He wrote in his blog on Wednesday, "I don’t have official sales numbers for the full week, but I would guess about 55,000 people have bought the game so far."
The ingenious platformer released on August 6, and sells on Xbox Live Marketplace for $15.
He added, "Sales are now slower than they were on launch day, but not too much: the sales didn’t just die after the first few days, as they do with some games.
"As a result, it looks like I will be able to make the next game, without needing to get a job that would interfere with that. (The estimated sales so far of 55,000 are not enough for this, but extrapolating into the future, the situation looks safe)."
Blow also offered several data points for Braid:
- 63,000 entries on main leaderboards
- 18,000 have completed the game
- 528 have completed the full game speed run
- 5,000 entries on Leap of Faith speed run leaderboard
Blow said he "hopes" sales for the game don't take a massive dive when the well-reviewed Bionic Commando: Rearmed arrives on Xbox Live Marketplace (as well as PSN and PC) later this week.
A thankful Blow stated, "The wave of highly-positive reviews took me by surprise, but the unexpectedly good sales show that this isn’t just a game for critics: a lot of people out there are playing Braid and getting good things from it."
The game has been receiving phenomenal reviews from gaming outlets, earning a 93 percent review average on Metacritic.
Future publication Official Xbox Magazine said, "Braid is absolutely a game you shouldn’t miss, granting the title a 9/10.
Edge called the game "Beautiful, brilliantly demanding and one of the finest original titles available on Xbox Live Arcade," giving the game the same score.
In a separate blog entry, Blow also said he's working with Microsoft to address two bugs found in Braid in the past days.