 In its initial Macintosh release, "Lunicus" was a commercial success, with sales of 50,000 units by August 1994.Around August 28, another 50,000 units of the game were shipped for Microsoft Windows.CyberFlix's Erik Quist expected the game to sell 100,000 units overall "by Christmas", Barbara Kantrowitz of "Newsweek" reported at the time.