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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Mystery on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of Mystery 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 | Persona 3 Reload | $77M | 40.7K | 95% | $59.99 |
| 3 | DELTARUNE | $63.5M | 112.9K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | $580.9K | 87% | 39% | $62M |
| 2025 | 74 | $583.5K | 91% | 32% | $196.5M |
| 2024 | 98 | $396.9K | 73% | 36% | $232.1M |
| 2023 | 76 | $370.4K | 74% | 22% | $105.3M |
| 2022 | 72 | $715.3K | 83% | 40% | $190.1M |
| 2021 | 64 | $302.8K | 69% | 27% | $65.1M |
| 2020 | 64 | $229.3K | 64% | 20% | $321M |
| 2019 | 42 | $382.2K | 74% | 24% | $57.6M |
| 2018 | 33 | $421.9K | 85% | 21% | $58.9M |
| 2017 | 42 | $338.7K | 67% | 36% | $62.2M |
| 2016 | 46 | $642.8K | 87% | 37% | $125M |
| 2015 | 24 | $268.3K | 71% | 21% | $20.2M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Mystery launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| PEAK |
| $42.1M |
| 338.3K |
| 95% |
| $7.99 |
| 5 | Stray | $38.5M | 175.6K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 6 | The Talos Principle | $32.9M | 32.9K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 7 | DREDGE | $32.6M | 55.7K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 8 | Outer Wilds | $31.2M | 105.3K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 9 | Firewatch | $30.3M | 98.7K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 10 | Persona 4 Golden | $28.4M | 86.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 11 | Graveyard Keeper | $27.6M | 54.4K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 12 | Ghostwire: Tokyo | $23.1M | 20.6K | 83% | $59.99 |
| 13 | Alan Wake | $20M | 58.6K | 90% | $14.99 |
| 14 | REANIMAL | $17.2M | 23.8K | 74% | $39.99 |
| 15 | Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc | $16.8M | 37.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 16 | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy | $16.8M | 44.2K | 98% | $29.99 |
| 17 | No, I'm not a Human | $14.9M | 29.7K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 18 | The Wolf Among Us | $14.8M | 39.8K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 19 | The Witness | $14.1M | 21.1K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 20 | Life is Strange: Before the Storm | $13.6M | 37.8K | 93% | $16.99 |
| 21 | Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony | $13.6M | 22.9K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 22 | STEINS;GATE | $13.2M | 26.4K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 23 | Kena: Bridge of Spirits | $12.7M | 17.4K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 24 | ANIMAL WELL | $12.3M | 24.3K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 25 | SIGNALIS | $12.2M | 33.5K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 26 | The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe | $12.1M | 35.5K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 27 | Life is Strange: Double Exposure | $11.5M | 10.3K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 28 | The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty | $11.1M | 59.6K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 29 | Blue Prince | $10.8M | 19.2K | 87% | $17.99 |
| 30 | Return of the Obra Dinn | $10.3M | 34.7K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 31 | Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter | $10.3M | 14.4K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 32 | Escape Simulator | $9.5M | 19.2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Content Warning | $9.4M | 161.4K | 94% | $3.99 |
| 34 | MECCHA CHAMELEON | $9.1M | 70.1K | 87% | $5.99 |
| 35 | Echoes of Aincrad | $8.8M | 3.1K | 50% | $69.99 |
| 36 | Demonologist | $8.7M | 23.9K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 37 | Judgment | $8.7M | 12K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 38 | Murdered: Soul Suspect | $8.2M | 17.3K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 39 | Firework | $7.8M | 44.2K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 40 | Secret Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer | $7.5M | 19.3K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 41 | Mouthwashing | $7.5M | 37.8K | 95% | $12.99 |
| 42 | The Talos Principle 2 | $7.2M | 13.2K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 43 | A Plague Tale: Requiem | $7.1M | 25.8K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 44 | Deliver Us The Moon | $6.9M | 9.5K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 45 | Murders on the Yangtze River | $6.8M | 20.9K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 46 | Enigma of Fear | $6.6M | 10.2K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 47 | The Mortuary Assistant | $6.5M | 7.2K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 48 | Unheard - Voices of Crime | $6.4M | 33.7K | 96% | $6.99 |
| 49 | Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs | $6.4M | 12.1K | 70% | $19.99 |
| 50 | SOMA | $6.4M | 51.9K | 96% | $5.99 |