How much revenue did Republic of Pirates make?

$93k–$249k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Republic of Pirates sell?

Q: How many copies did Republic of Pirates sell?

13k to 22k copies, based on its 544 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–22k; $93k–$249k after Steam's cut $169k–$383k before Steam's cut; from 544 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 Republic of Pirates and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Republic of Pirates's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 920–1.8M

best case 6.9M (Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition)

Games like Republic of Pirates

A typical game among these

≈ 920–1.8M copies

≈ $33k–$33.1M after Steam's cut

from ~511 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: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition at ≈ 5.3M–8.6M copies, ≈ $50.7M–$136.2M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 12 reviews in their first month; the range was 2 to 20.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share City Builder (7 of 8) and RTS (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with RTS + City Builder, priced around $35.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2009 to 2023, 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Age of Empires II (Retired) 2013	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.6M 202x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $35.7M–$96.1M after Steam's cut $65.0M–$147.9M before Steam's cut	$19.99	103k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	StrategyRTS
Commander: Conquest of the Americas 2010	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $33k–$89k after Steam's cut $60k–$136k before Steam's cut	$9.99	190 reviews Mixed	RTSAlternate History
Tropico Reloaded 2009	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $121k–$325k after Steam's cut $220k–$499k before Steam's cut	$6.99	994 reviews Very Positive	Simulation City Builder
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 358x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $50.7M–$136.2M after Steam's cut $92.1M–$209.6M before Steam's cut	$34.99	183k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRTS
Survival Revelation: End of Days 2023	Est. copies ≈ 50–81 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $83–$221 after Steam's cut $150–$340 before Steam's cut	$5.99	2 reviews 2 user reviews	ActionSimulation
SugarWinds: Prologue 2022	Est. copies ≈ 570–927 SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue Free	Free	23 reviews Mixed	City Builder Immersive Sim
Buoyancy 2019	Est. copies ≈ 24k–39k 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $85k–$230k after Steam's cut $155k–$354k before Steam's cut	$12.99	831 reviews Mixed	Colony SimStrategy
Path to Prosperity 2020	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$8k after Steam's cut $6k–$13k before Steam's cut	$14.99	30 reviews Positive	Early AccessStrategy