How much revenue did Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ make?

An estimated 27.5M to 74.1M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ sell?

Q: How many copies did Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ sell?

An estimated 5.0M to 8.1M copies, based on its 96k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 5.0M–8.1M; $27.5M–$74.1M net $50.1M–$113.9M gross; from 96k 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 Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 11.7M–25.3M

best case 36.0M (ELDEN RING)

The Open World lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 19.9M copies.

A typical game

≈ 19.9M copies

≈ $269.5M after Steam's cut

from ~370k reviews

Best case

≈ 36.0M copies

ELDEN RING · ≈ $834.0M after Steam's cut

from 1.1M reviews

Copies and revenue are rough lifetime estimates from the review count; typical figures are medians per column, so they can come from different games.

The lane you'd be entering

Winners here lead with Souls-like + Open World, priced around $60.
The games you compared span 2010 to 2023, a lane with a long track record.
A typical game here lands in Diamond ($1M+ before Steam's cut, est.). Tiers: Chris Zukowski's benchmark tiers.

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