How much revenue did MORDHAU make?

$26.9M–$72.3M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MORDHAU sell?

Q: How many copies did MORDHAU sell?

3.3M to 5.3M copies, based on its 113k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.3M–5.3M; $26.9M–$72.3M after Steam's cut $48.9M–$111.3M before Steam's cut; from 113k 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 MORDHAU and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MORDHAU's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.7M–6.5M

best case 9.7M (Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord)

Games like MORDHAU

A typical game among these

≈ 1.7M–6.5M copies

≈ $21.8M–$66.7M after Steam's cut

from ~61k 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: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord at ≈ 7.4M–12.0M copies, ≈ $101.7M–$273.3M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 35k reviews in their first month; the range was 10k to 200k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Medieval (6 of 8) and Open World (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Medieval + Open World, priced around $50.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2010 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 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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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
Medieval Dynasty 2021	Est. copies ≈ 1.3M–2.1M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.5M–$33.7M after Steam's cut $22.8M–$51.8M before Steam's cut	$34.99	52k reviews Very Positive	CraftingBuilding
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 2022	Est. copies ≈ 7.4M–12.0M 4.9x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $101.7M–$273.3M after Steam's cut $184.8M–$420.5M before Steam's cut	$49.99	298k reviews Very Positive	MedievalStrategy
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare 2012	Est. copies ≈ 4.1M–6.7M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $28.2M–$75.9M after Steam's cut $51.3M–$116.8M before Steam's cut	$24.99	65k reviews Very Positive	MedievalMultiplayer
Mount & Blade: Warband 2010	Est. copies ≈ 10.9M–17.7M 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $59.8M–$160.9M after Steam's cut $108.8M–$247.5M before Steam's cut	$19.99	172k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	MedievalRPG
Chivalry 2 2022	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.2M–$43.4M after Steam's cut $29.4M–$66.8M before Steam's cut	$39.99	59k reviews Mostly Positive	SwordplayMedieval
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword 2011	Est. copies ≈ 889k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $2.4M–$6.6M after Steam's cut $4.4M–$10.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	14k reviews Very Positive	RPGOpen World
Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014 2014	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $9.6M–$25.9M after Steam's cut $17.5M–$39.8M before Steam's cut	$29.99	21k reviews Mixed	Souls-likeDark Fantasy