How much revenue did Port Royale 3 make?

$414k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Port Royale 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Port Royale 3 sell?

100k to 163k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 100k–163k; $414k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $753k–$1.7M before the cut; from 2k reviews (Mostly 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 Port Royale 3 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Port Royale 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–31k

best case 70k (Port Royale 4)

Games like Port Royale 3

The middle of these games

≈ 3k–31k copies

≈ $26k–$116k after Steam's cut

from ~174 reviews

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

2 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Port Royale 4 at ≈ 53k–86k copies, ≈ $583k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 45 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 12 to 580.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Economy (7 of 8) and Trading (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Trading, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2025, and 2 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Port Royale 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 53k–86k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $583k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before the cut	$39.99	2k reviews Mixed	StrategySimulation
Patrician III 2010	Est. copies ≈ 64k–104k 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $88k–$237k after Steam's cut $160k–$364k before the cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
East India Company 2009	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $37k–$100k after Steam's cut $68k–$154k before the cut	$9.99	215 reviews Mixed	TradingCapitalism
Winds Of Trade 2017	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before the cut	$11.99	178 reviews Mixed	SandboxPirates
SugarWinds: Prologue 2022	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	23 reviews Mixed	City Builder Immersive Sim
Girls' civilization 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut	$12.99	29 reviews Mixed	SimulationRPG
High Seas, High Profits! 2025	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $17k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$72k before the cut	$14.99	170 reviews Very Positive	TradingEconomy
Terror of the Seven Seas 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before the cut	$14.99	108 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionPirates