How much revenue did Winds Of Trade make?

$20k–$54k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Winds Of Trade sell?

Q: How many copies did Winds Of Trade sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 178 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before the cut; from 178 reviews (Mixed)

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

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 88k–223k

best case 625k (Sid Meier's Pirates!)

Games like Winds Of Trade

The middle of these games

≈ 88k–223k copies

≈ $698k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sid Meier's Pirates! at ≈ 476k–774k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 81 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 57 to 681.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Pirates (7 of 8) and Naval (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pirates + Open World, priced around $10.
The era: The games you compared span 2005 to 2024, 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).

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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
Sid Meier's Pirates! 2005	Est. copies ≈ 476k–774k 2.7x vs typical 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
Blood and Gold: Caribbean! 2015	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $343k–$921k after Steam's cut $623k–$1.4M before the cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mixed	PiratesNaval
Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$119k before the cut	$24.99	169 reviews Mixed	SimulationNaval Combat
Hazeron Starship 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$59k before the cut	$19.99	104 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationFPS
Caribbean Legend 2024	Est. copies ≈ 81k–131k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $890k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before the cut	$39.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	PiratesRPG
Tropico Reloaded 2009	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k 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
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own 2012	Est. copies ≈ 149k–242k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $615k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before the cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	PiratesNaval