Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Investigation on Steam.
Share of Investigation 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 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.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 671 | approximately $786 | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $50.4M |
| 2025 | 700 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $111.1M |
| 2024 | 669 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $90.2M |
| 2023 | 449 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $35.2M |
| 2022 | 389 | approximately $1.9K | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $54.1M |
| 2021 | 392 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $44M |
| 2020 | 236 | approximately $911 | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $234.2M |
| 2019 | 66 | approximately $8.2K | approximately 33% | approximately 15% | approximately $26.6M |
| 2018 | 35 | approximately $6.2K | approximately 17% | approximately 6% | approximately $5.3M |
| 2017 | 41 | approximately $13.6K | approximately 17% | approximately 7% | approximately $7.1M |
| 2016 | 20 | approximately $27K | approximately 45% | approximately 15% | approximately $18.1M |
| 2015 | 14 | approximately $14.1K | approximately 21% | approximately 14% | approximately $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.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PhasmophobiaSteam | approximately $220.3M | 839.9K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 2 | PEAKSteam | approximately $38.6M | 374.3K | 94% | $4.95 |
| 3 | approximately $26M | 20.7K | 90% | $69.99 | |
| 4 | Blue PrinceSteam | approximately $17M | 20.2K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 5 | Big WalkSteam | approximately $15.9M | 38.5K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 6 | Content WarningSteam | approximately $12.5M | 163.6K | 94% | $7.99 |
| 7 | Escape SimulatorSteam | approximately $11.5M | 19.4K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 8 | DemonologistSteam | approximately $10.1M | 18.9K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 9 | The PrecinctSteam | approximately $9.2M | 9.3K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 10 | approximately $8.6M | 12.1K | 80% | $29.99 | |
| 11 | JudgmentSteam | approximately $8.1M | 12.3K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 12 | MECCHA CHAMELEONSteam | approximately $8.1M | 89.5K | 88% | $5.99 |
| 13 | Strange HorticultureSteam | approximately $7.6M | 16.2K | 94% | $15.99 |
| 14 | Lost JudgmentSteam | approximately $6.6M | 9.8K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 15 | The Forgotten CitySteam | approximately $6.2M | 11.2K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 16 | approximately $5.5M | 15.6K | 90% | $9.99 | |
| 17 | Shift At MidnightSteam | approximately $5.5M | 12.3K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 18 | BugsnaxSteam | approximately $4.9M | 9.5K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 19 | LOCKDOWN ProtocolSteam | approximately $4.8M | 20K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 20 | Killer FrequencySteam | approximately $4.7M | 5.1K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 21 | Enigma of FearSteam | approximately $4.4M | 10.3K | 97% | $20.99 |
| 22 | approximately $4.4M | 21.3K | 97% | $14.99 | |
| 23 | approximately $4.3M | 5.7K | 75% | $39.99 | |
| 24 | The OperatorSteam | approximately $4.2M | 8.9K | 92% | $13.99 |
| 25 | approximately $4.2M | 4.6K | 78% | $44.99 | |
| 26 | approximately $4M | 8.1K | 89% | $29.99 | |
| 27 | Project WinterSteam | approximately $4M | 19.1K | 82% | $9.99 |
| 28 | approximately $3.8M | 23.1K | 74% | $5.99 | |
| 29 | Her StorySteam | approximately $3.7M | 10.4K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 30 | Blair WitchSteam | approximately $3.6M | 8.2K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 31 | The ThaumaturgeSteam | approximately $3.2M | 6K | 83% | $34.99 |
| 32 | SanfuSteam | approximately $3.2M | 17.9K | 83% | $10.99 |
| 33 | PentimentSteam | approximately $3.1M | 9.8K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 34 | approximately $3M | 10.2K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 35 | approximately $3M | 6K | 62% | $29.99 | |
| 36 | Deceive Inc.Steam | approximately $3M | 7.9K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 37 | approximately $2.8M | 4.5K | 88% | $49.99 | |
| 38 | approximately $2.8M | 11K | 98% | $17.99 | |
| 39 | DepersonalizationSteam | approximately $2.6M | 6.9K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 40 | approximately $2.6M | 14.5K | 82% | $12.99 | |
| 41 | Nobody Wants to DieSteam | approximately $2.5M | 7.5K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 42 | Species: UnknownSteam | approximately $2.5M | 11.2K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 43 | approximately $2.3M | 3.8K | 86% | $39.99 | |
| 44 | approximately $2.3M | 34K | 96% | $2.79 | |
| 45 | Strange AntiquitiesSteam | approximately $2.3M | 3.6K | 95% | $17.99 |
| 46 | approximately $2.2M | 4.8K | 66% | $17.49 | |
| 47 | Parcel SimulatorSteam | approximately $2.2M | 2.9K | 93% | $17.99 |
| 48 | approximately $2.2M | 7.3K | 86% | $19.99 | |
| 49 | approximately $2.1M | 4.9K | 97% | $39.99 | |
| 50 | Ghost Exorcism INC.Steam | approximately $2M | 5.4K | 76% | $11.99 |