How much revenue did Stranger of Sword City make?

$146k–$393k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Stranger of Sword City sell?

Q: How many copies did Stranger of Sword City sell?

27k to 43k copies, based on its 639 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 27k–43k; $146k–$393k after Steam's cut $266k–$604k before Steam's cut; from 639 reviews (Mixed)

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 Stranger of Sword City and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Stranger of Sword City's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 56k–277k

best case 334k (Battle Chasers: Nightwar)

Games like Stranger of Sword City

A typical game among these

≈ 56k–277k copies

≈ $407k–$2.0M 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.

Best case: Battle Chasers: Nightwar at ≈ 254k–413k copies, ≈ $2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dungeon Crawler (6 of 8) and JRPG (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + JRPG, priced around $30.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, 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 70 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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Dungeon Rushers 2016	Est. copies ≈ 51k–83k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $212k–$569k after Steam's cut $385k–$876k before Steam's cut	$14.99	1k reviews Mixed	Dungeon Crawler Rogue-lite
Etrian Odyssey HD 2023	Est. copies ≈ 36k–58k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $392k–$1.1M after Steam's cut $714k–$1.6M before Steam's cut	$39.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate 2020	Est. copies ≈ 24k–38k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $130k–$349k after Steam's cut $236k–$537k before Steam's cut	$19.99	953 reviews Mostly Positive	Mystery DungeonRogue-like
Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk 2018	Est. copies ≈ 45k–72k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $612k–$1.6M after Steam's cut $1.1M–$2.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	1k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
One Way Heroics 2014	Est. copies ≈ 233k–378k 2.0x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $223k–$601k after Steam's cut $406k–$924k before Steam's cut	$3.49	4k reviews Very Positive	Mystery DungeonSide Scroller
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rd 2017	Est. copies ≈ 89k–145k SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $735k–$2.0M after Steam's cut $1.3M–$3.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	3k reviews Very Positive	RPGJRPG
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 2017	Est. copies ≈ 204k–332k 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.2M–$6.0M after Steam's cut $4.1M–$9.3M before Steam's cut	$39.99	6k reviews Very Positive	JRPGAnime
Battle Chasers: Nightwar 2017	Est. copies ≈ 254k–413k 3.6x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $2.1M–$5.6M after Steam's cut $3.8M–$8.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	7k reviews Very Positive	RPGTurn-Based Combat