Beard Blade

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Beard Blade

Short description

Run and jump through tropical 16-bit locales as you fend off foes with the power of Branson's shapeshifting beard. Visit the barber to toughen your scruff with new abilities and confront the thieving Smuglins.

Developer
Glovebox Games LLC
Publisher
Glovebox Games LLC
Release
Tue, Jul 20, 2021
Price
$4.99
Reviews
145
Positive
86%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
0 – 20K
Concurrent players
1
Genres
Action, Indie
Features
Full controller support
Tags
Action 2D Platformer Platformer 2D Pixel Graphics Retro Singleplayer Indie
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$32ksomewhere between $14k and $57k · roughly 3K–12K copies

Review count and SteamSpy's owner range agree well enough to narrow the estimate down to this band. Multiplied by $4.95, the average price these copies actually sold for — weighted from the price history rather than taken from the $4.99 launch price. That is 1% below list price on average. Before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

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History

2 data points since Aug 1, 2026. Gaps mean nothing changed — the value carries forward.

Revenue (est.) ~$32k → ~$32k
Reviews 145 → 145
Positive reviews 86.2% → 86.2%

The revenue curve is an estimate, not a measurement. It is the only calculated series here: each interval takes the review growth of that period, multiplies it by the sales-per-review factor and by the price actually charged at the time, and adds the result to the running total. That is why it climbs more slowly through discount periods than the review curve next to it. The last point is the same figure quoted above — gross, before Steam's cut, VAT and refunds. How these numbers are calculated.

The blurred area is the rest of the history. 72 further data points reach back to Jul 1, 2021 — your plan shows the last 90 days of it. How far each series in particular reaches is written on its own chart; not every one of them goes back that far. The shape in the blurred area is decoration, not data: the figures are not in this page at all. Plus unlocks the complete series.

Lowest recorded price: $2.79 on Oct 6, 2025.

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