How much revenue did Ninja Blade make?

Ninja Blade is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Ninja Blade sell?

Q: How many copies did Ninja Blade sell?

24k to 38k copies, based on its 372 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 24k–38k; from 372 reviews (Mixed)

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 Ninja Blade out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ninja Blade's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 948k–2.5M

best case 6.5M (METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE)

Games like Ninja Blade

The middle of these games

≈ 948k–2.5M copies

≈ $11.4M–$27.0M after Steam's cut

from ~28k 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.

Best case: METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE at ≈ 5.0M–8.1M copies, ≈ $41.0M–$110.3M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Hack and Slash (7 of 8) and Ninja (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Hack and Slash + Spectacle fighter, priced around $30.
The era: The games you compared span 2013 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 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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Agent in Depth 2024	Est. copies ≈ 5k–7k too small to compare SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $4k–$10k after Steam's cut $7k–$16k before the cut	$2.99	184 reviews Very Positive	NinjaUnforgiving
DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 790k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $10.9M–$29.2M after Steam's cut $19.7M–$44.9M before the cut	$49.99	14k reviews Very Positive	Hack and SlashAction
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METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE 2014	Est. copies ≈ 5.0M–8.1M 3.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $41.0M–$110.3M after Steam's cut $74.6M–$169.8M before the cut	$29.99	89k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Great SoundtrackHack and Slash
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