How much revenue did Harbor Captain make?

$170–$459 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Harbor Captain sell?

Q: How many copies did Harbor Captain sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $170–$459 after Steam's cut $309–$706 before the cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Thin evidence: 5 reviews. That range swings on one or two people, so read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 135k–592k

best case 848k (Blackwake)

Games like Harbor Captain

The middle of these games

≈ 135k–592k copies

≈ $897k–$2.4M after Steam's cut

from ~5k 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: Blackwake at ≈ 646k–1.1M copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 1 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Naval (7 of 8) and Pirates (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pirates + Naval Combat.
The era: The games you compared span 2005 to 2025, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Blackwake 2020	Est. copies ≈ 646k–1.1M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	PiratesMultiplayer
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
Spilled! 2025	Est. copies ≈ 131k–212k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $215k–$579k after Steam's cut $391k–$890k before the cut	$5.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ShortRelaxing
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
Naval Action 2019	Est. copies ≈ 426k–693k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before the cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mixed	SailingNaval Combat
Maelstrom 2019	Est. copies ≈ 74k–121k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayPirates
Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $661k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before the cut	$34.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFishing
Docking Ships 2023	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before the cut	$0.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	RelaxingPuzzle