Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Choose Your Own Adventure on Steam.
Share of Choose Your Own Adventure games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Choose Your Own Adventure 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 | DayZSteam | approximately $357.6M | 469.9K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 2 | approximately $197.4M | 174.9K | 84% | $69.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 934 | approximately $520 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $271.5M |
| 2025 | 970 | approximately $817 | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $108.4M |
| 2024 | 872 | approximately $728 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $97.9M |
| 2023 | 666 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $166.7M |
| 2022 | 536 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $53.5M |
| 2021 | 432 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 9% | approximately 4% | approximately $49.4M |
| 2020 | 288 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 9% | approximately 4% | approximately $74.4M |
| 2019 | 103 | approximately $3.2K | approximately 16% | approximately 4% | approximately $77.5M |
| 2018 | 114 | approximately $2.6K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $411.6M |
| 2017 | 87 | approximately $4.9K | approximately 17% | approximately 6% | approximately $73.1M |
| 2016 | 87 | approximately $7.4K | approximately 18% | approximately 3% | approximately $12.6M |
| 2015 | 65 | approximately $15.4K | approximately 18% | approximately 6% | approximately $14.1M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Choose Your Own Adventure launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
| approximately $96.7M |
| 190.2K |
| 57% |
| $19.99 |
| 4 | People PlaygroundSteam | approximately $62.9M | 319.6K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 5 | approximately $49.3M | 161.7K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 6 | Metaphor: ReFantazioSteam | approximately $48.5M | 43.3K | 90% | $27.99 |
| 7 | Gothic 1 RemakeSteam | approximately $36.1M | 41.3K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 8 | approximately $34.5M | 188.8K | 89% | $11.99 |
| 9 | Anno 117: Pax RomanaSteam | approximately $31.3M | 12.8K | 69% | $38.99 |
| 10 | approximately $25M | 78.8K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 11 | approximately $25M | 36.7K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 12 | The Walking DeadSteam | approximately $20.6M | 80.7K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 13 | Sultan's GameSteam | approximately $17.2M | 35.2K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 14 | approximately $14.2M | 59.8K | 99% | $14.99 |
| 15 | approximately $13.6M | 37.9K | 93% | $16.99 |
| 16 | approximately $13.5M | 22.1K | 92% | $23.99 |
| 17 | Mon BazouSteam | approximately $13.5M | 19.9K | 97% | $15.99 |
| 18 | The Wolf Among UsSteam | approximately $12.7M | 40.3K | 98% | $12.74 |
| 19 | AvorionSteam | approximately $11.2M | 13K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 20 | approximately $9.5M | 34K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 21 | Cultist SimulatorSteam | approximately $8.4M | 14.2K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 22 | approximately $7.9M | 32.1K | 97% | $8.99 |
| 23 | Not For BroadcastSteam | approximately $7.8M | 12.7K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 24 | The BazaarSteam | approximately $7.5M | 16.1K | 69% | $19.99 |
| 25 | approximately $6.8M | 21.5K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 26 | approximately $6.1M | 19.6K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 27 | Tavern Keeper 🍻Steam | approximately $5.8M | 4.7K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 28 | approximately $5.7M | 7.2K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 29 | approximately $5.3M | 19.6K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 30 | WitchSpring RSteam | approximately $5.2M | 6.9K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 31 | approximately $5.1M | 4.7K | 79% | $34.99 |
| 32 | approximately $5M | 18.6K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 33 | Until Dawn™Steam | approximately $4.6M | 5.3K | 83% | $59.99 |
| 34 | approximately $4.2M | 13.1K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 35 | The OperatorSteam | approximately $4.2M | 8.9K | 92% | $13.99 |
| 36 | approximately $4.2M | 4.9K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 37 | SuzerainSteam | approximately $4.1M | 11.9K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 38 | Word GameSteam | approximately $4.1M | 6.4K | 93% | $34.99 |
| 39 | Pixel PiracySteam | approximately $3.9M | 7.4K | 65% | $14.99 |
| 40 | Her StorySteam | approximately $3.7M | 10.4K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 41 | Magical PrincessSteam | approximately $3.5M | 8.2K | 97% | $11.99 |
| 42 | Out of OreSteam | approximately $3.5M | 4K | 85% | $24.99 |
| 43 | 60 Seconds!Steam | approximately $3.4M | 10.5K | 85% | $8.99 |
| 44 | approximately $3.3M | 7.3K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 45 | SableSteam | approximately $3.2M | 6.5K | 86% | $24.99 |
| 46 | Scarlet HollowSteam | approximately $3.1M | 5.3K | 98% | $23.99 |
| 47 | PentimentSteam | approximately $3.1M | 9.8K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 48 | approximately $3M | 6K | 62% | $29.99 |
| 49 | approximately $3M | 9.5K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 50 | Car Service TogetherSteam | approximately $3M | 4.1K | 79% | $19.99 |