How much revenue did Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey make?

$39k–$105k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey sell?

Q: How many copies did Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 383 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $39k–$105k after Steam's cut $71k–$162k before the cut; from 383 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 Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–1.3M

best case 12.1M (Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition)

Games like Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey

The middle of these games

≈ 17k–1.3M copies

≈ $24k–$21.9M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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: Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition at ≈ 9.2M–15.0M copies, ≈ $101.6M–$273.1M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 20 to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Pirates (6 of 8) and Co-op (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Pirates, priced around $40.
The era: None of the games you compared shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. 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).

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Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.2M–15.0M 29x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $101.6M–$273.1M after Steam's cut $184.7M–$420.1M before the cut	$39.99	372k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOpen World
Girls' civilization 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 719–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before the cut	$12.99	29 reviews Mixed	SimulationRPG
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Naval Action 2019	Est. copies ≈ 426k–693k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before the cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mixed	SailingNaval Combat
Maritime Calling 2022	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut	$7.99	40 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeExploration
Blackwake 2020	Est. copies ≈ 646k–1.1M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	PiratesMultiplayer
Blazing Sails 2023	Est. copies ≈ 265k–431k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before the cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Co-opNaval Combat
Uncharted Ocean 2019	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $24k–$64k after Steam's cut $43k–$98k before the cut	$4.99	599 reviews Mostly Positive	Exploration2D Platformer