How much revenue did PIRATECRAFT make?

$358–$962 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did PIRATECRAFT sell?

Q: How many copies did PIRATECRAFT sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 53 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1k–2k; $358–$962 after Steam's cut $650–$1k before the cut; from 53 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 PIRATECRAFT out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including PIRATECRAFT's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 236k–540k

best case 2.6M (Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™)

Games like PIRATECRAFT

The middle of these games

≈ 236k–540k copies

≈ $880k–$2.2M after Steam's cut

from ~6k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ at ≈ 1.9M–3.2M copies, ≈ $21.4M–$57.6M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (7 of 8) and Pirates (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pirates + Open World, priced around $35. The breakout hits carry Assassin + Stealth + Parkour; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2005 to 2018, 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 38 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.2M 13x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.6M after Steam's cut $38.9M–$88.6M before the cut	$39.99	79k reviews Very Positive	PiratesOpen World
Windward 2015	Est. copies ≈ 177k–288k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $487k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $885k–$2.0M before the cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	PiratesNaval Combat
Tempest: Pirate Action RPG 2016	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $450k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $818k–$1.9M before the cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mixed	PiratesAction
Risen 2: Dark Waters 2012	Est. copies ≈ 429k–697k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.1M–$4.9M before the cut	$9.99	7k reviews Mostly Positive	RPGPirates
Sid Meier's Pirates! 2005	Est. copies ≈ 476k–774k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before the cut	$9.99	8k reviews Very Positive	PiratesOpen World
ArcheAge 2015	Est. copies ≈ 358k–582k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	7k reviews Mixed	Massively MultiplayerFree to Play
ATLAS 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M 7.0x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.8M–$28.9M after Steam's cut $19.6M–$44.5M before the cut	$29.99	43k reviews Mixed	SurvivalOpen World
Worlds Adrift 2017	Est. copies ≈ 189k–308k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue Free	Free	6k reviews Mixed	Open WorldMassively Multiplayer