How much revenue did Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales make?

$14k–$37k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales sell?

Q: How many copies did Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales sell?

4k to 7k copies, based on its 139 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–7k; $14k–$37k after Steam's cut $25k–$58k before Steam's cut; from 139 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 Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 214k–594k

best case 2.6M (Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™)

Games like Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales

A typical game among these

≈ 214k–594k copies

≈ $899k–$2.4M after Steam's cut

from ~5k reviews

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

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ at ≈ 1.9M–3.2M copies, ≈ $21.4M–$57.7M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Pirates (8 of 8) and Naval (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Pirates + Open World, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Assassin + Stealth + Parkour; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2005 to 2020, and none of them 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.2M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $21.4M–$57.7M after Steam's cut $39.0M–$88.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	79k reviews Very Positive	PiratesOpen World
Naval Action 2019	Est. copies ≈ 428k–695k 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.3M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.7M before Steam's cut	$19.99	15k reviews Mixed	SailingNaval Combat
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
Blackwake 2020	Est. copies ≈ 646k–1.0M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	PiratesMultiplayer
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
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt 2016	Est. copies ≈ 194k–315k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	5k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayNaval Combat
Port Royale 3 2012	Est. copies ≈ 101k–164k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $415k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $755k–$1.7M before Steam's cut	$14.99	2k reviews Mostly Positive	StrategyTrading
Sid Meier's Pirates! 2005	Est. copies ≈ 478k–777k 1.6x 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