How many copies did The Oni Sellsword sell?

2k to 3k copies, based on its 70 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

How much revenue did The Oni Sellsword make?

The Oni Sellsword is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How big is The Oni Sellsword?

Estimated players who have it: ≈ 2k–3k; from 70 reviews (Very 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 The Oni Sellsword and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Oni Sellsword's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 904k–6.5M

best case 9.1M (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)

Games like The Oni Sellsword

A typical game among these

≈ 904k–6.5M copies

≈ $12.7M–$63.4M after Steam's cut

from ~30k 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: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 at ≈ 6.9M–11.3M copies, ≈ $95.2M–$256.1M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share JRPG (6 of 8) and Story Rich (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Turn-Based Combat + Story Rich, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2025, and 1 of the 8 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).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 2025	Est. copies ≈ 6.9M–11.3M 9.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $95.2M–$256.1M after Steam's cut $173.2M–$394.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	279k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Turn-Based CombatStory Rich
FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster 2016	Est. copies ≈ 986k–1.6M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $8.1M–$21.9M after Steam's cut $14.8M–$33.6M before Steam's cut	$29.99	24k reviews Very Positive	JRPGTurn-Based Combat
NieR:Automata™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.3M–8.6M 5.1x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $58.2M–$156.5M after Steam's cut $105.8M–$240.7M before Steam's cut	$39.99	154k reviews Very Positive	Great SoundtrackStory Rich
Tales of Berseria™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 651k–1.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.0M–$24.1M after Steam's cut $16.3M–$37.0M before Steam's cut	$49.99	19k reviews Very Positive	AnimeJRPG
Tales of ARISE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 912k–1.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.9M before Steam's cut	$49.99	37k reviews Very Positive	AnimeJRPG
Finding Paradise 2017	Est. copies ≈ 702k–1.1M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.9M–$5.2M after Steam's cut $3.5M–$8.0M before Steam's cut	$9.99	20k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Story RichEmotional
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.8M–7.8M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.4M–$71.0M after Steam's cut $48.0M–$109.3M before Steam's cut	$19.99	86k reviews Very Positive	MMORPGRPG
CrossCode 2018	Est. copies ≈ 562k–914k SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $3.1M–$8.3M after Steam's cut $5.6M–$12.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	18k reviews Very Positive	Action RPGPixel Graphics