Samurai Maiden Sales Top 50,000

Yuri love is indeed strong in Japan.

The total shipments and digital sales for 3D action game Samurai Maiden have surpassed 50,000 according to D3 Publisher and developer Shade. According to Famitsu reports (via Gematsu), 7,884 units are physical copies in Japan. Regardless, congratulations!

We are pleased to announce that “SAMURAI MAIDEN” has sold over 50,000 units worldwide!
Many thanks to all “SAMURAI MAIDEN” fans around the world!!!#s_maiden pic.twitter.com/oG5w0BK4o9

— SAMURAI MAIDEN (@s_maiden_en) December 12, 2022

If you want to see why people are paying the equivalent of US$60 for a samurai action game with schoolgirls, you can check out our video below. Or you can check out our review, which states that the game does get a tad cheap and repetitive despite the flashy combat.