Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Episodic on Steam.
Share of Episodic 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 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 | DELTARUNESteam | approximately $72.1M | 137.2K | 98% | $24.99 |
| 2 | The Walking DeadSteam | approximately $20.6M | 80.7K | 97% | $14.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 12% | approximately 6% | approximately $1.2M |
| 2025 | 19 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 11% | approximately 11% | approximately $76.8M |
| 2024 | 24 | approximately $311 | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $659K |
| 2023 | 20 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 20% | approximately 5% | approximately $2.5M |
| 2022 | 11 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 9% | approximately 0% | approximately $247.7K |
| 2021 | 14 | approximately $3.8K | approximately 14% | approximately 7% | approximately $6.3M |
| 2020 | 20 | approximately $2.5K | approximately 15% | approximately 5% | approximately $3.3M |
| 2019 | 13 | approximately $2.1K | approximately 8% | approximately 8% | approximately $1.5M |
| 2018 | 13 | approximately $61 | approximately 15% | approximately 8% | approximately $7M |
| 2017 | 9 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 22% | approximately 11% | approximately $14.6M |
| 2016 | 15 | approximately $83.3K | approximately 47% | approximately 33% | approximately $17.7M |
| 2015 | 14 | approximately $0 | approximately 21% | approximately 7% | approximately $15M |
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.
| 3 |
Alan WakeSteam |
| approximately $20.4M |
| 60K |
| 90% |
| $14.99 |
| 4 | approximately $14.3M | 32.2K | 78% | $19.99 |
| 5 | approximately $13.6M | 37.9K | 93% | $16.99 |
| 6 | The Wolf Among UsSteam | approximately $12.7M | 40.3K | 98% | $12.74 |
| 7 | approximately $9.5M | 34K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 8 | Quantum BreakSteam | approximately $6.9M | 31.1K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 9 | approximately $6.8M | 21.5K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 10 | approximately $6.1M | 19.6K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 11 | approximately $5M | 18.6K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 12 | approximately $4.6M | 5.9K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 13 | approximately $2.2M | 4.5K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 14 | approximately $2.2M | 8.3K | 81% | $14.99 |
| 15 | Broken AgeSteam | approximately $2.2M | 8.2K | 84% | $14.99 |
| 16 | approximately $2.1M | 10.8K | 74% | $19.99 |
| 17 | approximately $1.8M | 18.3K | 88% | $5.99 |
| 18 | approximately $1.3M | 3.1K | 78% | $29.99 |
| 19 | approximately $1.1M | 5.9K | 76% | $9.99 |
| 20 | approximately $1M | 6.4K | 92% | $9.99 |
| 21 | approximately $1M | 8.3K | 76% | $7.99 |
| 22 | approximately $952.2K | 10.7K | 92% | $5.99 |
| 23 | approximately $942K | 4.3K | 94% | $16.99 |
| 24 | The FallSteam | approximately $880.5K | 3.7K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 25 | approximately $857K | 3.9K | 40% | $9.99 |
| 26 | approximately $626K | 2.1K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 27 | approximately $609.5K | 3.5K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 28 | approximately $460.2K | 1.7K | 80% | $14.99 |
| 29 | NecrobaristaSteam | approximately $425.8K | 1.5K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 30 | approximately $406.8K | 1.5K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 31 | approximately $322.1K | 814 | 88% | $14.99 |
| 32 | approximately $243.6K | 821 | 82% | $14.99 |
| 33 | approximately $226.2K | 3.4K | 87% | $4.99 |
| 34 | The Bunny GraveyardSteam | approximately $226.1K | 1.6K | 95% | $6.99 |
| 35 | approximately $196.3K | 2.9K | 92% | $4.99 |
| 36 | approximately $173.5K | 534 | 99% | $19.99 |
| 37 | approximately $167.6K | 1.3K | 87% | $6.99 |
| 38 | The DescendantSteam | approximately $158.6K | 594 | 77% | $14.99 |
| 39 | approximately $150.3K | 543 | 87% | $9.99 |
| 40 | Deus Ex: The FallSteam | approximately $148.6K | 4.7K | 37% | $1.49 |
| 41 | Blues and BulletsSteam | approximately $110K | 1.4K | 62% | $4.99 |
| 42 | Thief of ThievesSteam | approximately $109.3K | 258 | 73% | $19.99 |
| 43 | approximately $104.2K | 451 | 97% | $5.99 |
| 44 | approximately $100K | 450 | 73% | $9.99 |
| 45 | approximately $93.2K | 786 | 75% | $4.99 |
| 46 | approximately $83.3K | 301 | 82% | $9.99 |
| 47 | approximately $71.1K | 245 | 93% | $19.99 |
| 48 | approximately $60.1K | 462 | 86% | $7.99 |
| 49 | approximately $59.9K | 259 | 94% | $12.99 |
| 50 | approximately $57.2K | 247 | 93% | $12.99 |