How much revenue did Here Be Dragons make?

$10k–$28k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Here Be Dragons sell?

Q: How many copies did Here Be Dragons sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 154 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before the cut; from 154 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 Here Be Dragons out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Here Be Dragons's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 664–6.3M

best case 17.5M (Sid Meier's Civilization® V)

Games like Here Be Dragons

The middle of these games

≈ 664–6.3M copies

≈ $3k–$76.9M after Steam's cut

from ~670 reviews

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

4 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sid Meier's Civilization® V at ≈ 13.3M–21.6M copies, ≈ $109.7M–$295.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

The games that made it here had under 544 reviews in their first month.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Turn-Based (6 of 8) and Turn-Based Strategy (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Turn-Based, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2024, and 1 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Sid Meier's Civilization® V 2010	Est. copies ≈ 13.3M–21.6M 315x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $109.7M–$295.1M after Steam's cut $199.5M–$454.0M before the cut	$29.99	211k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Turn-Based StrategyStrategy
XCOM® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.4M 163x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.0M–$67.1M after Steam's cut $45.4M–$103.3M before the cut	$19.99	109k reviews Very Positive	IsometricTurn-Based Combat
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.0M 132x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $91.8M–$246.8M after Steam's cut $166.9M–$379.7M before the cut	$59.99	88k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Rogue Waters 2024	Est. copies ≈ 32k–51k 1.9x vs typical 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
Anchor Up 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $41–$109 after Steam's cut $75–$168 before the cut	$5.99	1 reviews 1 user reviews	PuzzleTurn-Based
Airship Dragoon 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$81k before the cut	$19.99	64 reviews Mixed	Strategy4X
Pirate Code 2018	Est. copies ≈ 517–840 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$14.99	17 reviews Positive	AdventureStrategy
Phijkchu Quest 2023	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $258–$694 after Steam's cut $469–$1k before the cut	$1.99	19 reviews Positive	Turn-Based TacticsRPG