How much revenue did The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ make?

An estimated 2.4M to 6.5M net after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ sell?

Q: How many copies did The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ sell?

An estimated 291k to 474k copies, based on its 12k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 291k–474k; $2.4M–$6.5M net $4.4M–$9.9M gross; from 12k 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 The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™'s, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 12.2M–16.2M

best case 34.8M (ARK: Survival Evolved)

The Open World lane

A big, proven genre: most sell around 13.4M copies.

A typical game

≈ 13.4M copies

≈ $155.3M after Steam's cut

from ~402k reviews

Best case

≈ 34.8M copies

ARK: Survival Evolved · ≈ $201.8M after Steam's cut

from 772k reviews

7 of your 8 games sit in the typical range; 1 is too small to compare.

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 Open World Survival Craft + Survival, priced around $15.
The games you compared span 2017 to 2024, 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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ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.5M–43.1M 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $109.4M–$294.2M net $198.9M–$452.6M gross	$14.99	772k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival +6
Palworld 2024	Est. copies ≈ 10.2M–16.6M SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue $84.2M–$226.5M net $153.1M–$348.4M gross	$29.99	426k reviews Very Positive	Open WorldSurvival +6
Subnautica 2018	Est. copies ≈ 11.4M–18.5M SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue $94.1M–$253.0M net $171.1M–$389.3M gross	$29.99	375k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival +6
Raft 2022	Est. copies ≈ 9.0M–14.6M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $49.4M–$132.9M net $89.9M–$204.5M gross	$19.99	375k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalMultiplayer +6
7 Days to Die 2024	Est. copies ≈ 9.7M–15.7M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $119.5M–$321.2M net $217.2M–$494.2M gross	$44.99	402k reviews Very Positive	SurvivalZombies +6
Valheim 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13.3M–21.6M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $73.2M–$196.8M net $133.1M–$302.8M gross	$19.99	537k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival +6
rod (removed) 2023	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k too small to compare SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue Free	Free	324 reviews Mixed	Early AccessDwarf +6
Satisfactory 2024	Est. copies ≈ 6.6M–10.7M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $72.5M–$194.9M net $131.8M–$299.8M gross	$39.99	275k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Base-BuildingAutomation +6