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How many copies did Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 312k–508k
$4.3M–$11.5M after Steam's cut $7.8M–$17.8M before the cut
from 13k reviews (Overwhelmingly 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 Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name out and predicted the genre from its 6 similar games. Every figure here, including Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 31.7M–51.9M
best case 39.3M (Black Myth: Wukong)
Games like Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

The middle of these games

≈ 31.7M–51.9M copies

≈ $556.2M–$912.0M after Steam's cut

from ~781k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 6 of your similar games are hits.

No genre covers most of your similar games. The closest is Open World (3 of 6), so the genre you lead with is still undecided.

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: Black Myth: Wukong at ≈ 30.0M–48.7M copies, ≈ $494.5M–$1329.5M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Open World (3 of 6) and Story Rich (3 of 6).
The winners
Winners here lead with Mythology + Action RPG, priced around $60.
The era
The games you compared span 2013 to 2024, and 1 of your 6 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

Black Myth: Wukong
2024
Est. copies
≈ 30.0M–48.7M
1.5x 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
Warframe
2013
Est. copies
≈ 42.7M–69.4M
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
676k reviews
Very Positive
Free to PlayAction RPG
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
2015
Est. copies
≈ 43.2M–70.2M
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
$593.9M–$1596.9M after Steam's cut $1079.9M–$2456.7M before the cut
$49.99
885k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Open WorldRPG
Dying Light
2015
Est. copies
≈ 24.1M–39.2M
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
$165.8M–$445.8M after Steam's cut $301.5M–$685.8M before the cut
$24.99
494k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
ZombiesSurvival Horror
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
Est. copies
≈ 24.2M–39.3M
SteamSpy 20M–50M
Est. revenue
$399.0M–$1072.8M after Steam's cut $725.5M–$1650.4M before the cut
$59.99
975k reviews
Very Positive
CyberpunkOpen World
DARK SOULS™ III
2016
Est. copies
≈ 18.3M–29.7M
SteamSpy 5M–10M
Est. revenue
$301.6M–$810.8M after Steam's cut $548.3M–$1247.4M before the cut
$59.99
439k reviews
Very Positive
Souls-likeDark Fantasy

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