How much revenue did Winds Of Trade make?

$20k–$54k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Winds Of Trade sell?

Q: How many copies did Winds Of Trade sell?

6k to 10k copies, based on its 178 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 6k–10k; $20k–$54k after Steam's cut $37k–$84k before Steam's cut; from 178 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 Winds Of Trade and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Winds Of Trade's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 88k–224k

best case 628k (Sid Meier's Pirates!)

Games like Winds Of Trade

A typical game among these

≈ 88k–224k copies

≈ $698k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~3k reviews

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

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sid Meier's Pirates! at ≈ 478k–777k copies, ≈ $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 81 reviews in their first month; the range was 57 to 678.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Pirates (7 of 8) and Naval (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pirates + Open World, priced around $10.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2005 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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Windward 2015	Est. copies ≈ 177k–288k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $487k–$1.3M after Steam's cut $886k–$2.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Mostly Positive	PiratesNaval Combat
Sid Meier's Pirates! 2005	Est. copies ≈ 478k–777k 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.3M–$3.5M after Steam's cut $2.4M–$5.4M before Steam's cut	$9.99	8k reviews Very Positive	PiratesOpen World
Blood and Gold: Caribbean! 2015	Est. copies ≈ 62k–101k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $342k–$920k after Steam's cut $622k–$1.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mixed	PiratesNaval
Tortuga - A Pirate's Tale 2024	Est. copies ≈ 4k–7k too small to compare SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $29k–$78k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before Steam's cut	$24.99	171 reviews Mixed	SimulationNaval Combat
Hazeron Starship 2023	Est. copies ≈ 3k–4k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $14k–$38k after Steam's cut $26k–$59k before Steam's cut	$19.99	104 reviews Very Positive	ExplorationFPS
Caribbean Legend 2024	Est. copies ≈ 80k–131k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $884k–$2.4M after Steam's cut $1.6M–$3.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	3k reviews Mostly Positive	PiratesRPG
Tropico Reloaded 2009	Est. copies ≈ 63k–102k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $121k–$325k after Steam's cut $220k–$499k before Steam's cut	$6.99	994 reviews Very Positive	Simulation City Builder
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own 2012	Est. copies ≈ 149k–243k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $615k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	PiratesNaval