Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Experimental on Steam.
Share of Experimental 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 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 | InscryptionSteam | approximately $58.6M | 148.7K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 2 | BONELABSteam | approximately $28.9M | 20.5K | 82% | $39.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 121 | approximately $883 | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $6M |
| 2025 | 128 | approximately $1K | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $5.5M |
| 2024 | 94 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 12% | approximately 6% | approximately $31.3M |
| 2023 | 94 | approximately $712 | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $12.4M |
| 2022 | 91 | approximately $669 | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $43.8M |
| 2021 | 243 | approximately $779 | approximately 4% | approximately 2% | approximately $69.1M |
| 2020 | 382 | approximately $450 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $19.5M |
| 2019 | 94 | approximately $1.8K | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $4.4M |
| 2018 | 92 | approximately $2.2K | approximately 5% | approximately 0% | approximately $2.4M |
| 2017 | 51 | approximately $4.6K | approximately 16% | approximately 8% | approximately $12M |
| 2016 | 42 | approximately $9.1K | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $2.8M |
| 2015 | 31 | approximately $26K | approximately 19% | approximately 6% | approximately $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.
| 3 |
Tiny GladeSteam |
| approximately $14M |
| 24.7K |
| 97% |
| $14.99 |
| 4 | WobbledogsSteam | approximately $9.2M | 13.8K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 5 | Buckshot RouletteSteam | approximately $8.3M | 126.4K | 95% | $2.99 |
| 6 | approximately $5.7M | 12.8K | 84% | $24.99 |
| 7 | ViewfinderSteam | approximately $4.7M | 13.3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 8 | GorogoaSteam | approximately $4.6M | 20.8K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 9 | TownscaperSteam | approximately $4.3M | 21.6K | 95% | $5.99 |
| 10 | The Beginner's GuideSteam | approximately $4.2M | 23.6K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 11 | Scritchy ScratchySteam | approximately $4.1M | 15.9K | 94% | $6.99 |
| 12 | Trombone ChampSteam | approximately $2.9M | 11.3K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 13 | Heliborne CollectionSteam | approximately $2.6M | 4K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 14 | (the) Gnorp ApologueSteam | approximately $2.5M | 10K | 95% | $6.99 |
| 15 | approximately $2.4M | 4.7K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 16 | THE LONGINGSteam | approximately $2.3M | 7K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 17 | Manifold GardenSteam | approximately $2.2M | 8.6K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 18 | approximately $2.2M | 4.5K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 19 | VLADiK BRUTALSteam | approximately $2.2M | 10.5K | 90% | $11.99 |
| 20 | approximately $2.1M | 4.6K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 21 | 1000xRESISTSteam | approximately $2.1M | 7K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 22 | MoncageSteam | approximately $2.1M | 5.6K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 23 | Coffee TalkSteam | approximately $2M | 12.6K | 95% | $6.49 |
| 24 | Fly CorpSteam | approximately $1.9M | 3.4K | 85% | $14.99 |
| 25 | EverythingSteam | approximately $1.8M | 3.9K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 26 | NodebusterSteam | approximately $1.6M | 14.1K | 97% | $2.99 |
| 27 | Cloud GardensSteam | approximately $1.5M | 2.3K | 95% | $17.99 |
| 28 | Pony IslandSteam | approximately $1.5M | 18.2K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 29 | Comedy NightSteam | approximately $1.3M | 9.3K | 74% | $4.99 |
| 30 | We. The RevolutionSteam | approximately $1.1M | 2.5K | 75% | $19.99 |
| 31 | approximately $1.1M | 1.5K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 32 | approximately $1M | 1.8K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Tower WizardSteam | approximately $984.6K | 8.9K | 97% | $2.99 |
| 34 | Juice GalaxySteam | approximately $927K | 10.6K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 35 | UplinkSteam | approximately $900.9K | 2.4K | 91% | $11.99 |
| 36 | approximately $810.4K | 2.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 37 | approximately $801.9K | 2.3K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 38 | approximately $795K | 1K | 86% | $22.99 |
| 39 | approximately $652.4K | 1.2K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 40 | approximately $634.4K | 1K | 74% | $19.99 |
| 41 | The Shrouded IsleSteam | approximately $628.7K | 1.5K | 70% | $12.99 |
| 42 | Umurangi GenerationSteam | approximately $622.3K | 1.2K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 43 | approximately $619.2K | 31.8K | 96% | $1.49 |
| 44 | Pan'oramaSteam | approximately $598.8K | 1.4K | 89% | $13.99 |
| 45 | approximately $585.2K | 9K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 46 | ProteusSteam | approximately $554.7K | 2.8K | 76% | $9.99 |
| 47 | approximately $553.4K | 1.1K | 74% | $15.99 |
| 48 | Doodle GodSteam | approximately $550.2K | 1K | 77% | $14.99 |
| 49 | DEAD LETTER DEPT.Steam | approximately $547.4K | 1.9K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 50 | NuclearesSteam | approximately $535.6K | 1.1K | 84% | $14.99 |