Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged FMV on Steam.
Share of FMV 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 FMV 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 | Tempest RisingSteam | approximately $12.4M | 9.8K | 88% | $39.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 127 | approximately $588 | approximately 17% | approximately 2% | approximately $11.3M |
| 2025 | 134 | approximately $5.8K | approximately 23% | approximately 2% | approximately $24.4M |
| 2024 | 99 | approximately $6K | approximately 16% | approximately 2% | approximately $11.3M |
| 2023 | 52 | approximately $2.9K | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $2.7M |
| 2022 | 61 | approximately $2.7K | approximately 16% | approximately 7% | approximately $15.3M |
| 2021 | 70 | approximately $2K | approximately 9% | approximately 1% | approximately $60.8M |
| 2020 | 49 | approximately $3.3K | approximately 14% | approximately 6% | approximately $10.7M |
| 2019 | 21 | approximately $7.2K | approximately 14% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.7M |
| 2018 | 21 | approximately $6.6K | approximately 14% | approximately 5% | approximately $4M |
| 2017 | 20 | approximately $8.4K | approximately 10% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.9M |
| 2016 | 13 | approximately $64.1K | approximately 31% | approximately 15% | approximately $10M |
| 2015 | 17 | approximately $22.6K | approximately 24% | approximately 12% | approximately $5.7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical FMV launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
Not For BroadcastSteam |
| approximately $7.8M |
| 12.7K |
| 94% |
| $24.99 |
| 4 | Quantum BreakSteam | approximately $6.9M | 31.1K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 5 | Need for Speed™Steam | approximately $5.1M | 29.7K | 69% | $7.49 |
| 6 | The OperatorSteam | approximately $4.2M | 8.9K | 92% | $13.99 |
| 7 | Her StorySteam | approximately $3.7M | 10.4K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 8 | approximately $3.2M | 4K | 95% | $49.99 |
| 9 | Mirror 2: Project XSteam | approximately $3.2M | 115.6K | 24% | $1.99 |
| 10 | approximately $2.8M | 35K | 91% | $4.99 |
| 11 | Mandate Of HeavenSteam | approximately $2.2M | 6.7K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 12 | ObductionSteam | approximately $2.1M | 4K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 13 | Home Safety HotlineSteam | approximately $1.7M | 3K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 14 | approximately $1.6M | 2.9K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 15 | Shao Song ISteam | approximately $1.5M | 2.8K | 80% | $14.99 |
| 16 | IMMORTALITYSteam | approximately $1.3M | 2K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 17 | At Dead Of NightSteam | approximately $1.3M | 3.6K | 94% | $15.99 |
| 18 | Breakout 13Steam | approximately $1.2M | 7.5K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 19 | Forbidden SolitaireSteam | approximately $1.2M | 2.4K | 97% | $15.99 |
| 20 | approximately $1.2M | 3.3K | 95% | $12.99 |
| 21 | Love is All Around 2Steam | approximately $1.1M | 4.4K | 83% | $9.99 |
| 22 | Iron Sky: InvasionSteam | approximately $1M | 1.3K | 64% | $19.99 |
| 23 | approximately $1M | 1.2K | 77% | $22.99 |
| 24 | approximately $925.7K | 1.5K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 25 | SubZeroSteam | approximately $895.3K | 2.8K | 92% | $9.99 |
| 26 | Stories UntoldSteam | approximately $874.6K | 5.5K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 27 | approximately $795K | 1K | 86% | $22.99 |
| 28 | approximately $787.2K | 4.6K | 87% | $6.99 |
| 29 | 恋爱单选题Steam | approximately $774.4K | 2.5K | 81% | $10.99 |
| 30 | EclipsiumSteam | approximately $771.3K | 3.7K | 92% | $12.99 |
| 31 | Telling LiesSteam | approximately $769K | 1.3K | 63% | $19.99 |
| 32 | STASIS: BONE TOTEMSteam | approximately $768.1K | 2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 33 | approximately $698.1K | 2.9K | 73% | $7.99 |
| 34 | SIMULACRASteam | approximately $666.6K | 4.7K | 90% | $4.99 |
| 35 | Hua ManlouSteam | approximately $613.2K | 1.5K | 97% | $10.99 |
| 36 | 不心动才有鬼Steam | approximately $570.1K | 1.6K | 95% | $6.99 |
| 37 | approximately $520.2K | 1.3K | 79% | $10.39 |
| 38 | approximately $512.5K | 1.6K | 89% | $17.99 |
| 39 | The BunkerSteam | approximately $512K | 1.9K | 70% | $14.99 |
| 40 | 我只是想让她们都幸福Steam | approximately $508.8K | 2K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 41 | 恋爱吗？我家猫会后空翻Steam | approximately $495.9K | 1.6K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 42 | approximately $471.9K | 1.3K | 87% | $19.99 |
| 43 | approximately $465.9K | 1.1K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 44 | Ratten ReichSteam | approximately $392.3K | 711 | 39% | $19.99 |
| 45 | FLAM EVAWSteam | approximately $390.2K | 1.4K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 46 | 荒岛求生：逃出美女岛Steam | approximately $372.8K | 1.2K | 93% | $7.99 |
| 47 | approximately $371.4K | 882 | 85% | $11.75 |
| 48 | approximately $368.3K | 3.2K | 78% | $7.99 |
| 49 | approximately $362.5K | 991 | 88% | $6.04 |
| 50 | approximately $359.2K | 2.3K | 81% | $5.99 |