How much revenue did Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name make?

$4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name sell?

Q: How many copies did Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name sell?

314k to 511k copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 314k–511k; $4.3M–$11.6M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$17.9M before the cut; from 13k reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name out and predicted the genre from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31.7M–51.9M

best case 39.4M (Black Myth: Wukong)

Games like Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

The middle of these games

≈ 31.7M–51.9M copies

≈ $556.2M–$913.8M after Steam's cut

from ~782k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 6 of your similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Open World (3 of 6), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

Of the 416 indie games that passed 1,000 reviews in 2022, 11.8% were novel genre mixes and 88.2% stuck to an established genre. Published indie market research.

Best case: Black Myth: Wukong at ≈ 30.0M–48.8M copies, ≈ $495.5M–$1332.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (3 of 6) and Story Rich (3 of 6).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mythology + Action RPG, priced around $60.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, and 1 of your 6 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).

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Black Myth: Wukong 2024	Est. copies ≈ 30.0M–48.8M 1.5x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $495.5M–$1332.1M after Steam's cut $900.8M–$2049.4M before the cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MythologyAction RPG
Warframe 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.7M–69.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	676k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAction RPG
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 43.3M–70.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $595.5M–$1601.0M after Steam's cut $1082.7M–$2463.1M before the cut	$49.99	888k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open WorldRPG
Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.2M–39.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $166.0M–$446.3M after Steam's cut $301.8M–$686.6M before the cut	$24.99	495k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
Cyberpunk 2077 2020	Est. copies ≈ 24.3M–39.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $400.4M–$1076.6M after Steam's cut $728.1M–$1656.3M before the cut	$59.99	979k reviews Very Positive	CyberpunkOpen World
DARK SOULS™ III 2016	Est. copies ≈ 18.3M–29.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $301.6M–$810.8M after Steam's cut $548.3M–$1247.4M before the cut	$59.99	439k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy