Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Based On A Novel on Steam.
Share of Based On A Novel games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
Read this as the notable end of the genre. Steam publishes user tags only on game pages we fully enrich, so this sample skews to games that got attention — its median is 228 reviews against roughly 19 for the catalogue. The real share of low-earning Based On A Novel games is higher than shown.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Based On A Novel games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metro 2033 ReduxSteam | approximately $50.6M | 142.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 2 | approximately $30.9M | 97.4K | 93% | $19.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | approximately $3.1K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $36.4K |
| 2025 | 8 | approximately $99 | approximately 13% | approximately 0% | approximately $178.9K |
| 2024 | 4 | approximately $7.6K | approximately 25% | approximately 0% | approximately $202.8K |
| 2023 | 4 | approximately $103.1K | approximately 50% | approximately 25% | approximately $1.5M |
| 2022 | 2 | approximately $834.1K | approximately 50% | approximately 50% | approximately $1.7M |
| 2021 | 6 | approximately $2.7K | approximately 33% | approximately 17% | approximately $3.4M |
| 2020 | 3 | approximately $22.8K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $54.8K |
| 2019 | 3 | approximately $10.3K | approximately 33% | approximately 0% | approximately $375.4K |
| 2018 | 6 | approximately $3.1K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $19.2K |
| 2017 | 8 | approximately $44K | approximately 13% | approximately 13% | approximately $2.7M |
| 2016 | 4 | approximately $124.9K | approximately 50% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.1M |
| 2015 | 3 | approximately $10.4K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $70.8K |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Based On A Novel launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
| approximately $23.8M |
| 48.2K |
| 95% |
| $19.99 |
| 4 | approximately $7.7M | 31K | 91% | $9.99 |
| 5 | approximately $4.1M | 10.2K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 6 | approximately $3.5M | 14.1K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 7 | approximately $3.1M | 7.5K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 8 | approximately $2.4M | 7.6K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Lost EidolonsSteam | approximately $1.6M | 2.4K | 68% | $34.99 |
| 10 | approximately $1.6M | 4K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 11 | approximately $1.3M | 1.3K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 12 | approximately $825.5K | 3.1K | 81% | $14.99 |
| 13 | approximately $801.5K | 4.1K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 14 | approximately $366.8K | 1.4K | 76% | $19.99 |
| 15 | approximately $364.6K | 1.1K | 54% | $21.99 |
| 16 | approximately $332.9K | 3.4K | 68% | $4.99 |
| 17 | approximately $202.7K | 644 | 76% | $7.99 |
| 18 | approximately $187.6K | 318 | 56% | $32.00 |
| 19 | approximately $169.8K | 274 | 75% | $39.99 |
| 20 | approximately $169K | 427 | 82% | $19.99 |
| 21 | approximately $165.7K | 419 | 97% | $9.99 |
| 22 | approximately $157.6K | 295 | 93% | $14.99 |
| 23 | approximately $133.8K | 339 | 78% | $19.99 |
| 24 | approximately $131.4K | 332 | 93% | $19.99 |
| 25 | approximately $109.6K | 277 | 90% | $19.99 |
| 26 | approximately $92.6K | 234 | 89% | $19.99 |
| 27 | approximately $92.2K | 259 | 67% | $9.99 |
| 28 | approximately $87.4K | 442 | 88% | $9.99 |
| 29 | Dracula: OriginSteam | approximately $75.5K | 382 | 75% | $9.99 |
| 30 | approximately $73.4K | 232 | 93% | $19.99 |
| 31 | approximately $60.7K | 307 | 92% | $9.99 |
| 32 | Immortal DefenseSteam | approximately $60.4K | 218 | 86% | $9.99 |
| 33 | approximately $58.3K | 295 | 92% | $9.99 |
| 34 | approximately $56.4K | 178 | 90% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Prose & CodesSteam | approximately $55.6K | 341 | 99% | $9.99 |
| 36 | approximately $54.9K | 208 | 89% | $9.99 |
| 37 | approximately $54.2K | 392 | 81% | $6.99 |
| 38 | approximately $52.8K | 267 | 74% | $9.99 |
| 39 | approximately $52K | 263 | 90% | $9.99 |
| 40 | approximately $50.4K | 255 | 93% | $9.99 |
| 41 | approximately $49.3K | 166 | 70% | $14.99 |
| 42 | approximately $44.5K | 285 | 86% | $9.99 |
| 43 | approximately $44.1K | 223 | 91% | $9.99 |
| 44 | approximately $43.5K | 275 | 84% | $9.99 |
| 45 | approximately $43.1K | 218 | 82% | $9.99 |
| 46 | approximately $38.4K | 97 | 92% | $19.99 |
| 47 | approximately $38.2K | 193 | 74% | $9.99 |
| 48 | approximately $36.8K | 186 | 83% | $9.99 |
| 49 | approximately $36.1K | 228 | 89% | $9.99 |
| 50 | approximately $35.1K | 111 | 74% | $19.99 |