How much revenue did Blades of Jianghu: Ballad of Wind and Dust make?

$64k–$171k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blades of Jianghu: Ballad of Wind and Dust sell?

Q: How many copies did Blades of Jianghu: Ballad of Wind and Dust sell?

12k to 20k copies, based on its 492 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 12k–20k; $64k–$171k after Steam's cut $116k–$264k before Steam's cut; from 492 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 Blades of Jianghu: Ballad of Wind and Dust and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blades of Jianghu: Ballad of Wind and Dust's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 71k–177k

best case 4.6M (Persona 5 Royal)

Games like Blades of Jianghu: Ballad of Wind and Dust

A typical game among these

≈ 71k–177k copies

≈ $559k–$1.9M after Steam's cut

from ~4k 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: Persona 5 Royal at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $57.7M–$155.1M 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 2k reviews in their first month; the range was 1k to 19k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share JRPG (7 of 8) and Anime (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with JRPG + Story Rich, priced around $40. The breakout hits carry Great Soundtrack + Story Rich + Turn-Based Combat; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2018 to 2024, and 2 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 38 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Persona 5 Royal 2022	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 36x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $57.7M–$155.1M after Steam's cut $104.9M–$238.5M before Steam's cut	$59.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPG Story Rich
Disgaea 5 Complete 2018	Est. copies ≈ 109k–177k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	4k reviews Very Positive	StrategyRPG
Persona 4 Golden 2020	Est. copies ≈ 2.2M–3.5M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.0M–$32.1M after Steam's cut $21.7M–$49.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	88k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	JRPGGreat Soundtrack
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Persona 3 Portable 2023	Est. copies ≈ 143k–233k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $789k–$2.1M after Steam's cut $1.4M–$3.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	6k reviews Very Positive	RPGStory Rich
Banner of the Maid 2019	Est. copies ≈ 241k–391k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.1M–$3.0M after Steam's cut $2.0M–$4.7M before Steam's cut	$16.99	8k reviews Very Positive	StrategyTurn-Based Strategy
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