Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Emotional on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Emotional 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 | God of War | $146.5M | 128.1K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 2 | Detroit: Become Human | $142.2M | 219.7K | 96% | $39.99 |
| 3 | Persona 5 Royal | $127.4M | 88.6K | 96% | $59.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | $703.7K | 91% | 43% | $85.6M |
| 2025 | 65 | $593.6K | 89% | 37% | $327M |
| 2024 | 50 | $921.1K | 74% | 48% | $266.4M |
| 2023 | 50 | $601.5K | 78% | 34% | $159.7M |
| 2022 | 43 | $547.6K | 65% | 42% | $325.3M |
| 2021 | 55 | $450.6K | 65% | 31% | $199.8M |
| 2020 | 35 | $287.4K | 63% | 26% | $327.9M |
| 2019 | 19 | $405.1K | 68% | 21% | $14.3M |
| 2018 | 14 | $195.6K | 57% | 7% | $4.4M |
| 2017 | 11 | $1.7M | 100% | 64% | $19.3M |
| 2016 | 8 | $387.7K | 75% | 25% | $16.1M |
| 2015 | 6 | $366.1K | 83% | 33% | $8.9M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Emotional launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| It Takes Two |
| $122.3M |
| 265.3K |
| 95% |
| $39.99 |
| 5 | The Last of Us™ Part I | $102.6M | 106.4K | 84% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | $77.7M | 135.2K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 7 | Persona 3 Reload | $77M | 40.7K | 95% | $59.99 |
| 8 | DELTARUNE | $63.5M | 112.9K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 9 | This War of Mine | $55.6M | 97.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 10 | The Last of Us™ Part II Remastered | $55.3M | 52.7K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 11 | God of War Ragnarök | $52.6M | 31.3K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 12 | DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH | $43.5M | 25.3K | 95% | $69.99 |
| 13 | FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH | $38M | 33.3K | 75% | $49.99 |
| 14 | Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition | $36M | 52.8K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 15 | Mafia: The Old Country | $35.2M | 28.7K | 73% | $49.99 |
| 16 | Digimon Story Time Stranger | $35M | 21.9K | 90% | $69.99 |
| 17 | FINAL FANTASY XVI | $33.7M | 32.5K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 18 | Persona 4 Golden | $28.4M | 86.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 19 | The Walking Dead | $27.3M | 80K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 20 | Sultan's Game | $26.9M | 34.6K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 21 | OMORI | $26.5M | 87.6K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles | $22.8M | 19.6K | 87% | $59.99 |
| 23 | To the Moon | $19.5M | 86K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 24 | Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons | $16.3M | 41.3K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 25 | INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road | $13.2M | 11.8K | 89% | $48.99 |
| 26 | OneShot | $13.1M | 63.9K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 27 | The Walking Dead: Season Two | $12.5M | 33.8K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 28 | The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe | $12.1M | 35.5K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 29 | FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles | $12M | 6.5K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 30 | Life is Strange: Double Exposure | $11.5M | 10.3K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 31 | KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- | $11.4M | 11K | 86% | $49.99 |
| 32 | The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty | $11.1M | 59.6K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 33 | Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™ | $9.8M | 27.4K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 34 | Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition | $9.5M | 15K | 89% | $34.99 |
| 35 | Starsand Island | $9.2M | 6.3K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 36 | Quarantine Zone: The Last Check | $9.1M | 12.7K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 37 | Wildermyth | $8.7M | 18.2K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 38 | Road 96 🛣️ | $8.4M | 25.6K | 92% | $19.96 |
| 39 | Horizon Zero Dawn™ Remastered | $7.6M | 7.4K | 85% | $49.99 |
| 40 | A Plague Tale: Requiem | $7.1M | 25.8K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 41 | DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake | $6.6M | 4.9K | 77% | $59.99 |
| 42 | Chained Together | $5.9M | 62.7K | 90% | $3.99 |
| 43 | Until Then | $5.5M | 18.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 44 | Gone Home | $5.5M | 18.4K | 77% | $14.99 |
| 45 | Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven | $5.2M | 4.7K | 93% | $49.99 |
| 46 | OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0 | $5.1M | 3.6K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 47 | Life is Strange: Reunion | $5.1M | 5.3K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 48 | Until Dawn™ | $5.1M | 5.1K | 83% | $59.99 |
| 49 | Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream | $5M | 2.6K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 50 | Amnesia: Rebirth | $4.9M | 9.3K | 77% | $29.99 |