How much revenue did Lord of the Rings: War in the North make?

Lord of the Rings: War in the North is free to play, so there is no copy-sales revenue to estimate.

How many copies did Lord of the Rings: War in the North sell?

Q: How many copies did Lord of the Rings: War in the North sell?

605k to 983k copies, based on its 10k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 605k–983k; from 10k 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 Lord of the Rings: War in the North out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Lord of the Rings: War in the North's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 28.9M–74.2M

best case 132.9M (Grand Theft Auto V Legacy)

Games like Lord of the Rings: War in the North

The middle of these games

≈ 28.9M–74.2M copies

≈ $212.6M–$448.5M after Steam's cut

from ~726k 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: Grand Theft Auto V Legacy at ≈ 101.3M–164.6M copies.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Open World (6 of 8) and Survival (4 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Open World + Crime.
The era: The games you compared span 2011 to 2022, and none of them 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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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy 2015	Est. copies ≈ 101.3M–164.6M 2.9x vs typical SteamSpy 50M–100M	Est. revenue Free	Free	2.1M reviews Very Positive	Open WorldAction
Terraria 2011	Est. copies ≈ 97.9M–159.1M 2.1x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $269.0M–$723.1M after Steam's cut $489.0M–$1112.5M before the cut	$9.99	1.5M reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Open World Survival CraftSandbox
Warframe 2013	Est. copies ≈ 42.7M–69.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue Free	Free	676k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayAction RPG
ELDEN RING 2022	Est. copies ≈ 28.6M–46.4M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $471.3M–$1267.1M after Steam's cut $856.9M–$1949.4M before the cut	$59.99	1.2M reviews Very Positive	Souls-likeOpen World
ARK: Survival Evolved 2017	Est. copies ≈ 26.7M–43.4M SteamSpy 20M–50M	Est. revenue $110.1M–$296.0M after Steam's cut $200.2M–$455.4M before the cut	$14.99	776k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Valheim 2021	Est. copies ≈ 13.4M–21.8M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $110.6M–$297.4M after Steam's cut $201.1M–$457.5M before the cut	$29.99	541k reviews Very Positive	Open World Survival CraftSurvival
Dying Light 2015	Est. copies ≈ 24.1M–39.2M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $165.8M–$445.8M after Steam's cut $301.5M–$685.8M before the cut	$24.99	494k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ZombiesSurvival Horror
Monster Hunter: World 2018	Est. copies ≈ 15.7M–25.5M SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $129.4M–$347.8M after Steam's cut $235.2M–$535.1M before the cut	$29.99	516k reviews Very Positive	Co-opMultiplayer