How much revenue did Blade of Darkness make?

$263k–$707k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Blade of Darkness sell?

Q: How many copies did Blade of Darkness sell?

64k to 104k copies, based on its 3k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 64k–104k; $263k–$707k after Steam's cut $478k–$1.1M before the cut; from 3k reviews (Very 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 Blade of Darkness out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Blade of Darkness's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 2.4M–2.7M

best case 39.3M (Black Myth: Wukong)

Games like Blade of Darkness

The middle of these games

≈ 2.4M–2.7M copies

≈ $33.5M–$54.7M after Steam's cut

from ~67k 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: Black Myth: Wukong at ≈ 30.0M–48.7M copies, ≈ $494.5M–$1329.5M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 347k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 12k to 836k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Souls-like (7 of 8) and Action RPG (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Souls-like, priced around $60. The breakout hits carry Difficult; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of your 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 52 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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Remnant: From the Ashes 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $18.2M–$48.8M after Steam's cut $33.0M–$75.1M before the cut	$39.99	57k reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeAction
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Blasphemous 2019	Est. copies ≈ 1.9M–3.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $13.2M–$35.6M after Steam's cut $24.1M–$54.7M before the cut	$24.99	67k reviews Very Positive	MetroidvaniaPixel Graphics
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Black Myth: Wukong 2024	Est. copies ≈ 30.0M–48.7M 18x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $494.5M–$1329.5M after Steam's cut $899.1M–$2045.4M before the cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MythologyAction RPG
Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition 2019	Est. copies ≈ 10.2M–16.6M 5.3x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $168.6M–$453.2M after Steam's cut $306.5M–$697.3M before the cut	$59.99	355k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Souls-likeDifficult
ELDEN RING 2022	Est. copies ≈ 28.6M–46.4M 17x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $471.3M–$1267.1M after Steam's cut $856.9M–$1949.4M before the cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeOpen World
INSIDE 2016	Est. copies ≈ 3.1M–5.1M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.6M–$58.2M after Steam's cut $39.4M–$89.5M before the cut	$24.99	76k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	2.5DPuzzle-Platformer