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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Experimental on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of Experimental 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 | Inscryption | $65.2M | 133.6K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 2 | BONELAB | $21.7M | 19.8K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 3 | Tiny Glade | $11M | 24.2K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | $1.6M | 100% | 50% | $3.3M |
| 2025 | 6 | $509K | 100% | 17% | $5M |
| 2024 | 12 | $919K | 75% | 42% | $26.8M |
| 2023 | 11 | $491.7K | 73% | 27% | $7.2M |
| 2022 | 11 | $502.3K | 73% | 27% | $28M |
| 2021 | 11 | $148K | 73% | 36% | $70.9M |
| 2020 | 16 | $480.5K | 81% | 25% | $17.7M |
| 2019 | 5 | $585.4K | 80% | 40% | $3.6M |
| 2018 | 8 | $98.9K | 50% | 0% | $1.3M |
| 2017 | 8 | $859.6K | 88% | 50% | $9M |
| 2016 | 2 | $742.1K | 50% | 50% | $1.5M |
| 2015 | 9 | $434.2K | 67% | 22% | $8.6M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Experimental launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| $8M |
| 122.5K |
| 95% |
| $2.99 |
| 5 | SUPERHOT: MIND CONTROL DELETE | $5.6M | 12.7K | 84% | $24.99 |
| 6 | Coffee Talk | $4.3M | 12.5K | 95% | $12.99 |
| 7 | The Beginner's Guide | $4.1M | 23.3K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 8 | Heliborne Collection | $3.8M | 4K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Scritchy Scratchy | $3.2M | 13.6K | 94% | $6.99 |
| 10 | VLADiK BRUTAL | $2.7M | 10.3K | 90% | $11.99 |
| 11 | KARMA: The Dark World | $2.7M | 4.5K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 12 | Human Resource Machine | $2.5M | 4.7K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 13 | Trombone Champ | $2.3M | 11.1K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 14 | Manifold Garden | $2.2M | 8.4K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 15 | Moncage | $2.2M | 5.5K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 16 | (the) Gnorp Apologue | $1.9M | 9.9K | 95% | $6.99 |
| 17 | Wobbledogs | $1.8M | 15K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 18 | Everything | $1.8M | 3.9K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 19 | Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition | $1.6M | 3.2K | 82% | $24.99 |
| 20 | Viewfinder | $1.5M | 12.7K | 94% | $8.74 |
| 21 | THE LONGING | $1.5M | 7.4K | 92% | $11.24 |
| 22 | Pony Island | $1.4M | 18.1K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 23 | We. The Revolution | $1.4M | 2.5K | 75% | $19.99 |
| 24 | Fly Corp | $1.4M | 3.4K | 85% | $14.99 |
| 25 | 1000xRESIST | $1.3M | 6.8K | 95% | $11.99 |
| 26 | Comedy Night | $1.3M | 9.3K | 74% | $4.99 |
| 27 | Townscaper | $1.2M | 21.6K | 95% | $2.39 |
| 28 | Nodebuster | $1.2M | 13.9K | 97% | $2.99 |
| 29 | Radio Commander: Vietnam '64 | $1.2M | 2K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 30 | Uplink | $1.1M | 2.4K | 91% | $11.99 |
| 31 | Gorogoa | $1.1M | 20.5K | 98% | $3.74 |
| 32 | Cloud Gardens | $1.1M | 2.3K | 95% | $17.99 |
| 33 | DEAD LETTER DEPT. | $974.4K | 1.8K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 34 | Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles | $943.6K | 1.5K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Juice Galaxy | $909.6K | 10.4K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 36 | Merchant of the Skies | $901.3K | 2.3K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 37 | Lorn's Lure | $894.4K | 2.8K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 38 | Doodle God | $824.7K | 1.5K | 75% | $14.99 |
| 39 | Tower Wizard | $784.3K | 8.7K | 97% | $2.99 |
| 40 | Motesolo : No Girlfriend Since Birth | $664.5K | 1.1K | 86% | $22.99 |
| 41 | Warsim: The Realm of Aslona | $642.3K | 2.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 42 | The Shrouded Isle | $626.2K | 1.5K | 70% | $12.99 |
| 43 | Species: Artificial Life, Real Evolution | $611K | 965 | 74% | $19.99 |
| 44 | Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk | $601.6K | 34K | 96% | $1.49 |
| 45 | Proteus | $587.4K | 2.8K | 76% | $9.99 |
| 46 | Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) | $585.4K | 9K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 47 | Car Detailing Simulator | $569.9K | 1.2K | 74% | $15.99 |
| 48 | Pan'orama | $555.9K | 1.4K | 89% | $13.99 |
| 49 | Mountain | $517.1K | 16.3K | 88% | $0.99 |
| 50 | In Other Waters | $502.5K | 2.5K | 87% | $14.99 |