How much revenue did Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic make?

$440k–$1.2M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic sell?

Q: How many copies did Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic sell?

160k to 260k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 160k–260k; $440k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $800k–$1.8M before Steam's cut; from 3k reviews (Mixed)

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 Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 70k–219k

best case 890k (UBOAT)

Games like Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic

A typical game among these

≈ 70k–219k copies

≈ $324k–$3.6M after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

6 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: UBOAT at ≈ 678k–1.1M copies, ≈ $5.6M–$15.0M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Naval (8 of 8) and Naval Combat (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Simulation + World War II, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2006 to 2024, and 2 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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Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific 2008	Est. copies ≈ 72k–118k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $199k–$535k after Steam's cut $361k–$822k before Steam's cut	$9.99	1k reviews Mixed	SimulationSubmarine
Fleet Command 2006	Est. copies ≈ 30k–49k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $83k–$224k after Steam's cut $152k–$345k before Steam's cut	$9.99	480 reviews Very Positive	WargameRTS
UBOAT 2024	Est. copies ≈ 678k–1.1M 12x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $5.6M–$15.0M after Steam's cut $10.2M–$23.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	27k reviews Very Positive	SimulationWorld War II
Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age 2024	Est. copies ≈ 169k–274k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.2M after Steam's cut $4.2M–$9.6M before Steam's cut	$49.99	7k reviews Very Positive	Naval CombatSimulation
Cold Waters 2017	Est. copies ≈ 163k–265k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.8M–$4.8M after Steam's cut $3.3M–$7.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	5k reviews Very Positive	SimulationNaval Combat
Wolfpack 2019	Est. copies ≈ 61k–98k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $583k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.4M before Steam's cut	$34.99	2k reviews Very Positive	SimulationNaval Combat
Dangerous Waters 2006	Est. copies ≈ 26k–42k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $106k–$284k after Steam's cut $192k–$436k before Steam's cut	$14.99	405 reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyNaval Combat
Silent Hunter® III 2008	Est. copies ≈ 167k–271k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $458k–$1.2M after Steam's cut $832k–$1.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	3k reviews Very Positive	Naval CombatSimulation