Sign in
wishvane

How many copies did Terror of the Seven Seas sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 3k–4k
$11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before Steam's cut
from 109 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 Terror of the Seven Seas and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Terror of the Seven Seas's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 249k–1.1M
best case 2.6M (Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™)
Games like Terror of the Seven Seas

A typical game among these

≈ 249k–1.1M copies

≈ $2.0M–$16.0M 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: Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ at ≈ 1.9M–3.2M copies, ≈ $21.4M–$57.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Pirates (8 of 8) and Naval Combat (6 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Pirates + Open World, priced around $40.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2005 to 2024, 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).

Similar games

The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
2016
Est. copies
≈ 194k–315k
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
5k reviews
Very Positive
Free to PlayNaval Combat
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
Blackwake
2020
Est. copies
≈ 646k–1.0M
2.3x vs typical
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
26k reviews
Very Positive
PiratesMultiplayer
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
Skull and Bones
2024
Est. copies
≈ 124k–202k
SteamSpy 50k–100k
Est. revenue
$1.0M–$2.8M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.2M before Steam's cut
$29.99
5k reviews
Mixed
PiratesAction
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
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
ATLAS
2018
Est. copies
≈ 1.3M–2.1M
3.8x vs typical
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
$10.8M–$28.9M after Steam's cut $19.6M–$44.5M before Steam's cut
$29.99
43k reviews
Mixed
SurvivalOpen World

Sizing up your own game? See how many copies games in its genre usually sell before you build it.