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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Dark Fantasy on Steam.
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 RING | $973.5M | 824K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Black Myth: Wukong | $794.8M | 1.2M | 97% | $59.99 |
| 3 | DARK SOULS™ III | $467M | 437.9K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | $1.3M | 93% | 57% | $129.8M |
| 2025 | 59 | $1.1M | 93% | 53% | $612.7M |
| 2024 | 68 | $749.5K | 85% | 43% | $1.2B |
| 2023 | 50 | $735.8K | 82% | 46% | $350.1M |
| 2022 | 47 | $1M | 83% | 51% | $1.2B |
| 2021 | 46 | $739.8K | 83% | 39% | $139M |
| 2020 | 22 | $526.5K | 77% | 23% | $61.2M |
| 2019 | 20 | $1.2M | 90% | 50% | $373M |
| 2018 | 22 | $1.5M | 82% | 55% | $189.2M |
| 2017 | 18 | $2.7M | 78% | 67% | $497.8M |
| 2016 | 18 | $2.7M | 78% | 67% | $773.3M |
| 2015 | 22 | $1.2M | 91% | 59% | $156.6M |
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.
| Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition |
| $305.9M |
| 352.2K |
| 95% |
| $59.99 |
| 5 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | $243.3M | 273.1K | 95% | $49.99 |
| 6 | Total War: WARHAMMER II | $190.4M | 121.4K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 7 | Total War: WARHAMMER III | $158.2M | 145.9K | 71% | $59.99 |
| 8 | Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ | $118M | 116.1K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 9 | Path of Exile 2 | $116.4M | 165.1K | 76% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Total War: WARHAMMER | $105.9M | 52.3K | 78% | $59.99 |
| 11 | WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers | $102M | 103.8K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 12 | Hollow Knight | $99.9M | 552.5K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 13 | DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin | $93M | 130.6K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 14 | Lies of P | $89.2M | 57K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 15 | Darkest Dungeon® | $83.5M | 160.6K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 16 | Diablo® IV | $71.4M | 56.6K | 70% | $49.99 |
| 17 | DOOM: The Dark Ages | $68.4M | 43K | 88% | $69.99 |
| 18 | DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED | $67M | 98.9K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 19 | Dead Cells | $61.3M | 154.9K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 20 | No Rest for the Wicked | $55.4M | 79.8K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 21 | Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader | $48.8M | 46.4K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 22 | Metaphor: ReFantazio | $48.7M | 24.4K | 90% | $69.99 |
| 23 | Grim Dawn | $47.6M | 107K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 24 | The First Berserker: Khazan | $43.1M | 31.4K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 25 | Gothic 1 Remake | $42.9M | 36.4K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 26 | Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | $41.6M | 76.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 27 | Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ | $39.5M | 96.5K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition | $39M | 50.3K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 29 | Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon | $34.4M | 33.5K | 88% | $44.99 |
| 30 | Remnant: From the Ashes | $34M | 46.9K | 85% | $39.99 |
| 31 | FINAL FANTASY XVI | $33.7M | 32.5K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 32 | Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem | $33M | 67.9K | 56% | $29.99 |
| 33 | Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen | $32.5M | 48.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Nioh 3 | $31.9M | 18.5K | 79% | $69.99 |
| 35 | Age of Wonders 4 | $31.9M | 22.7K | 81% | $49.99 |
| 36 | DARK SOULS™ II | $29.4M | 33.1K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 37 | V Rising | $28M | 109.6K | 89% | $15.74 |
| 38 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) | $27.2M | 52.8K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 39 | Sultan's Game | $26.9M | 34.6K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 40 | Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition | $26.8M | 31K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Lords of the Fallen | $25.5M | 54.3K | 68% | $29.99 |
| 42 | Nine Sols | $24.7M | 43.7K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 43 | Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty | $21.2M | 29.1K | 50% | $39.99 |
| 44 | Pillars of Eternity | $20.2M | 26K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 45 | ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights | $18.6M | 45.2K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 46 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009) | $18M | 52.8K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 47 | Dungeons 3 | $17.7M | 18.7K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 48 | Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden | $17.7M | 20.5K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 49 | Stoneshard | $15.7M | 35K | 75% | $24.99 |
| 50 | Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition | $15.6M | 43.5K | 84% | $19.99 |