Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Perma Death on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Perma Death 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 | Hades | $135.1M | 283.4K | 98% | $24.99 |
| 2 | Darkest Dungeon® | $83.5M | 160.6K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 3 | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | $80.3M | 211K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | $885.3K | 88% | 50% | $10.2M |
| 2025 | 25 | $899.5K | 84% | 48% | $235.5M |
| 2024 | 23 | $494.5K | 83% | 17% | $30.8M |
| 2023 | 26 | $649.3K | 88% | 38% | $106.7M |
| 2022 | 11 | $432.3K | 82% | 36% | $20.1M |
| 2021 | 14 | $691.9K | 93% | 36% | $13.4M |
| 2020 | 17 | $1.3M | 88% | 53% | $237.8M |
| 2019 | 12 | $475.7K | 58% | 33% | $93.1M |
| 2018 | 9 | $748K | 78% | 33% | $8.1M |
| 2017 | 9 | $1.1M | 89% | 56% | $16.2M |
| 2016 | 14 | $555.2K | 79% | 29% | $136.3M |
| 2015 | 12 | $564.3K | 83% | 33% | $22.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Perma Death launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| $78.5M |
| 112.3K |
| 96% |
| $29.99 |
| 5 | R.E.P.O. | $70.2M | 329.8K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 6 | Lethal Company | $58.9M | 509.7K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 7 | My Summer Car | $46.4M | 115.6K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 8 | XCOM® 2 | $45.1M | 108.6K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 9 | State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition | $44M | 69.3K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Noita | $37.2M | 87.9K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 11 | Don't Starve | $33.6M | 113.2K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 12 | XCOM: Enemy Unknown | $23.2M | 58.4K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 13 | Marauders | $12.5M | 21.4K | 67% | $29.99 |
| 14 | Roboquest | $11M | 24.2K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 15 | Peglin | $10.1M | 16.5K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 16 | My Winter Car | $9.3M | 18.5K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 17 | State of Decay: YOSE | $8.7M | 13.1K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Risk of Rain (2013) | $7.9M | 29.8K | 93% | $9.99 |
| 19 | Bomber Crew | $7.8M | 15.4K | 88% | $15.99 |
| 20 | FTL: Faster Than Light | $7.8M | 78.3K | 95% | $3.49 |
| 21 | Spelunky 2 | $7.2M | 21.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 22 | The Last Spell | $7.2M | 13.5K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 23 | Spelunky | $6.6M | 16.6K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 24 | Darkest Dungeon® II | $6.5M | 26.4K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Crab Champions | $6.5M | 26.3K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 26 | Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days | $6.1M | 9.2K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 27 | Five Nights at Freddy's 2 | $5.7M | 25.9K | 94% | $7.99 |
| 28 | Nuclear Throne | $5.2M | 19.7K | 96% | $11.99 |
| 29 | LOCKDOWN Protocol | $5.1M | 19.7K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 30 | Elin | $5.1M | 9K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 31 | Until Dawn™ | $5.1M | 5.1K | 83% | $59.99 |
| 32 | Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ | $4.7M | 14K | 85% | $11.99 |
| 33 | White Knuckle | $4.6M | 13K | 98% | $16.99 |
| 34 | Quasimorph | $4.3M | 6.3K | 84% | $24.99 |
| 35 | Day of Dragons | $4.3M | 7.8K | 65% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Age of Wonders: Planetfall | $4.2M | 6.6K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Invisible, Inc. | $4.1M | 5.8K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 38 | Road to Vostok | $4M | 8.4K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 39 | The Last Stand: Aftermath | $3.6M | 6K | 81% | $24.99 |
| 40 | Phoenix Point | $3.4M | 7.1K | 73% | $24.99 |
| 41 | NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION | $3.3M | 4.6K | 65% | $29.99 |
| 42 | Heat Signature | $2.7M | 7.4K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 43 | Void War | $2.7M | 3.5K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 44 | SWORN | $2.7M | 4.8K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 45 | Nuclear Nightmare | $2.6M | 18.7K | 81% | $6.99 |
| 46 | Crying Suns | $2.6M | 4.5K | 86% | $24.99 |
| 47 | Baldi's Basics Plus | $2.5M | 10.5K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 48 | Blackthorn Arena | $2.5M | 3.8K | 69% | $24.99 |
| 49 | Cyber Knights: Flashpoint | $2.3M | 3K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 50 | NEO Scavenger | $2.2M | 5.4K | 90% | $14.99 |