Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Difficult on Steam.
Share of Difficult 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 Difficult 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 | 807 | approximately $1K | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $441M |
| 2025 | 863 | approximately $1.9K | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $568.6M |
| 2024 | 786 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.7B |
| 2023 | 654 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 14% | approximately 5% | approximately $516M |
| 2022 | 630 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 14% | approximately 5% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2021 | 634 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 15% | approximately 5% | approximately $237.7M |
| 2020 | 733 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 13% | approximately 6% | approximately $668.4M |
| 2019 | 674 | approximately $2.6K | approximately 16% | approximately 6% | approximately $956.2M |
| 2018 | 660 | approximately $3.2K | approximately 15% | approximately 7% | approximately $779.3M |
| 2017 | 518 | approximately $6K | approximately 15% | approximately 5% | approximately $433.3M |
| 2016 | 368 | approximately $17.8K | approximately 29% | approximately 14% | approximately $733.8M |
| 2015 | 286 | approximately $39K | approximately 35% | approximately 16% | approximately $349.3M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Difficult launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
HELLDIVERS™ 2Steam |
| approximately $616.8M |
| 1.2M |
| 76% |
| $39.99 |
| 4 | approximately $309.5M | 356.1K | 95% | $59.99 |
| 5 | ValheimSteam | approximately $276.2M | 468.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 6 | DARK SOULS™ IIISteam | approximately $213.4M | 440.2K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 7 | approximately $187.3M | 517.8K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 8 | approximately $144.3M | 423.6K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Risk of Rain 2Steam | approximately $113.8M | 353.1K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 10 | DOOM EternalSteam | approximately $111.5M | 217.5K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 11 | approximately $108.5M | 86.1K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 12 | Hunt: Showdown 1896Steam | approximately $106.1M | 279.1K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 13 | approximately $104.5M | 106.3K | 57% | $49.99 |
| 14 | ULTRAKILLSteam | approximately $103.5M | 244.7K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 15 | approximately $102.8M | 457.7K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 16 | Hollow KnightSteam | approximately $101.8M | 562.6K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 17 | approximately $92.2M | 543.4K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 18 | Resident Evil 2Steam | approximately $90.9M | 156.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 19 | Lies of PSteam | approximately $85.6M | 83K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 20 | Darkest Dungeon®Steam | approximately $81.4M | 162.7K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 21 | Slay the SpireSteam | approximately $80.9M | 218.8K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 22 | Bloons TD 6Steam | approximately $79.1M | 350K | 97% | $13.99 |
| 23 | Hades IISteam | approximately $78M | 123.6K | 96% | $20.99 |
| 24 | Dead CellsSteam | approximately $72.7M | 183.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 25 | Oxygen Not IncludedSteam | approximately $71M | 135.3K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 26 | approximately $64.1M | 27.9K | 26% | $49.99 |
| 27 | approximately $63.3M | 133.3K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 28 | CupheadSteam | approximately $63M | 221.7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 29 | BarotraumaSteam | approximately $62.7M | 90K | 94% | $34.99 |
| 30 | BalatroSteam | approximately $59.6M | 198.9K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 31 | The Long DarkSteam | approximately $58.8M | 123.9K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 32 | DOOMSteam | approximately $55.4M | 155.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Alien: IsolationSteam | approximately $54.8M | 67K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 34 | approximately $54.7M | 89.1K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 35 | approximately $49.3M | 155.5K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 36 | approximately $49.1M | 48.5K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 37 | NoitaSteam | approximately $48.5M | 81.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 38 | My Summer CarSteam | approximately $48.4M | 117.8K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 39 | approximately $47.1M | 132.3K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 40 | Elite DangerousSteam | approximately $47.1M | 82.4K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 41 | CelesteSteam | approximately $46.8M | 147.7K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 42 | TEKKEN 7Steam | approximately $46.2M | 68.1K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 43 | approximately $43.5M | 46.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 44 | Mortal Shell IISteam | approximately $42.2M | 20.8K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 45 | DARK SOULS™ IISteam | approximately $41.7M | 46.9K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 46 | GTFOSteam | approximately $41.1M | 66.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 47 | Broken ArrowSteam | approximately $40.5M | 35.9K | 54% | $49.99 |
| 48 | approximately $39.5M | 65K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 49 | Geometry DashSteam | approximately $39.3M | 645.1K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 50 | Kerbal Space ProgramSteam | approximately $39.3M | 147.2K | 96% | $9.99 |