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 the cut; from 165 reviews (Mostly 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 Proxy Blade Zero out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Proxy Blade Zero's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–6.5M

best case 7.9M (ULTRAKILL)

Games like Proxy Blade Zero

The middle of these games

≈ 1.3M–6.5M copies

≈ $11.7M–$74.9M after Steam's cut

from ~33k reviews

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

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: ULTRAKILL at ≈ 6.0M–9.8M copies, ≈ $49.7M–$133.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on 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.
The era: The games you compared 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).

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Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
ULTRAKILL 2020	Est. copies ≈ 6.0M–9.8M 7.4x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $49.7M–$133.6M after Steam's cut $90.4M–$205.6M before the cut	$29.99	243k 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 $41.0M–$110.3M after Steam's cut $74.6M–$169.8M before the 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 $7.5M–$20.2M after Steam's cut $13.6M–$31.0M before the cut	$24.99	22k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash
DmC: Devil May Cry 2013	Est. copies ≈ 2.1M–3.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.2M–$46.2M after Steam's cut $31.3M–$71.1M before the 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 $40.4M–$108.7M after Steam's cut $73.5M–$167.3M before the cut	$29.99	170k 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–$25.5M before the cut	$19.99	33k reviews Very Positive	ActionFemale Protagonist
Devil May Cry HD Collection 2018	Est. copies ≈ 774k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $6.4M–$17.2M after Steam's cut $11.6M–$26.4M before the cut	$29.99	25k reviews Very Positive	ActionHack and Slash
Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 490k–796k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.7M–$7.2M after Steam's cut $4.9M–$11.1M before the cut	$19.99	9k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionHack and Slash