How much revenue did The Caribbean Sail make?

$76k–$204k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Caribbean Sail sell?

Q: How many copies did The Caribbean Sail sell?

18k to 30k copies, based on its 536 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 18k–30k; $76k–$204k after Steam's cut $138k–$314k before Steam's cut; from 536 reviews (Very Positive)

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 The Caribbean Sail and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Caribbean Sail's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 82k–196k

best case 254k (The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt)

Games like The Caribbean Sail

A typical game among these

≈ 82k–196k copies

≈ $597k–$1.3M 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.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt at ≈ 194k–315k copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 544 reviews in their first month; the range was 81 to 678.

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 Naval Combat + Pirates.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2012 to 2024, and 3 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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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
Rogue Waters 2024	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $269k–$724k after Steam's cut $489k–$1.1M before Steam's cut	$29.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	Tactical RPGTurn-Based Tactics
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
Sea Dogs: City of Abandoned Ships 2018	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $18k–$47k after Steam's cut $32k–$73k before Steam's cut	$7.99	264 reviews Mostly Positive	ViolentGore
Sea Dogs 2018	Est. copies ≈ 5k–8k too small to compare SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $17k–$46k after Steam's cut $31k–$71k before Steam's cut	$11.99	172 reviews Mostly Positive	RPGAction
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
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
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt 2016	Est. copies ≈ 194k–315k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayNaval Combat