How much revenue did Windward make?

An estimated 462k to 1.2M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Windward sell?

Q: How many copies did Windward sell?

An estimated 168k to 273k copies, based on its 4k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 168k–273k; $462k–$1.2M net $840k–$1.9M gross; from 4k 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 Windward out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Windward's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 327k–642k

best case 2.5M (Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™)

The Pirates lane

A solid, mid-sized genre: most sell around 506k copies.

A typical game

≈ 506k copies

≈ $3.6M after Steam's cut

from ~10k reviews

Best case

≈ 2.5M copies

Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ · ≈ $38.0M after Steam's cut

from 78k reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Pirates + Open World, priced around $40.
The games you compared span 2005 to 2025, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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