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How many copies did Sword With Sauce sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 196k–319k
$269k–$724k after Steam's cut $490k–$1.1M before the cut
from 6k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

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We left Sword With Sauce out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Sword With Sauce's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 5.5M–7.7M
best case 29.9M (Dying Light)
The Open World genre

All 8 of your similar games are hits. A big, proven genre for a game like yours.

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

A typical game
≈ 5.5M–7.7M copies
≈ $74.0M–$116.7M after Steam's cut
from ~135k reviews
Best case
≈ 22.8M–37.1M copies
Dying Light · ≈ $156.7M–$421.4M after Steam's cut
A breakout hit, far above a typical game.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Open World (7 of 8) and Third Person (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Zombies + Survival Horror, priced around $25. The breakout hits carry Zombies + Online Co-Op + Survival Horror; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2013 to 2022, a genre with a long track record.

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count.

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