How much revenue did Pirates Outlaws make?

$108k–$289k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pirates Outlaws sell?

Q: How many copies did Pirates Outlaws sell?

20k to 32k copies, based on its 789 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 20k–32k; $108k–$289k after Steam's cut $196k–$445k before Steam's cut; from 789 reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Pirates Outlaws and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pirates Outlaws's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 348k–2.7M

best case 8.3M (Slay the Spire)

Games like Pirates Outlaws

A typical game among these

≈ 348k–2.7M copies

≈ $2.5M–$14.9M after Steam's cut

from ~19k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Slay the Spire at ≈ 6.3M–10.3M copies, ≈ $43.5M–$116.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 7k reviews in their first month; the range was 49 to 21k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Card Game (6 of 8) and Deckbuilding (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Roguelike Deckbuilder + Card Game, priced around $25.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 3 of the 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 52 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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Monster Train 2020	Est. copies ≈ 570k–927k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.9M–$10.5M after Steam's cut $7.1M–$16.2M before Steam's cut	$24.99	23k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Card BattlerRogue-lite
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Chrono Ark 2024	Est. copies ≈ 342k–555k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$24.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderAnime
Slay the Spire 2019	Est. copies ≈ 6.3M–10.3M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $43.5M–$116.9M after Steam's cut $79.0M–$179.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	220k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Roguelike DeckbuilderCard Game
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CosmoPirates 2024	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$15k after Steam's cut $10k–$23k before Steam's cut	$11.99	69 reviews Very Positive	Roguelike Deckbuilder Deckbuilding
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