Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Dystopian on Steam.
Share of Dystopian 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 Dystopian 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 | BioShock InfiniteSteam | approximately $92.9M | 145.8K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 2 | StraySteam | approximately $68.8M | 178.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 398 | approximately $825 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $57.7M |
| 2025 | 415 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 11% | approximately 2% | approximately $78.9M |
| 2024 | 318 | approximately $766 | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $40.2M |
| 2023 | 277 | approximately $619 | approximately 13% | approximately 3% | approximately $65.4M |
| 2022 | 228 | approximately $827 | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $147.5M |
| 2021 | 232 | approximately $450 | approximately 9% | approximately 4% | approximately $52.4M |
| 2020 | 97 | approximately $3K | approximately 18% | approximately 6% | approximately $42.9M |
| 2019 | 38 | approximately $10.2K | approximately 29% | approximately 8% | approximately $14.6M |
| 2018 | 31 | approximately $15.8K | approximately 32% | approximately 3% | approximately $23.4M |
| 2017 | 32 | approximately $6.4K | approximately 19% | approximately 3% | approximately $7.5M |
| 2016 | 29 | approximately $67.3K | approximately 48% | approximately 28% | approximately $111.8M |
| 2015 | 17 | approximately $14.7K | approximately 29% | approximately 12% | approximately $8.4M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Dystopian launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
Half-Life 2Steam |
| approximately $50.2M |
| 279.7K |
| 98% |
| $9.99 |
| 4 | Dishonored 2Steam | approximately $38.3M | 67K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 5 | approximately $33.2M | 33.6K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 6 | approximately $27.2M | 22.4K | 89% | $34.99 |
| 7 | BioShock™ RemasteredSteam | approximately $26.7M | 65.2K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 8 | approximately $26.3M | 27.6K | 95% | $69.99 |
| 9 | approximately $25M | 47.3K | 97% | $49.99 |
| 10 | approximately $23.8M | 62.4K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 11 | RoboCop: Rogue CitySteam | approximately $21.8M | 37.5K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 12 | Mirror's Edge™Steam | approximately $20.8M | 39.4K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 13 | approximately $20.2M | 8.7K | 88% | $48.99 |
| 14 | approximately $19.4M | 38.7K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 15 | We Happy FewSteam | approximately $19.2M | 13.8K | 77% | $59.99 |
| 16 | The Outer Worlds 2Steam | approximately $18.2M | 8.9K | 74% | $69.99 |
| 17 | The Forever WinterSteam | approximately $16.4M | 25K | 68% | $29.99 |
| 18 | Cruelty SquadSteam | approximately $16M | 23.2K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 19 | BioShock™Steam | approximately $15.9M | 32.2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 20 | SIGNALISSteam | approximately $14.2M | 34.6K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 21 | The AscentSteam | approximately $14M | 25K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 22 | Papers, PleaseSteam | approximately $13.7M | 80.6K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 23 | Remember MeSteam | approximately $13.5M | 17.1K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 24 | approximately $13.5M | 30.4K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 25 | SANABISteam | approximately $13M | 45.2K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 26 | Cronos: The New DawnSteam | approximately $11.8M | 11.9K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 27 | BioShock® 2Steam | approximately $7.9M | 15K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Not For BroadcastSteam | approximately $7.8M | 12.7K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 29 | Pathologic 2Steam | approximately $7.7M | 12.2K | 92% | $34.99 |
| 30 | DYSMANTLESteam | approximately $7.6M | 11.6K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 31 | Ghosts of TaborSteam | approximately $6.3M | 10.5K | 71% | $24.99 |
| 32 | Shadowrun ReturnsSteam | approximately $6.3M | 14K | 87% | $14.99 |
| 33 | QuasimorphSteam | approximately $6.2M | 8.3K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 34 | approximately $5.9M | 16.6K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 35 | approximately $5.7M | 12.8K | 84% | $24.99 |
| 36 | HacknetSteam | approximately $5.6M | 16.9K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 37 | approximately $5.5M | 15.6K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 38 | RUINERSteam | approximately $5.3M | 12.5K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 39 | Crysis 2 RemasteredSteam | approximately $4.6M | 9.6K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 40 | REPLACEDSteam | approximately $4.3M | 9.9K | 85% | $15.99 |
| 41 | approximately $4.2M | 4.3K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 42 | Crysis 3 RemasteredSteam | approximately $4M | 8.3K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 43 | approximately $3.9M | 4.5K | 83% | $23.99 |
| 44 | Citizen SleeperSteam | approximately $3.7M | 10.6K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 45 | DishonoredSteam | approximately $3.5M | 15.2K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 46 | approximately $3.5M | 5.8K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 47 | Dune: ImperiumSteam | approximately $3.4M | 4.4K | 94% | $16.09 |
| 48 | Binary DomainSteam | approximately $3.3M | 8.3K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 49 | Iron LungSteam | approximately $3M | 11.3K | 92% | $7.99 |
| 50 | approximately $2.8M | 4.8K | 85% | $29.99 |