How much revenue did Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii make?

$4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii sell?

Q: How many copies did Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii sell?

248k to 402k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 248k–402k; $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.9M before Steam's cut; from 10k reviews (Very 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 Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2k–704k

best case 848k (Blackwake)

Games like Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

A typical game among these

≈ 2k–704k copies

≈ $5k–$6.6M after Steam's cut

from ~4k reviews

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

4 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 221 reviews in their first month; the range was 4 to 15k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Pirates (8 of 8) and Hack and Slash (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pirates + Naval Combat.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2005 to 2025, and 3 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).

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Ruiga Pirates 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1k–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$4.99	44 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeBullet Hell
King of Seas 2021	Est. copies ≈ 19k–32k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $144k–$387k after Steam's cut $262k–$595k before Steam's cut	$26.99	782 reviews Mixed	PiratesNaval Combat
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One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 2015	Est. copies ≈ 534k–867k 2.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.9M–$15.8M after Steam's cut $10.7M–$24.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	11k reviews Mostly Positive	AnimeAction
ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 2023	Est. copies ≈ 545k–886k 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.0M–$16.1M after Steam's cut $10.9M–$24.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	22k reviews Very Positive	AnimeHack and Slash
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