How much revenue did Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale make?

$29k–$78k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale sell?

Q: How many copies did Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 171 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before Steam's cut; from 171 reviews (Mixed)

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 Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 220k–354k

best case 890k (UBOAT)

Games like Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale

A typical game among these

≈ 220k–354k copies

≈ $3.4M–$4.3M after Steam's cut

from ~6k 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: UBOAT at ≈ 678k–1.1M copies, ≈ $5.6M–$15.0M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 3k reviews in their first month; the range was 630 to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Naval (8 of 8) and Naval Combat (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + World War II, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 2 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 61 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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Cold Waters 2017	Est. copies ≈ 163k–265k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SimulationNaval Combat
Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts 2023	Est. copies ≈ 199k–323k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.1M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$7.9M before Steam's cut	$34.99	8k reviews Mixed	Naval CombatNaval
Naval Action 2019	Est. copies ≈ 428k–695k 2.6x vs typical 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
Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age 2024	Est. copies ≈ 169k–274k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$49.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Naval CombatSimulation
Steel Ocean 2015	Est. copies ≈ 217k–353k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	4k reviews Mixed	Free to PlayNaval 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
UBOAT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 678k–1.1M 4.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.0M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	27k reviews Very Positive	SimulationWorld War II
War on the Sea 2021	Est. copies ≈ 81k–131k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $890k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategySimulation