How much revenue did Harbor Captain make?

$443–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Harbor Captain sell?

Q: How many copies did Harbor Captain sell?

124 to 202 copies, based on its 5 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 124–202; $443–$1k after Steam's cut $805–$2k before Steam's cut; from 5 reviews (5 user reviews); Only 5 reviews so far, so that range swings on one or two people. Read it as a hint, not a measurement.

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 Harbor Captain and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Harbor Captain's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 135k–594k

best case 848k (Blackwake)

Games like Harbor Captain

A typical game among these

≈ 135k–594k copies

≈ $899k–$2.4M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Blackwake at ≈ 646k–1.0M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 1k reviews in their first month; the range was 1 to 13k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Naval (7 of 8) and Pirates (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pirates + Naval Combat.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2005 to 2025, and 1 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
Blackwake 2020	Est. copies ≈ 646k–1.0M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	PiratesMultiplayer
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
Spilled! 2025	Est. copies ≈ 132k–214k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $217k–$584k after Steam's cut $395k–$898k before Steam's cut	$5.99	5k reviews Very Positive	ShortRelaxing
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
Naval Action 2019	Est. copies ≈ 428k–695k 2.8x 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
Maelstrom 2019	Est. copies ≈ 74k–121k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	3k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayPirates
Fishing: North Atlantic - Enhanced Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 69k–112k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $662k–$1.8M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.7M before Steam's cut	$34.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationFishing
Docking Ships 2023	Est. copies ≈ 74–121 too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $20–$55 after Steam's cut $37–$84 before Steam's cut	$0.99	3 reviews 3 user reviews	RelaxingPuzzle