How much revenue did Here Be Dragons make?

$10k–$28k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Here Be Dragons sell?

Q: How many copies did Here Be Dragons sell?

4k to 6k copies, based on its 154 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 4k–6k; $10k–$28k after Steam's cut $19k–$43k before Steam's cut; from 154 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 Here Be Dragons and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Here Be Dragons's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 664–6.3M

best case 17.5M (Sid Meier's Civilization® V)

Games like Here Be Dragons

A typical game among these

≈ 664–6.3M copies

≈ $20k–$65.7M after Steam's cut

from ~690 reviews

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

4 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Sid Meier's Civilization® V at ≈ 13.3M–21.7M copies, ≈ $110.0M–$295.6M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 544 reviews in their first month.

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

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Turn-Based (6 of 8) and Turn-Based Strategy (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Strategy + Turn-Based, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2024, and 1 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Sid Meier's Civilization® V 2010	Est. copies ≈ 13.3M–21.7M 306x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $110.0M–$295.6M after Steam's cut $199.9M–$454.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	211k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Turn-Based StrategyStrategy
XCOM® 2 2016	Est. copies ≈ 4.6M–7.4M 159x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $25.1M–$67.5M after Steam's cut $45.6M–$103.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	110k reviews Very Positive	IsometricTurn-Based Combat
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition 2013	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.1M 128x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.1M–$124.0M after Steam's cut $83.8M–$190.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	88k reviews Very Positive	StrategyHistorical
Rogue Waters 2024	Est. copies ≈ 33k–53k 1.9x vs typical 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
Anchor Up 2021	Est. copies ≈ 25–40 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	1 reviews 1 user reviews	PuzzleTurn-Based
Airship Dragoon 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4k–6k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $20k–$53k after Steam's cut $36k–$81k before Steam's cut	$19.99	64 reviews Mixed	Strategy4X
Pirate Code 2018	Est. copies ≈ 517–840 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$14.99	17 reviews Positive	AdventureStrategy
Phijkchu Quest 2023	Est. copies ≈ 471–766 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $258–$694 after Steam's cut $469–$1k before Steam's cut	$1.99	19 reviews Positive	Turn-Based TacticsRPG