How much revenue did Mortal Kombat 1 make?

$16.9M–$45.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mortal Kombat 1 sell?

Q: How many copies did Mortal Kombat 1 sell?

1.2M to 2.0M copies, based on its 50k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.2M–2.0M; $16.9M–$45.5M after Steam's cut $30.8M–$70.0M before Steam's cut; from 50k reviews (Mostly Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Mortal Kombat 1 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mortal Kombat 1's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.4M–6.3M

best case 9.9M (NARAKA: BLADEPOINT)

Games like Mortal Kombat 1

A typical game among these

≈ 3.4M–6.3M copies

≈ $26.8M–$67.3M after Steam's cut

from ~97k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of the similar games are hits.

Best case: NARAKA: BLADEPOINT at ≈ 7.5M–12.2M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 33k reviews in their first month; the range was 12k to 49k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Gore (5 of 8) and Fighting (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Battle Royale + Martial Arts.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of the 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 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M 3.1x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	303k reviews Mostly Positive	Battle RoyaleMultiplayer
Blade and Sorcery 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.2M after Steam's cut $23.1M–$52.7M before Steam's cut	$29.99	62k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRSwordplay
Mortal Kombat 11 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.4M–5.5M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $46.1M–$124.0M after Steam's cut $83.8M–$190.7M before Steam's cut	$49.99	116k reviews Very Positive	FightingGore
MORDHAU 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $26.9M–$72.3M after Steam's cut $48.9M–$111.3M before Steam's cut	$29.99	113k reviews Mostly Positive	MedievalMultiplayer
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.5M–7.3M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.6M–$66.2M after Steam's cut $44.7M–$101.8M before Steam's cut	$19.99	80k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Mortal Kombat X 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.3M–$43.9M after Steam's cut $29.7M–$67.6M before Steam's cut	$19.99	61k reviews Very Positive	FightingGore
Paint the Town Red 2021	Est. copies ≈ 810k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.5M–$12.0M after Steam's cut $8.1M–$18.4M before Steam's cut	$19.99	33k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	GoreBlood
FOR HONOR™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.7M–9.2M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $46.9M–$126.2M after Steam's cut $85.3M–$194.2M before Steam's cut	$29.99	165k reviews Mixed	MedievalSwordplay