How much revenue did Sid Meier's Pirates! make?

An estimated 1.1M to 2.9M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sid Meier's Pirates! sell?

Q: How many copies did Sid Meier's Pirates! sell?

An estimated 389k to 632k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 389k–632k; $1.1M–$2.9M net $1.9M–$4.4M gross; from 7k reviews (Very 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 Sid Meier's Pirates! out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sid Meier's Pirates!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 652k–1.3M

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

The Open World lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 810k copies.

A typical game

≈ 810k copies

≈ $9.9M after Steam's cut

from ~21k 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 2023, 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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