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How many copies did FLASH OF THE BLADE X sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 3k–4k
$2k–$6k after Steam's cut $4k–$9k before the cut
from 104 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 FLASH OF THE BLADE X out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including FLASH OF THE BLADE X's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 51k–179k
best case 56.1M (Warframe)
Games like FLASH OF THE BLADE X

The middle of these games

≈ 51k–179k copies

≈ $391k–$801k after Steam's cut

from ~2k reviews

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

7 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Your picks lean toward this genre's biggest survivors; the typical figure reads from its ordinary successes.

Best case: Warframe at ≈ 42.7M–69.4M copies. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 533 reviews in their first month; the spread ran 24 to 2k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on FPS (5 of 8) and Fast-Paced (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Action RPG + Looter Shooter, priced around $30. The breakout hits carry Third Person; a typical game here doesn't.
The era
The games you compared span 2000 to 2025, 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 79 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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