How much revenue did FLASH OF THE BLADE X make?

$2k–$6k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did FLASH OF THE BLADE X sell?

Q: How many copies did FLASH OF THE BLADE X sell?

3k to 4k copies, based on its 104 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3k–4k; $2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before Steam's cut; from 104 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 FLASH OF THE BLADE X and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FLASH OF THE BLADE X's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 51k–180k

best case 56.3M (Warframe)

Games like FLASH OF THE BLADE X

A typical game among these

≈ 51k–180k copies

≈ $393k–$804k after Steam's cut

from ~2k 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.

These similar games lean toward the genre's biggest winners; the typical figure comes from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Warframe at ≈ 42.9M–69.7M copies. 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 532 reviews in their first month; the range was 24 to 2k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share FPS (5 of 8) and Fast-Paced (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Action RPG + Looter Shooter, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Third Person; a typical game here doesn't.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2000 to 2025, 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 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
Warframe 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.9M–69.7M 389x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	678k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAction RPG
Counter-Strike 2000	Est. copies ≈ 16.6M–26.9M 150x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $45.5M–$122.3M after Steam's cut $82.7M–$188.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	262k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionFPS
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10.3M–16.7M 205x 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
ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.1M–9.9M 141x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut $91.2M–$207.4M before Steam's cut	$29.99	245k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Boomer ShooterFast-Paced
Lightning Katana 2025	Est. copies ≈ 670–1k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $1k–$4k after Steam's cut $3k–$6k before Steam's cut	$7.99	27 reviews Positive	Boomer ShooterSwordplay
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux 2013	Est. copies ≈ 231k–375k 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $634k–$1.7M after Steam's cut $1.2M–$2.6M before Steam's cut	$9.99	4k reviews Very Positive	FPSClassic
Boomerang X 2021	Est. copies ≈ 34k–56k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $189k–$507k after Steam's cut $343k–$780k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Arena ShooterFast-Paced
Dread Templar 2023	Est. copies ≈ 43k–70k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $238k–$639k after Steam's cut $432k–$983k before Steam's cut	$19.99	2k reviews Very Positive	Boomer ShooterFPS