How much revenue did No More Heroes 3 make?

$298k–$802k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did No More Heroes 3 sell?

Q: How many copies did No More Heroes 3 sell?

27k to 44k copies, based on its 1k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 27k–44k; $298k–$802k after Steam's cut $542k–$1.2M before Steam's cut; from 1k reviews (Mostly 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 No More Heroes 3 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including No More Heroes 3's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 631k–2.1M

best case 1.9M (Chivalry 2)

Games like No More Heroes 3

A typical game among these

≈ 631k–2.1M copies

≈ $6.0M–$27.8M after Steam's cut

from ~33k reviews

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

7 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Chivalry 2 at ≈ 1.5M–2.4M copies, ≈ $16.2M–$43.4M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 370 reviews in their first month; the range was 6 to 11k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Hack and Slash (8 of 8) and Comedy (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Swordplay + Medieval, priced around $40.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2023, 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
Shadow Warrior 2013	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $13.9M–$37.5M after Steam's cut $25.4M–$57.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	27k reviews Very Positive	ActionFPS
Bayonetta 2017	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.2M–$16.6M after Steam's cut $11.2M–$25.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ActionFemale Protagonist
Eruption 爆发 2021	Est. copies ≈ 942–2k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$3k after Steam's cut $2k–$5k before Steam's cut	$4.99	38 reviews Positive	Early AccessAction Roguelike
Hi-Fi RUSH 2023	Est. copies ≈ 893k–1.5M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $7.4M–$19.8M after Steam's cut $13.4M–$30.5M before Steam's cut	$29.99	36k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmAction
Chivalry 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.2M–$43.4M after Steam's cut $29.4M–$66.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	59k reviews Mostly Positive	SwordplayMedieval
No More Heroes 2021	Est. copies ≈ 68k–111k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $375k–$1.0M after Steam's cut $681k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	3k reviews Very Positive	ActionComedy
DmC: Devil May Cry 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.3M–$46.4M after Steam's cut $31.4M–$71.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle 2021	Est. copies ≈ 31k–50k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $169k–$453k after Steam's cut $306k–$697k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionComedy