How much revenue did Sea Dogs: To Each His Own make?

$615k–$1.7M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sea Dogs: To Each His Own sell?

Q: How many copies did Sea Dogs: To Each His Own sell?

149k to 243k copies, based on its 2k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 149k–243k; $615k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M 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 Sea Dogs: To Each His Own and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sea Dogs: To Each His Own's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 231k–551k

best case 2.6M (Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™)

Games like Sea Dogs: To Each His Own

A typical game among these

≈ 231k–551k copies

≈ $1.6M–$4.0M after Steam's cut

from ~7k 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: Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ at ≈ 1.9M–3.2M copies, ≈ $21.4M–$57.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Pirates (8 of 8) and Naval (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pirates + Open World, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Third Person + Assassin + Stealth; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2005 to 2025, and 1 of the 7 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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Naval Action 2019	Est. copies ≈ 428k–695k 2.0x 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
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