How much revenue did Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator make?

Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator sell?

Q: How many copies did Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator sell?

31k to 51k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 31k–51k; from 1k reviews (Mixed)

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 Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 4k–9k

best case 559k (Naval Action)

Games like Sailaway - The Sailing Simulator

The middle of these games

≈ 4k–9k copies

≈ $30k–$121k after Steam's cut

from ~180 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

1 of your 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Naval Action at ≈ 426k–693k copies, ≈ $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 39 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 3 to 81.

Under about 100 in month one, almost nothing recovers.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Sailing (7 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sailing + Naval Combat, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Naval Combat + Pirates + Open World; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2018 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 38 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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Virtual Sailor NG 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $36k–$98k after Steam's cut $66k–$150k before the cut	$39.99	133 reviews Very Positive	CasualSimulation
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Naval Action 2019	Est. copies ≈ 426k–693k 82x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.3M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before the cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mixed	SailingNaval Combat
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