How much revenue did Mortal Kombat 1 make?

$16.8M–$45.1M 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 49k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 1.2M–2.0M; $16.8M–$45.1M after Steam's cut $30.5M–$69.4M before the cut; from 49k reviews (Mostly Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Mortal Kombat 1 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mortal Kombat 1's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3.4M–6.2M

best case 9.8M (NARAKA: BLADEPOINT)

Games like Mortal Kombat 1

The middle of these games

≈ 3.4M–6.2M copies

≈ $26.7M–$67.1M after Steam's cut

from ~96k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

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

What it took to get here

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

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Gore (5 of 8) and Fighting (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Battle Royale + Martial Arts.
The era: The games you compared span 2014 to 2024, and 1 of your 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).

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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	302k reviews Mostly Positive	Battle RoyaleMultiplayer
Blade and Sorcery 2024	Est. copies ≈ 1.5M–2.5M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $12.7M–$34.1M after Steam's cut $23.1M–$52.5M before the cut	$29.99	62k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	VRSwordplay
Mortal Kombat 11 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.4M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $45.9M–$123.5M after Steam's cut $83.5M–$190.0M before the 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–$111.2M before the cut	$29.99	113k reviews Mostly Positive	MedievalMultiplayer
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition 2014	Est. copies ≈ 4.4M–7.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $24.4M–$65.7M after Steam's cut $44.4M–$101.1M before the cut	$19.99	79k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Mortal Kombat X 2015	Est. copies ≈ 3.0M–4.8M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $16.3M–$43.8M after Steam's cut $29.6M–$67.4M before the cut	$19.99	61k reviews Very Positive	FightingGore
Paint the Town Red 2021	Est. copies ≈ 805k–1.3M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.9M after Steam's cut $8.1M–$18.3M before the cut	$19.99	32k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	GoreBlood
FOR HONOR™ 2017	Est. copies ≈ 5.6M–9.2M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $46.5M–$125.0M after Steam's cut $84.5M–$192.3M before the cut	$29.99	164k reviews Mixed	MedievalSwordplay