How much revenue did Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey make?

$39k–$106k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey sell?

Q: How many copies did Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey sell?

10k to 16k copies, based on its 386 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 10k–16k; $39k–$106k after Steam's cut $72k–$163k before Steam's cut; from 386 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 Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 17k–1.3M

best case 12.2M (Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition)

Games like Captain Bones : A Pirate's Journey

A typical game among these

≈ 17k–1.3M copies

≈ $24k–$21.9M after Steam's cut

from ~13k 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: Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition at ≈ 9.3M–15.1M copies, ≈ $101.9M–$273.9M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 8k reviews in their first month; the range was 20 to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Pirates (6 of 8) and Co-op (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Pirates, priced around $40.
When they shipped: None of the similar games shipped in the last two years; the newest is from 2023. That says more about which games were found than about the market.

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 36 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
Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition 2020	Est. copies ≈ 9.3M–15.1M 29x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $101.9M–$273.9M after Steam's cut $185.2M–$421.4M before Steam's cut	$39.99	374k reviews Very Positive	MultiplayerOpen World
Girls' civilization 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 744–1k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $3k–$7k after Steam's cut $5k–$11k before Steam's cut	$12.99	30 reviews Mixed	SimulationRPG
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.2M 6.1x 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 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
Maritime Calling 2022	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut	$7.99	40 reviews Mixed	Action RoguelikeExploration
Blackwake 2020	Est. copies ≈ 646k–1.0M 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue Free	Free	26k reviews Very Positive	PiratesMultiplayer
Blazing Sails 2023	Est. copies ≈ 267k–433k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.5M before Steam's cut	$14.99	11k reviews Very Positive	Co-opNaval Combat
Uncharted Ocean 2019	Est. copies ≈ 17k–28k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $24k–$64k after Steam's cut $43k–$98k before Steam's cut	$4.99	598 reviews Mostly Positive	Exploration2D Platformer