Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Dark Fantasy on Steam.
Share of Dark Fantasy 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 Dark Fantasy 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 | ELDEN RINGSteam | approximately $938.5M | 1.2M | 93% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Black Myth: WukongSteam | approximately $813.5M | 1.2M | 96% | $59.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.2K | approximately $605 | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $368.9M |
| 2025 | 963 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $571.2M |
| 2024 | 840 | approximately $1,000 | approximately 12% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.3B |
| 2023 | 642 | approximately $650 | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $305.9M |
| 2022 | 501 | approximately $928 | approximately 10% | approximately 5% | approximately $1.2B |
| 2021 | 405 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $126.7M |
| 2020 | 206 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $45M |
| 2019 | 93 | approximately $9.3K | approximately 29% | approximately 12% | approximately $389.3M |
| 2018 | 97 | approximately $13K | approximately 24% | approximately 13% | approximately $220.4M |
| 2017 | 77 | approximately $12.5K | approximately 29% | approximately 14% | approximately $387.9M |
| 2016 | 47 | approximately $58.9K | approximately 43% | approximately 26% | approximately $459.3M |
| 2015 | 46 | approximately $160.4K | approximately 52% | approximately 28% | approximately $106.1M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Dark Fantasy launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
| approximately $309.5M |
| 356.1K |
| 95% |
| $59.99 |
| 4 | DARK SOULS™ IIISteam | approximately $213.4M | 440.2K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 5 | approximately $202.3M | 181.8K | 95% | $39.99 |
| 6 | approximately $178.5M | 149.1K | 72% | $59.99 |
| 7 | approximately $148.1M | 121.5K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 8 | Path of Exile 2Steam | approximately $117.9M | 226.6K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 9 | approximately $104.5M | 106.3K | 57% | $49.99 |
| 10 | Hollow KnightSteam | approximately $101.8M | 562.6K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 11 | Lies of PSteam | approximately $85.6M | 83K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 12 | V RisingSteam | approximately $84M | 137.3K | 89% | $34.99 |
| 13 | approximately $81.8M | 87.8K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 14 | Darkest Dungeon®Steam | approximately $81.4M | 162.7K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 15 | approximately $74.6M | 26.2K | 87% | $69.99 |
| 16 | Dead CellsSteam | approximately $72.7M | 183.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 17 | approximately $70.2M | 147.7K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 18 | approximately $68.3M | 24K | 91% | $69.99 |
| 19 | Diablo® IVSteam | approximately $63.5M | 78.2K | 65% | $49.99 |
| 20 | Total War: WARHAMMERSteam | approximately $55M | 32.1K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 21 | approximately $52.7M | 82.1K | 79% | $39.99 |
| 22 | approximately $49.3M | 155.5K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 23 | Metaphor: ReFantazioSteam | approximately $48.5M | 43.3K | 90% | $27.99 |
| 24 | DOOM: The Dark AgesSteam | approximately $47.5M | 32.3K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 25 | Grim DawnSteam | approximately $47.2M | 109.9K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 26 | approximately $47.1M | 132.3K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 27 | approximately $45.2M | 72.8K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 28 | Mortal Shell IISteam | approximately $42.2M | 20.8K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 29 | DARK SOULS™ IISteam | approximately $41.7M | 46.9K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 30 | approximately $40.6M | 33.6K | 88% | $44.99 |
| 31 | Gothic 1 RemakeSteam | approximately $36.1M | 41.3K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 32 | approximately $35.8M | 32.7K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 33 | approximately $33.6M | 50.7K | 87% | $19.99 |
| 34 | approximately $32.8M | 49.2K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 35 | approximately $30.9M | 97.4K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Nine SolsSteam | approximately $27.7M | 45.8K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Darkest Dungeon® IISteam | approximately $25.2M | 27K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 38 | Age of Wonders 4Steam | approximately $24.4M | 23.1K | 81% | $24.99 |
| 39 | Vampire SurvivorsSteam | approximately $23.2M | 265.9K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 40 | MENACESteam | approximately $19.5M | 13.7K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 41 | StoneshardSteam | approximately $19.5M | 35.7K | 75% | $24.99 |
| 42 | Nioh 3Steam | approximately $18.8M | 19.5K | 78% | $39.89 |
| 43 | approximately $18.1M | 53.1K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 44 | approximately $17.7M | 20.9K | 49% | $19.99 |
| 45 | Sultan's GameSteam | approximately $17.2M | 35.2K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 46 | Dungeons 3Steam | approximately $16.7M | 18.7K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 47 | WitchfireSteam | approximately $16.3M | 17.9K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 48 | approximately $15.9M | 14.8K | 77% | $44.99 |
| 49 | approximately $15.3M | 21.5K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 50 | approximately $14.8M | 20.8K | 59% | $29.99 |