Steam market intelligence
Half Sword
71% positive · 27,740 Steam reviews · released Jan 30, 2026 · by Half Sword Games
What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose
Lifetime units: ~915,420
(P10–P90: 366,168 – 2,013,924)
Gross revenue: ~$18,758,604
($7,503,441 – $41,268,928)
Estimate, method v1.0 — before Steam's ~30% share, refunds and VAT. The band means: we'd be surprised if the truth sat outside it. How we estimate
Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Last 90 days: 81% positive across 299 stored reviews. Action games with 100+ reviews typically sit around 84% (median of 3353 games).
Performance & stability59% positive · 59 mentions
“i like everything about this even the tiny glitches it makes it much more fun with them”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 8 h played
Gameplay & mechanics76% positive · 34 mentions
“Huge fan of the game since it's original playtest and demo years back. Had a rough EA launch, but with recent updates and reworks the game is in an excellent place. Extremely satisfying control and combat. Can't wait to see where they take…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 43 h played
Story & writing58% positive · 19 mentions
“yea so i have played this game for 15 hours now and it is still in beta and i keep coming back to play more this game is so much fun with a like story mode and just a free mode for fun so yea this game is so much fun”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 16 h played
Content & longevity68% positive · 19 mentions
“good game, lots of content”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 13 h played
Price & value67% positive · 15 mentions
“Yes, it's as fun as it looks. The combat is extremely satisfying and makes me wish there was a fully fleshed out RPG using the combat mechanics of this game. There are some bugs in its current Early Access state, which can be frustrating…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 17 h played
Difficulty & balance40% positive · 15 mentions
“The game is fun and all but do not play the abyss mode unless you want to absolutely rage. The spawns are completely inconsistent on the enemies they spawn in with metal weapons and you start with wood. its very unbalanced, since they are…”Recommended · Steam review · Jul 2026 · 105 h played
299 recent English reviews stored · topics keyword-matched · topics under 12 mentions stay hidden · methodology
Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference
How you play together
Single-player
Platform features
Steam Cloud
Business model
Buy to playEarly Access
Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.