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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Investigation on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of Investigation 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 | Phasmophobia | $231.7M | 679.6K | 95% | $13.99 |
| 2 | PEAK | $42.1M | 338.3K | 95% | $7.99 |
| 3 | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | $31.1M | 19.9K | 90% | $69.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | $498.5K | 88% | 25% | $12.5M |
| 2025 | 33 | $734.2K | 94% | 45% | $96.1M |
| 2024 | 32 | $1M | 88% | 50% | $85.3M |
| 2023 | 22 | $379.4K | 82% | 27% | $27.8M |
| 2022 | 31 | $693.6K | 77% | 42% | $47.1M |
| 2021 | 29 | $373.3K | 83% | 28% | $32.3M |
| 2020 | 27 | $151.9K | 56% | 15% | $239.3M |
| 2019 | 22 | $412.9K | 64% | 36% | $26.4M |
| 2018 | 6 | $315.1K | 83% | 0% | $2.2M |
| 2017 | 8 | $214K | 75% | 25% | $5.4M |
| 2016 | 5 | $814.6K | 100% | 40% | $17.5M |
| 2015 | 4 | $886.5K | 75% | 50% | $5.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Investigation launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Blue Prince |
| $10.8M |
| 19.2K |
| 87% |
| $17.99 |
| 5 | Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter | $10.3M | 14.4K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 6 | Escape Simulator | $9.5M | 19.2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Content Warning | $9.4M | 161.4K | 94% | $3.99 |
| 8 | MECCHA CHAMELEON | $9.1M | 70.1K | 87% | $5.99 |
| 9 | The Precinct | $9.1M | 9K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Demonologist | $8.7M | 23.9K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 11 | Judgment | $8.7M | 12K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 12 | Lost Judgment | $6.9M | 9.5K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 13 | Murders on the Yangtze River | $6.8M | 20.9K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 14 | Enigma of Fear | $6.6M | 10.2K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 15 | Unheard - Voices of Crime | $6.4M | 33.7K | 96% | $6.99 |
| 16 | Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You | $5.5M | 15.5K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 17 | LOCKDOWN Protocol | $5.1M | 19.7K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 18 | Killer Frequency | $4.4M | 6K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 19 | Project Winter | $4.3M | 19.1K | 82% | $9.99 |
| 20 | Bugsnax | $4.2M | 9.3K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 21 | Cyber Manhunt | $3.8M | 15.6K | 92% | $9.99 |
| 22 | Sanfu | $3.8M | 17.7K | 83% | $10.99 |
| 23 | Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments | $3.7M | 7K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 24 | Her Story | $3.7M | 10.4K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 25 | Police Simulator: Patrol Officers | $3.7M | 22.4K | 76% | $5.99 |
| 26 | Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy | $3.6M | 4.4K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 27 | Sherlock Holmes Chapter One | $3.6M | 4.4K | 78% | $44.99 |
| 28 | Deceive Inc. | $3.6M | 7.9K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 29 | Blair Witch | $3.5M | 8K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 30 | Depersonalization | $3.4M | 6.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 31 | The Roottrees are Dead | $3.1M | 9.4K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 32 | while True: learn() | $3.1M | 8.2K | 91% | $12.99 |
| 33 | Escape Simulator 2 | $3M | 4.5K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Syberia: The World Before | $2.9M | 5K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 35 | Nobody Wants to Die | $2.9M | 7.1K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 36 | The Casting of Frank Stone™ | $2.9M | 5.9K | 62% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Ace Attorney Investigations Collection | $2.8M | 4.7K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 38 | The Case of the Golden Idol | $2.7M | 10.8K | 98% | $17.99 |
| 39 | Pentiment | $2.6M | 9.6K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 40 | Cyber Manhunt 2: New World - The Hacking Simulator | $2.6M | 5.6K | 93% | $12.99 |
| 41 | Strange Horticulture | $2.3M | 15.8K | 95% | $5.43 |
| 42 | Beholder: Conductor | $2.3M | 4.6K | 91% | $13.99 |
| 43 | The Operator | $2.3M | 8.5K | 92% | $8.39 |
| 44 | Species: Unknown | $2.2M | 10.1K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 45 | AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative | $2.2M | 3.7K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 46 | Operation: Tango | $2.2M | 8.8K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 47 | The House of Da Vinci | $2.1M | 7.2K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 48 | Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut | $2.1M | 3.2K | 66% | $24.99 |
| 49 | Love, Money, Rock'n'Roll | $2.1M | 7.2K | 79% | $9.99 |
| 50 | The Testament of Sherlock Holmes | $2.1M | 3.9K | 80% | $19.99 |