How much revenue did Buccaneers! make?

$50k–$135k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Buccaneers! sell?

Q: How many copies did Buccaneers! sell?

10k to 17k copies, based on its 410 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–17k; $50k–$135k after Steam's cut $91k–$208k before Steam's cut; from 410 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 Buccaneers! and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Buccaneers!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 249k–1.3M

best case 12.2M (Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition)

Games like Buccaneers!

A typical game among these

≈ 249k–1.3M copies

≈ $1.3M–$30.7M after Steam's cut

from ~11k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition at ≈ 9.3M–15.1M copies, ≈ $101.9M–$273.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Pirates (8 of 8) and Naval (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Pirates, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2005 to 2020, and none of them 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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Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.2M 7.0x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.7M after Steam's cut $39.0M–$88.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	79k reviews Very Positive	PiratesOpen World
Sid Meier's Pirates! 2005	Est. copies ≈ 478k–777k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Very Positive	PiratesOpen World
Windward 2015	Est. copies ≈ 177k–288k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $487k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $886k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	PiratesNaval Combat
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt 2016	Est. copies ≈ 194k–315k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayNaval Combat
Naval Action 2019	Est. copies ≈ 428k–695k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mixed	SailingNaval Combat
Blackwake 2020	Est. copies ≈ 646k–1.0M 2.3x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	PiratesMultiplayer
Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.3M–15.1M 33x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $101.9M–$273.9M after Steam's cut $185.2M–$421.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	374k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOpen World
Tempest: Pirate Action RPG 2016	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $450k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $818k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mixed	PiratesAction