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How many copies did Mortal Kombat 11 sell?

Estimated copies sold
≈ 3.4M–5.5M
$46.1M–$124.0M after Steam's cut $83.8M–$190.7M before Steam's cut
from 116k reviews (Very 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 11 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mortal Kombat 11's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–4.0M
best case 9.9M (NARAKA: BLADEPOINT)
Games like Mortal Kombat 11

A typical game among these

≈ 1.0M–4.0M copies

≈ $23.5M–$31.2M after Steam's cut

from ~55k 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 22k reviews in their first month; the range was 12k to 49k.
The genre you'd be entering
These games
The similar games share Gore (7 of 8) and Fighting (5 of 8).
The winners
Winners here lead with Battle Royale + Martial Arts.
When they shipped
The similar games span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of the 7 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

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
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
2021
Est. copies
≈ 7.5M–12.2M
5.5x vs typical
SteamSpy 10M–20M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
303k reviews
Mostly Positive
Battle RoyaleMultiplayer
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition
unreleased
Est. copies
≈ 468k–760k
SteamSpy 1M–2M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
19k 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
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
Iron Snout
2016
Est. copies
≈ 727k–1.2M
SteamSpy 2M–5M
Est. revenue
Free
Free
17k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
Free to Play2D Fighter
Mortal Kombat 1
2023
Est. copies
≈ 1.2M–2.0M
SteamSpy 500k–1M
Est. revenue
$16.9M–$45.5M after Steam's cut $30.8M–$70.0M before Steam's cut
$49.99
50k reviews
Mostly Positive
FightingAction
MORDHAU
2019
Est. copies
≈ 3.3M–5.3M
2.0x vs typical
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

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