How much revenue did Sid Meier's Pirates! make?

$1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sid Meier's Pirates! sell?

Q: How many copies did Sid Meier's Pirates! sell?

390k to 633k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 390k–633k; $1.1M–$2.9M after Steam's cut $1.9M–$4.4M before the cut; from 7k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Sid Meier's Pirates! out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sid Meier's Pirates!'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 655k–1.3M

best case 2.5M (Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™)

The Open World genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game

≈ 655k–1.3M copies

≈ $5.7M–$13.3M after Steam's cut

from ~21k reviews

Best case

≈ 1.9M–3.0M copies

Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ · ≈ $20.6M–$55.5M after Steam's cut

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (6 of 8) and Pirates (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pirates + Open World, priced around $40.
The era: The games you compared span 2005 to 2023, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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