How much revenue did Pixel Pirates make?

$511–$1k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pixel Pirates sell?

Q: How many copies did Pixel Pirates 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; $511–$1k after Steam's cut $929–$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 Pixel Pirates and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pixel Pirates's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 22k–189k

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

Games like Pixel Pirates

A typical game among these

≈ 22k–189k copies

≈ $186k–$2.5M after Steam's cut

from ~1k 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: Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ at ≈ 1.9M–3.2M copies, ≈ $21.4M–$57.7M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 397 reviews in their first month; the range was 45 to 5k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Pirates (7 of 8) and Open World (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pirates + Open World, priced around $40.
When they shipped: 5 of the 7 similar games shipped in the last two years. You'd be launching into a busy stretch.

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 52 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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Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.2M 76x 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
Terror of the Seven Seas 2024	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $11k–$30k after Steam's cut $20k–$46k before Steam's cut	$14.99	109 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionPirates
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii 2025	Est. copies ≈ 248k–402k 9.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $4.1M–$11.0M after Steam's cut $7.4M–$16.9M before Steam's cut	$59.99	10k reviews Very Positive	ActionAdventure
Corsairs Legacy - Pirate Action RPG & Sea Battles 2024	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $165k–$444k after Steam's cut $300k–$683k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Early AccessArcade
Tempest: Pirate Action RPG 2016	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k 2.5x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $450k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $818k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	3k reviews Mixed	PiratesAction
Rum & Gun 2024	Est. copies ≈ 10k–16k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$57k before Steam's cut	$4.99	406 reviews Very Positive	Action RPGPirates
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
The Brew Barons 2024	Est. copies ≈ 21k–35k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $130k–$348k after Steam's cut $236k–$536k before Steam's cut	$21.99	864 reviews Mostly Positive	FlightAction