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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Episodic on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Episodic 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 | DELTARUNE | $63.5M | 112.9K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 2 | Quantum Break | $27.3M | 30.7K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 3 | The Walking Dead | $27.3M | 80K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | $938.8K | 100% | 0% | $938.8K |
| 2025 | 2 | $34M | 100% | 100% | $68M |
| 2024 | 1 | $568.9K | 100% | 0% | $568.9K |
| 2023 | 4 | $558K | 100% | 0% | $2.2M |
| 2022 | 1 | $218.6K | 100% | 0% | $218.6K |
| 2021 | 2 | $3.4M | 50% | 50% | $6.8M |
| 2020 | 5 | $386.8K | 60% | 20% | $3.6M |
| 2019 | 1 | $1.8M | 100% | 100% | $1.8M |
| 2018 | 1 | $9M | 100% | 100% | $9M |
| 2017 | 3 | $3.1M | 67% | 67% | $16.7M |
| 2016 | 9 | $1.9M | 78% | 67% | $46.6M |
| 2015 | 8 | $0 | 38% | 13% | $14.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Episodic launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Alan Wake |
| $20M |
| 58.6K |
| 90% |
| $14.99 |
| 5 | The Wolf Among Us | $14.8M | 39.8K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 6 | Resident Evil Revelations 2 | $14.1M | 31.8K | 78% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Life is Strange: Before the Storm | $13.6M | 37.8K | 93% | $16.99 |
| 8 | The Walking Dead: Season Two | $12.5M | 33.8K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 9 | The Walking Dead: The Final Season | $9M | 21.4K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 10 | Tales from the Borderlands | $6.8M | 19.4K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 11 | The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | $6.6M | 18.5K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 12 | Batman - The Telltale Series | $6.4M | 18K | 88% | $14.99 |
| 13 | Lost Records: Bloom & Rage | $4.5M | 6.2K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 14 | Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series | $3.1M | 10.6K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 15 | The Walking Dead: Michonne - A Telltale Miniseries | $2.9M | 8.2K | 81% | $14.99 |
| 16 | The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope | $2.6M | 10.6K | 74% | $19.99 |
| 17 | The Descendant | $1.9M | 7.2K | 88% | $14.99 |
| 18 | SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION | $1.8M | 3.1K | 78% | $29.99 |
| 19 | Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition | $1.6M | 3.2K | 82% | $24.99 |
| 20 | Broken Age | $1.2M | 4.6K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 21 | Deus Ex: The Fall | $1.1M | 4.6K | 37% | $9.99 |
| 22 | The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day | $1M | 5.9K | 76% | $9.99 |
| 23 | Sonic the Hedgehog 4 - Episode I | $1M | 3.8K | 40% | $9.99 |
| 24 | Fears to Fathom® - Scratch Creek | $938.8K | 6.6K | 75% | $7.99 |
| 25 | Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure | $910.2K | 4.1K | 94% | $9.68 |
| 26 | Fears to Fathom - Ironbark Lookout | $907.9K | 6.2K | 92% | $9.99 |
| 27 | Fears to Fathom - Woodbury Getaway | $568.9K | 3.5K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 28 | D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die -Season One- | $561.1K | 2K | 80% | $14.99 |
| 29 | Sam & Max Save the World | $541.6K | 2.1K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 30 | The Gallery - Episode 1: Call of the Starseed | $432.1K | 1.5K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 31 | The Fall | $395.1K | 3.7K | 88% | $4.99 |
| 32 | Necrobarista | $386.8K | 1.5K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Fears to Fathom - Norwood Hitchhike | $218.6K | 3.3K | 87% | $4.99 |
| 34 | The Bunny Graveyard | $208.1K | 1.5K | 94% | $6.99 |
| 35 | Fears to Fathom - Carson House | $186.7K | 2.8K | 92% | $4.99 |
| 36 | Blues and Bullets | $117K | 1.4K | 62% | $4.99 |
| 37 | The Journey Down: Chapter One | $85.7K | 1.3K | 87% | $3.49 |
| 38 | CAT SUDOKU🐱 | $75.3 | 6 | 83% | $0.99 |
| 39 | Half-Life 2: Episode One | — | 31.4K | 96% | — |
| 40 | Half-Life 2: Episode Two | — | 41.3K | 97% | — |
| 41 | Back to the Future: The Game | — | 2.3K | 88% | — |
| 42 | Back to the Future: Ep 2 - Get Tannen! | — | 200 | 88% | — |
| 43 | Back to the Future: Ep 3 - Citizen Brown | — | 188 | 90% | — |
| 44 | Back to the Future: Ep 4 - Double Visions | — | 175 | 89% | — |
| 45 | Jurassic Park: The Game | — | 2.1K | 69% | — |
| 46 | Grimm | — | 11.3K | 92% | — |
| 47 | Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi | $0 | 6.6K | 96% | Free |
| 48 | Life is Strange - Episode 1 | $0 | 174.8K | 96% | Free |
| 49 | King's Quest | $0 | 3K | 90% | Free |
| 50 | Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series | — | 8.3K | 78% | — |