k–$149k after Steam's cut $101k–$230k before the cut	$9.99	320 reviews Very Positive	SimulationNaval Combat
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter 2023	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $250k–$673k after Steam's cut $455k–$1.0M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationNaval Combat
UBOAT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 673k–1.1M 11x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$14.9M after Steam's cut $10.1M–$23.0M before the cut	$29.99	27k reviews Very Positive	SimulationWorld War II
Cold Waters 2017	Est. copies ≈ 163k–265k 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before the cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SimulationNaval Combat
Battlestations Pacific 2009	Est. copies ≈ 164k–267k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Mostly Positive	World War IIStrategy
Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic 2010	Est. copies ≈ 160k–260k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $439k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $798k–$1.8M before the cut	$9.99	3k reviews Mixed	SimulationNaval Combat
Silent Hunter® III 2008	Est. copies ≈ 166k–270k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $456k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $830k–$1.9M before the cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Naval CombatSimulation
Wolfpack 2019	Est. copies ≈ 60k–98k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $579k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before the cut	$34.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationNaval Combat