How much revenue did Republic of Pirates make?

$91k–$245k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Republic of Pirates sell?

Q: How many copies did Republic of Pirates sell?

13k to 22k copies, based on its 534 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–22k; $91k–$245k after Steam's cut $165k–$376k before the cut; from 534 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 Republic of Pirates out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Republic of Pirates's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 920–1.8M

best case 6.9M (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition)

Games like Republic of Pirates

The middle of these games

≈ 920–1.8M copies

≈ $33k–$33.1M after Steam's cut

from ~510 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: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition at ≈ 5.2M–8.5M copies, ≈ $50.4M–$135.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 12 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 20.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on City Builder (7 of 8) and RTS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + City Builder, priced around $35.
The era: The games you compared span 2009 to 2023, 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 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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Age of Empires II (Retired) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.6M 202x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $35.7M–$96.0M after Steam's cut $64.9M–$147.8M before the cut	$19.99	103k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS
Commander: Conquest of the Americas 2010	Est. copies ≈ 12k–19k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $33k–$88k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before the cut	$9.99	189 reviews Mixed	RTSAlternate History
Tropico Reloaded 2009	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $120k–$324k after Steam's cut $219k–$498k before the cut	$6.99	991 reviews Very Positive	Simulation City Builder
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5.2M–8.5M 356x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $50.4M–$135.5M after Steam's cut $91.6M–$208.4M before the cut	$34.99	182k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Survival Revelation: End of Days 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $83–$221 after Steam's cut $150–$340 before the cut	$5.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	ActionSimulation
SugarWinds: Prologue 2022	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	23 reviews Mixed	City Builder Immersive Sim
Buoyancy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $85k–$230k after Steam's cut $155k–$354k before the cut	$12.99	831 reviews Mixed	Colony SimStrategy
Path to Prosperity 2020	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before the cut	$14.99	30 reviews Positive	Early AccessStrategy