LIMBO sales estimate

LIMBO is an action game by Playdead, released on Steam on August 2, 2011 at $12.49. It has 41,029 Steam reviews (Very Positive, 91% positive). Markan estimates it has sold between 1.6M and 4.1M copies on Steam, for $7.1 million to $18 million in net revenue.

Estimated lifetime sales and revenue

	Low	Medium	High
Copies sold	1,641,160	2,872,030	4,102,900
Net revenue (USD)	$7,128,415	$12,474,727	$17,821,038

Steam doesn't publish sales. These estimates multiply the number of reviews by a factor that depends on the release year (the Boxleiter method). Net revenue is what's left of list price × sales after refunds, regional pricing, discounts, sales tax and Steam's 30% cut, before any publisher's share. Treat them as a ballpark for comparing games, not as reported figures.

Steam facts

Developer	Playdead
Publisher	Playdead
Release date	August 2, 2011
Price	$12.49 (US list price)
Reviews	41,029 · Very Positive · 91% positive
Genres	Action, Adventure, Indie
Platforms	Windows, macOS
Links	Steam store page · Website

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Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBOFrom the Steam store page

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Data from Steam, last updated by Markan on 2026-11-11.