How much revenue did Mortal Kombat 11 make?

$45.9M–$123.5M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Mortal Kombat 11 sell?

Q: How many copies did Mortal Kombat 11 sell?

3.3M to 5.4M copies, based on its 116k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 3.3M–5.4M; $45.9M–$123.5M after Steam's cut $83.5M–$190.0M before the cut; from 116k 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 Mortal Kombat 11 out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Mortal Kombat 11's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.0M–4.0M

best case 9.8M (NARAKA: BLADEPOINT)

Games like Mortal Kombat 11

The middle of these games

≈ 1.0M–4.0M copies

≈ $23.4M–$30.9M after Steam's cut

from ~55k 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 22k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 12k to 49k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Gore (7 of 8) and Fighting (5 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Battle Royale + Martial Arts.
The era: The games you compared span 2015 to 2024, and 1 of your 7 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 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
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
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT 2021	Est. copies ≈ 7.5M–12.2M 5.5x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue Free	Free	302k reviews Mostly Positive	Battle RoyaleMultiplayer
Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition unreleased	Est. copies ≈ 468k–760k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue Free	Free	19k 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
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
Iron Snout 2016	Est. copies ≈ 727k–1.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	17k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Free to Play2D Fighter
Mortal Kombat 1 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–2.0M SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $16.8M–$45.1M after Steam's cut $30.5M–$69.4M before the cut	$49.99	49k reviews Mostly Positive	FightingAction
MORDHAU 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.3M–5.3M 2.1x vs typical 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