How many copies did Blood of Steel sell?

171k to 278k copies, based on its 7k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did Blood of Steel make?

Blood of Steel is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is Blood of Steel?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 171k–278k; from 7k 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 Blood of Steel and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blood of Steel's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.8M–9.3M

best case 14.3M (Mount & Blade: Warband)

Games like Blood of Steel

A typical game among these

≈ 3.8M–9.3M copies

≈ $28.2M–$104.3M after Steam's cut

from ~125k 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.

No genre covers most of these similar games. The closest is Open World (3 of 8), so its genre is hard to place.

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: Mount & Blade: Warband at ≈ 10.9M–17.7M copies, ≈ $59.8M–$160.9M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Open World (3 of 8) and Third Person (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Medieval + Open World, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 to 2021, 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
Mount & Blade: Warband 2010	Est. copies ≈ 10.9M–17.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $59.8M–$160.9M after Steam's cut $108.8M–$247.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	172k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MedievalRPG
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 4.0M–6.6M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $55.4M–$149.1M after Steam's cut $100.8M–$229.3M before Steam's cut	$49.99	117k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Castle Crashers® 2012	Est. copies ≈ 8.9M–14.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $36.7M–$98.7M after Steam's cut $66.8M–$151.9M before Steam's cut	$14.99	141k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2DOnline Co-Op
Black Desert 2017	Est. copies ≈ 3.2M–5.3M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $8.9M–$24.0M after Steam's cut $16.2M–$36.9M before Steam's cut	$9.99	94k reviews Mostly Positive	MMORPGMassively Multiplayer
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6.5M–10.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $71.3M–$191.8M after Steam's cut $129.7M–$295.0M before Steam's cut	$39.99	133k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeDark Fantasy
FOR HONOR™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.7M–9.2M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $46.9M–$126.2M after Steam's cut $85.3M–$194.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	165k reviews Mixed	MedievalSwordplay
Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem 2020	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.3M–$24.9M after Steam's cut $16.9M–$38.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	68k reviews Mixed	Action RPGHack and Slash
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.0M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $17.3M–$46.5M after Steam's cut $31.4M–$71.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	51k reviews Very Positive	RPGAction