How many copies did Captain Backwater sell?

1k to 2k copies, based on its 36 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Captain Backwater make?

Captain Backwater is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Captain Backwater?

Estimated owners: ≈ 1k–2k; from 36 reviews (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 Captain Backwater out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Captain Backwater's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 423–2k

best case 14k (Sagrada)

Games like Captain Backwater

The middle of these games

≈ 423–2k copies

≈ $891–$2k after Steam's cut

from ~17 reviews

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

None of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sagrada at ≈ 11k–18k copies, ≈ $30k–$81k after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 12 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 2 to 60.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Board Game (8 of 8) and Match 3 (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Board Game + Tabletop, priced around $10.
The era: Only 2 of your 8 similar games shipped in the last two years. That says more about your picks than about the market, so add newer similar games to read the timing.

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 36 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
Sagrada 2020	Est. copies ≈ 11k–18k 27x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $30k–$81k after Steam's cut $55k–$124k before the cut	$9.99	440 reviews Very Positive	Board GameTabletop
JENTRIX 2022	Est. copies ≈ 422–685 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $927–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before the cut	$7.99	17 reviews Positive	CasualBoard Game
Cursed House 11 Match 3 Puzzle 2022	Est. copies ≈ 99–161 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $272–$732 after Steam's cut $495–$1k before the cut	$9.99	4 reviews 4 user reviews	Match 3Puzzle
Jigsaw Puzzle - Pro Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 403–655 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $553–$1k after Steam's cut $1k–$2k before the cut	$4.99	14 reviews Positive	PuzzleRelaxing
Mike's Garden 2024	Est. copies ≈ 397–645 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $654–$2k after Steam's cut $1k–$3k before the cut	$5.99	16 reviews Positive	Board GameMatch 3
Hanoi Puzzles: Solid Match 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k 3.5x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before the cut	$2.99	57 reviews Very Positive	PuzzleMatch 3
Shisensho Solitaire 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before the cut	$1.99	88 reviews Very Positive	SolitairePuzzle
siXide 2024	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $61–$164 after Steam's cut $111–$253 before the cut	$2.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	StrategyPuzzle