How much revenue did Blade of Darkness make?

$266k–$714k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blade of Darkness sell?

Q: How many copies did Blade of Darkness sell?

64k to 105k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 64k–105k; $266k–$714k after Steam's cut $483k–$1.1M before Steam's cut; from 3k 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 Blade of Darkness and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blade of Darkness's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.4M–2.7M

best case 39.5M (Black Myth: Wukong)

Games like Blade of Darkness

A typical game among these

≈ 2.4M–2.7M copies

≈ $34.8M–$54.9M after Steam's cut

from ~68k 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: Black Myth: Wukong at ≈ 30.1M–48.9M copies, ≈ $496.2M–$1334.2M after Steam's cut. It is a breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 347k reviews in their first month; the range was 12k to 836k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Souls-like (7 of 8) and Action RPG (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Difficult; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 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 52 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
Remnant: From the Ashes 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $18.2M–$49.1M after Steam's cut $33.2M–$75.5M before Steam's cut	$39.99	58k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAction
Lies of P 2023	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $34.0M–$91.5M after Steam's cut $61.9M–$140.7M before Steam's cut	$59.99	83k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAction
Blasphemous 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.0M–3.2M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $18.8M–$50.7M after Steam's cut $34.3M–$78.0M before Steam's cut	$34.99	68k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaPixel Graphics
CODE VEIN 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.8M–2.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $29.8M–$80.0M after Steam's cut $54.1M–$123.1M before Steam's cut	$59.99	63k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAnime
Black Myth: Wukong 2024	Est. copies ≈ 30.1M–48.9M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $496.2M–$1334.2M after Steam's cut $902.2M–$2052.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MythologyAction RPG
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10.3M–16.7M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $169.4M–$455.5M after Steam's cut $308.0M–$700.8M before Steam's cut	$59.99	357k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Souls-likeDifficult
ELDEN RING 2022	Est. copies ≈ 28.7M–46.6M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $473.6M–$1273.3M after Steam's cut $861.1M–$1959.0M before Steam's cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeOpen World
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.8M–$58.7M after Steam's cut $39.7M–$90.3M before Steam's cut	$24.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer