Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Perma Death on Steam.
Share of Perma Death 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 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 | Hunt: Showdown 1896Steam | approximately $106.1M | 279.1K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 2 | Lethal CompanySteam | approximately $84.4M | 411.6K | 97% | $9.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 489 | approximately $465 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $25.8M |
| 2025 | 527 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $242M |
| 2024 | 425 | approximately $778 | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $35.4M |
| 2023 | 312 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $162.3M |
| 2022 | 250 | approximately $1K | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $22M |
| 2021 | 280 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 7% | approximately 3% | approximately $19.6M |
| 2020 | 181 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 10% | approximately 6% | approximately $149.7M |
| 2019 | 77 | approximately $3.2K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $120M |
| 2018 | 76 | approximately $1.9K | approximately 17% | approximately 5% | approximately $9.3M |
| 2017 | 54 | approximately $8.6K | approximately 22% | approximately 7% | approximately $9.7M |
| 2016 | 47 | approximately $36.6K | approximately 36% | approximately 9% | approximately $136.4M |
| 2015 | 40 | approximately $47.3K | approximately 35% | approximately 13% | approximately $23M |
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.
| 3 |
Darkest Dungeon®Steam |
| approximately $81.4M |
| 162.7K |
| 92% |
| $24.99 |
| 4 | Hades IISteam | approximately $78M | 123.6K | 96% | $20.99 |
| 5 | R.E.P.O.Steam | approximately $62.9M | 425.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 6 | approximately $49.2M | 70.1K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 7 | NoitaSteam | approximately $48.5M | 81.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 8 | My Summer CarSteam | approximately $48.4M | 117.8K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 9 | XCOM® 2Steam | approximately $45.6M | 109.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 10 | Don't StarveSteam | approximately $33.7M | 113.5K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 11 | Darkest Dungeon® IISteam | approximately $25.2M | 27K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 12 | approximately $25M | 78.8K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 13 | HadesSteam | approximately $23.1M | 308.7K | 98% | $6.24 |
| 14 | XCOM: Enemy UnknownSteam | approximately $21.8M | 58.7K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 15 | RoboquestSteam | approximately $12.3M | 24.4K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 16 | MaraudersSteam | approximately $12M | 21.4K | 67% | $29.99 |
| 17 | PeglinSteam | approximately $10.3M | 17.7K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Spelunky 2Steam | approximately $10M | 19.7K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 19 | My Winter CarSteam | approximately $9.4M | 19.3K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 20 | The Last SpellSteam | approximately $8.8M | 13.7K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 21 | State of Decay: YOSESteam | approximately $8.8M | 13.2K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 22 | approximately $8M | 9.9K | 89% | $24.99 |
| 23 | Risk of Rain (2013)Steam | approximately $7.9M | 29.8K | 93% | $9.99 |
| 24 | Crab ChampionsSteam | approximately $7.4M | 31.2K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 25 | The Binding of IsaacSteam | approximately $6.4M | 62.9K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 26 | ElinSteam | approximately $6.3M | 9.2K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 27 | QuasimorphSteam | approximately $6.2M | 8.3K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 28 | Nuclear ThroneSteam | approximately $5.3M | 19.8K | 96% | $11.99 |
| 29 | WildfrostSteam | approximately $4.9M | 8.9K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 30 | LOCKDOWN ProtocolSteam | approximately $4.8M | 20K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 31 | SpelunkySteam | approximately $4.6M | 16.7K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 32 | Until Dawn™Steam | approximately $4.6M | 5.3K | 83% | $59.99 |
| 33 | White KnuckleSteam | approximately $4.4M | 14.7K | 98% | $16.99 |
| 34 | Day of DragonsSteam | approximately $4.3M | 7.9K | 65% | $19.99 |
| 35 | approximately $4.2M | 6.7K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 36 | Road to VostokSteam | approximately $4.1M | 8.7K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 37 | Phoenix PointSteam | approximately $3.5M | 7.2K | 73% | $24.99 |
| 38 | OthercideSteam | approximately $3.4M | 5.3K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 39 | approximately $3.4M | 23.9K | 94% | $7.99 |
| 40 | approximately $3.3M | 6.8K | 81% | $24.99 |
| 41 | approximately $3.3M | 4.7K | 65% | $29.99 |
| 42 | Void WarSteam | approximately $3.2M | 4K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Invisible, Inc.Steam | approximately $3.2M | 5.8K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 44 | Astral AscentSteam | approximately $2.9M | 8.6K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 45 | approximately $2.8M | 3.2K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 46 | Heat SignatureSteam | approximately $2.7M | 7.4K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 47 | Baldi's Basics PlusSteam | approximately $2.7M | 11.7K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 48 | Crying SunsSteam | approximately $2.6M | 4.6K | 86% | $24.99 |
| 49 | Blackthorn ArenaSteam | approximately $2.5M | 3.8K | 69% | $24.99 |
| 50 | Nuclear NightmareSteam | approximately $2.5M | 19.2K | 81% | $6.99 |