How much revenue did Port Royale 3 make?

$415k–$1.1M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Port Royale 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did Port Royale 3 sell?

101k to 164k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 101k–164k; $415k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $755k–$1.7M before Steam's cut; from 2k reviews (Mostly 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 Port Royale 3 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Port Royale 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–31k

best case 70k (Port Royale 4)

Games like Port Royale 3

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–31k copies

≈ $27k–$116k after Steam's cut

from ~176 reviews

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

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Port Royale 4 at ≈ 53k–87k copies, ≈ $586k–$1.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 45 reviews in their first month; the range was 12 to 579.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Economy (7 of 8) and Trading (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + Trading, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2025, 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 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
Port Royale 4 2020	Est. copies ≈ 53k–87k 12x vs typical SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $586k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	2k reviews Mixed	StrategySimulation
Patrician III 2010	Est. copies ≈ 65k–105k 5.8x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $89k–$239k after Steam's cut $162k–$368k before Steam's cut	$4.99	1k reviews Very Positive	StrategySimulation
East India Company 2009	Est. copies ≈ 14k–22k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $37k–$100k after Steam's cut $68k–$154k before Steam's cut	$9.99	215 reviews Mixed	TradingCapitalism
Winds Of Trade 2017	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before Steam's cut	$11.99	178 reviews Mixed	SandboxPirates
SugarWinds: Prologue 2022	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	23 reviews Mixed	City Builder Immersive Sim
Girls' civilization 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$12.99	30 reviews Mixed	SimulationRPG
High Seas, High Profits! 2025	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $18k–$48k after Steam's cut $32k–$73k before Steam's cut	$14.99	173 reviews Very Positive	TradingEconomy
Terror of the Seven Seas 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before Steam's cut	$14.99	109 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionPirates