Limbo racks up one million sales

By Fred Dutton Published 10 November, 2011

Success allows Playdead to buy its independence.

Artful indie platformer Limbo has just passed the one million sales mark, developer Playdead has announced.

Apparently it's been played by gamers in 153 countries, in nine languages, across three platforms.

Off the back of its success, the Danish studio has been able to purchase full control of the company from its early investors.

"With the success that Limbo has achieved, we felt this was the ideal time to fully regain our independence," commented CEO Dino Patti.

"We are grateful to everyone who supported us over the past few years, and look forward to forging new partnerships that will both let us reach new heights as a studio and give our director, Arnt Jensen, room to grow creatively."

Ahead of the mysterious new project discussed last month, a Mac version of Limbo is due out before the end of the year.

Playdead's acclaimed debut originally launched on Xbox Live Arcade in 2010, before making its way onto PC and PlayStation Network earlier this year. Eurogamer's 9/10 Limbo review has more detail.

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Comments (18) Latest comment 7 months ago

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  • oceanmotion #1 7 months ago

    I always expect the numbers to be so much more, just like the Witcher sales.

    I'm starting to think not many people bother with the digital games outside of buying map packs for COD and the like.

    Some of the Arcade games on demand are brilliant.

  • Bravestinsane #2 7 months ago

    @oceanmotion

    I know what you mean

    I only really buy small indi arcade games of Steam, Limbo is on steam now but with so many games coming out i just havn't got round to it, ill probably pick it up in a instant if its in the Steam xmas sales though

  • Ultrasoundwave #3 7 months ago

    A truly excellent little game, it deserves all the success it gets :)

  • SofaSpud #4 7 months ago

    Even if you only made £1 from each sale, making 1 million sales is a very nice amount! :)

  • loop7 #5 7 months ago

    Great game, bought and completed it last weekend. Particularly enjoyed the PS3 exclusive secret level where it's pitch black and you have to listen rather than look to get through it.

  • -cerberus- #6 7 months ago

    Excellent! Now put it on disc together with Outland & Stacking (+ its Hobo King expansion) at a budget price and you've got yourself one hell of a action/puzzle/platformer collection!

  • Jamiesan #7 7 months ago

    Agreed, brilliant little game. Can't wait to see what Playdead have planned next.

  • evild_edd #8 7 months ago

    Considering it was a 1,200msp release - and was the biggest selling title of 2010s Summer Of Arcade (if I remember correctly) - I'm assuming the devs have seen a fair bit more than £1 per sale.....and rightly so. They thoroughly deserve some serious dough for this stunning title.

    Limbo was gaming equivalent of drinking a double espresso in a Rome Piazza: short, sharp, beautiful, eye-opening, and invigorating.

    Everyone should grab a copy of this (particularly if it's on sale)

  • -cerberus- #9 7 months ago

    @evild_edd: "Limbo was gaming equivalent of drinking a double espresso in a Rome Piazza: short, sharp, beautiful, eye-opening, and invigorating."

    And very bad for your teeth?

  • SheffAl #10 7 months ago

    Good luck to them. Any success for little devs is good for games. Just hope bully boys EA, Ubi or the like won't buy them up and destroy the spirit.

  • evild_edd #11 7 months ago

    @-cerberus-

    Decent espresso doesn't need sugar ;D

  • higganos #12 7 months ago

    And if this isn't an advert for killing the single-console exclusive, I don't know what is.

  • Subdominator #13 7 months ago

    Well, 1 million sales plus 1 million DLC sales didn't stop Red Lynx from selling out to Ubisoft so I hope they stay true to their independance.

    @higganos: Without the added marketing as an Xbox exclusive Limbo would have sold much less. Developers sign exclusive contracts because they work.

  • Lunatic4ever #14 7 months ago

    well deserved!

  • mr2ange #15 7 months ago

    There have been some cracking indie games this gen,
    Limbo, Outland, Braid, Minecraft, Some real innovation coming from this sector of the gaming world.

    Well done, and I look forward to playing more of your games in the future!

  • Triggerhappytel #16 7 months ago

    I finished it a few weeks back and thought it was a brilliant game which deserved all the success it got. I look forward to their next game.

  • eviroboy #17 7 months ago

    Aside from it's distinctive visual style and niche approach the actual game mechanics were awful. It gained far more plaudits than it deserved.

  • madmaardigan #18 7 months ago

    Just picked it up half price on XBox live, have to say I'm loving it. Superb art style and clever puzzles, brings to mind Braid or Abe's Odyssey. More of the same please!