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How many copies did BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 144k–235k
$2.4M–$6.4M after Steam's cut $4.3M–$9.9M before the cut
from 4k 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 BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 166k–953k
best case 2.4M (CODE VEIN)
Games like BERSERK and the Band of the Hawk

The middle of these games

≈ 166k–953k copies

≈ $1.1M–$22.1M after Steam's cut

from ~12k 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: CODE VEIN at ≈ 1.8M–2.9M copies, ≈ $29.7M–$79.7M after Steam's cut.

What it took to get here
About half the games that made it here had over 2k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 928 to 14k.
The genre you'd be entering
Your set
Your set clusters on Hack and Slash (5 of 8) and Action RPG (4 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Souls-like + Anime, priced around $60.
The era
The games you compared span 2016 to 2025, and 2 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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