Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Emotional on Steam.
Share of Emotional 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 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.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 997 | approximately $478 | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $88.8M |
| 2025 | 1.1K | approximately $1K | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $307.7M |
| 2024 | 877 | approximately $827 | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $203.8M |
| 2023 | 629 | approximately $1K | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $153.2M |
| 2022 | 556 | approximately $836 | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $244.1M |
| 2021 | 441 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $132.1M |
| 2020 | 220 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 15% | approximately 5% | approximately $135M |
| 2019 | 102 | approximately $3.9K | approximately 20% | approximately 3% | approximately $58.1M |
| 2018 | 69 | approximately $13K | approximately 17% | approximately 1% | approximately $7.2M |
| 2017 | 42 | approximately $44.2K | approximately 36% | approximately 14% | approximately $30M |
| 2016 | 27 | approximately $37.5K | approximately 33% | approximately 7% | approximately $13.5M |
| 2015 | 16 | approximately $53.3K | approximately 44% | approximately 19% | approximately $8.1M |
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.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | God of WarSteam | approximately $135.5M | 185K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 2 | approximately $88.3M | 109.3K | 84% | $59.99 | |
| 3 | DELTARUNESteam | approximately $72.1M | 137.2K | 98% | $24.99 |
| 4 | This War of MineSteam | approximately $55.9M | 97.8K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 5 | God of War RagnarökSteam | approximately $51.8M | 50.4K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 6 | approximately $45.2M | 72.8K | 93% | $39.99 | |
| 7 | approximately $44.5M | 55.7K | 91% | $33.49 | |
| 8 | approximately $39.1M | 22.7K | 89% | $59.99 | |
| 9 | approximately $36.9M | 53.4K | 95% | $29.99 | |
| 10 | Persona 5 RoyalSteam | approximately $35.6M | 140.3K | 96% | $17.99 |
| 11 | OMORISteam | approximately $34.2M | 88.7K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 12 | It Takes TwoSteam | approximately $30.3M | 218.7K | 96% | $11.99 |
| 13 | FINAL FANTASY XVISteam | approximately $29.6M | 33.8K | 78% | $19.99 |
| 14 | approximately $29.3M | 30.6K | 73% | $49.99 | |
| 15 | approximately $26.9M | 19.6K | 87% | $59.99 | |
| 16 | approximately $26.3M | 27.6K | 95% | $69.99 | |
| 17 | approximately $25.2M | 263.4K | 96% | $7.99 | |
| 18 | Persona 3 ReloadSteam | approximately $23.4M | 64.1K | 94% | $17.99 |
| 19 | approximately $23M | 27.5K | 91% | $49.99 | |
| 20 | approximately $22.8M | 12.1K | 89% | $69.99 | |
| 21 | The Walking DeadSteam | approximately $20.6M | 80.7K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 22 | To the MoonSteam | approximately $19.6M | 86.5K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 23 | Sultan's GameSteam | approximately $17.2M | 35.2K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 24 | approximately $16.3M | 41.3K | 94% | $14.99 | |
| 25 | approximately $14.8M | 36.2K | 94% | $24.99 | |
| 26 | approximately $14.4M | 53K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 27 | Starsand IslandSteam | approximately $12.8M | 7.1K | 77% | $39.99 |
| 28 | Persona 4 GoldenSteam | approximately $12.4M | 87.6K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 29 | WildermythSteam | approximately $12M | 18.3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 30 | approximately $11.5M | 17.2K | 83% | $39.99 | |
| 31 | approximately $11.2M | 35.8K | 75% | $14.99 | |
| 32 | approximately $10.4M | 15.5K | 88% | $34.99 | |
| 33 | OneShotSteam | approximately $10M | 65.3K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 34 | approximately $9.5M | 34K | 97% | $14.99 | |
| 35 | approximately $9.1M | 7.9K | 85% | $49.99 | |
| 36 | approximately $8.9M | 6.8K | 89% | $29.99 | |
| 37 | approximately $8.5M | 13.3K | 82% | $19.99 | |
| 38 | approximately $8.4M | 60.1K | 94% | $6.29 | |
| 39 | approximately $8.3M | 9.3K | 84% | $49.99 | |
| 40 | Chained TogetherSteam | approximately $8.2M | 64.4K | 90% | $4.99 |
| 41 | approximately $6.9M | 5.4K | 93% | $49.99 | |
| 42 | approximately $6.2M | 5K | 78% | $29.99 | |
| 43 | Terra NilSteam | approximately $5.9M | 8.8K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 44 | Until ThenSteam | approximately $5.6M | 19.4K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 45 | approximately $5.2M | 146.4K | 96% | $2.99 | |
| 46 | Digimon SurviveSteam | approximately $5.1M | 3.1K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 47 | Killer FrequencySteam | approximately $4.7M | 5.1K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 48 | Until Dawn™Steam | approximately $4.6M | 5.3K | 83% | $59.99 |
| 49 | Finding ParadiseSteam | approximately $4.3M | 20.4K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 50 | NevaSteam | approximately $4.2M | 10.7K | 94% | $19.99 |