How much revenue did Ludus Mortis make?

$12k–$32k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Ludus Mortis sell?

Q: How many copies did Ludus Mortis sell?

2k to 4k copies, based on its 97 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 2k–4k; $12k–$32k after Steam's cut $22k–$49k before the cut; from 97 reviews (Very 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 Ludus Mortis out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Ludus Mortis's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 38k–121k

best case 558k (Legend of Grimrock)

Games like Ludus Mortis

The middle of these games

≈ 38k–121k copies

≈ $263k–$1.5M after Steam's cut

from ~1k reviews

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

5 of your 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Legend of Grimrock at ≈ 425k–691k copies, ≈ $1.8M–$4.7M after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Dungeon Crawler (8 of 8) and Grid-Based Movement (7 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Dungeon Crawler + Grid-Based Movement, priced around $15.
The era: The games you compared span 2012 to 2025, 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 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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Legend of Grimrock 2 2014	Est. copies ≈ 228k–371k 2.8x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.5M–$4.0M after Steam's cut $2.7M–$6.2M before the cut	$23.99	4k reviews Very Positive	Dungeon CrawlerRPG
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