How much revenue did Proxy Blade Zero make?

$25k–$68k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Proxy Blade Zero sell?

Q: How many copies did Proxy Blade Zero sell?

9k to 15k copies, based on its 165 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 9k–15k; $25k–$68k after Steam's cut $46k–$105k before Steam's cut; from 165 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 Proxy Blade Zero and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Proxy Blade Zero's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–6.5M

best case 8.0M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Proxy Blade Zero

A typical game among these

≈ 1.3M–6.5M copies

≈ $11.8M–$75.2M 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.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.1M–9.9M copies, ≈ $50.2M–$134.8M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Spectacle fighter (8 of 8) and Hack and Slash (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Boomer Shooter + Fast-Paced, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2013 to 2020, 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
ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.1M–9.9M 7.5x 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
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 2.7x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.1M–$110.6M after Steam's cut $74.8M–$170.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackHack and Slash
Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition 2015	Est. copies ≈ 1.1M–1.8M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $7.6M–$20.4M after Steam's cut $13.8M–$31.4M before Steam's cut	$24.99	23k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash
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
Devil May Cry 5 2019	Est. copies ≈ 4.9M–8.0M 5.2x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $40.6M–$109.2M after Steam's cut $73.9M–$168.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	171k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ActionHack and Slash
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
Devil May Cry HD Collection 2018	Est. copies ≈ 785k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.5M–$17.4M after Steam's cut $11.8M–$26.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	26k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 490k–797k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.2M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	9k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionHack and Slash