How much revenue did The Caribbean Sail make?

$76k–$204k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Caribbean Sail sell?

Q: How many copies did The Caribbean Sail sell?

18k to 30k copies, based on its 534 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–30k; $76k–$204k after Steam's cut $138k–$313k before the cut; from 534 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 The Caribbean Sail out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Caribbean Sail's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 10k–129k

best case 253k (The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt)

Games like The Caribbean Sail

The middle of these games

≈ 10k–129k copies

≈ $43k–$883k after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt at ≈ 193k–314k copies.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 544 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 81 to 681.

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 Naval Combat + Pirates.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2024, and 3 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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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
Rogue Waters 2024	Est. copies ≈ 32k–51k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $261k–$701k after Steam's cut $474k–$1.1M before the cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics
Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $29k–$77k after Steam's cut $52k–$119k before the cut	$24.99	169 reviews Mixed	SimulationNaval Combat
Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships 2018	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $18k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$73k before the cut	$7.99	264 reviews Mostly Positive	ViolentGore
Sea Dogs 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $17k–$46k after Steam's cut $31k–$71k before the cut	$11.99	172 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGAction
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own 2012	Est. copies ≈ 149k–242k 1.9x vs typical 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
Caribbean Legend 2024	Est. copies ≈ 81k–131k 2.6x vs typical 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
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt 2016	Est. copies ≈ 193k–314k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayNaval Combat