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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Philosophical on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of Philosophical 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 | The Talos Principle | $32.9M | 32.9K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 2 | The Witness | $14.1M | 21.1K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 3 | Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy | $13.9M | 82.1K | 82% | $7.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | $372.7K | 80% | 20% | $2.3M |
| 2025 | 10 | $119.2K | 60% | 20% | $5M |
| 2024 | 8 | $900.3K | 100% | 38% | $9.3M |
| 2023 | 10 | $450.8K | 70% | 30% | $12.9M |
| 2022 | 5 | $207.3K | 80% | 40% | $8.2M |
| 2021 | 9 | $192.3K | 67% | 33% | $7.7M |
| 2020 | 11 | $181.5K | 55% | 18% | $8.4M |
| 2019 | 4 | $848.4K | 50% | 50% | $4.8M |
| 2018 | 3 | $232.3K | 100% | 33% | $2.6M |
| 2017 | 9 | $725.3K | 67% | 44% | $23.1M |
| 2016 | 6 | $2.1M | 67% | 67% | $21.7M |
| 2015 | 4 | $2.2M | 75% | 50% | $10.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Philosophical launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| BioShock® 2 |
| $7.9M |
| 14.9K |
| 89% |
| $19.99 |
| 5 | The Talos Principle 2 | $7.2M | 13.2K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 6 | SOMA | $6.4M | 51.9K | 96% | $5.99 |
| 7 | Democracy 4 | $5.6M | 6.4K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 8 | Coffee Talk | $4.3M | 12.5K | 95% | $12.99 |
| 9 | The Beginner's Guide | $4.1M | 23.3K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 10 | Torment: Tides of Numenera | $3.8M | 4.4K | 70% | $34.99 |
| 11 | The Turing Test | $3.6M | 8K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 12 | Jump King | $3.1M | 13.3K | 90% | $12.99 |
| 13 | Before Your Eyes | $3.1M | 23.4K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 14 | The Swapper | $3M | 7.6K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 15 | The House in Fata Morgana | $2.9M | 6.5K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 16 | Nobody Wants to Die | $2.9M | 7.1K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 17 | KARMA: The Dark World | $2.7M | 4.5K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 18 | Minds Beneath Us | $2.6M | 6K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 19 | Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition | $2.6M | 5.5K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 20 | Exo One | $2.3M | 5.2K | 90% | $16.99 |
| 21 | A Space for the Unbound | $2.2M | 7.6K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Manifold Garden | $2.2M | 8.4K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 23 | One Hour One Life | $2.2M | 4.7K | 80% | $14.99 |
| 24 | AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES - nirvanA Initiative | $2.2M | 3.7K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Thomas Was Alone | $1.9M | 9.4K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 26 | Everything | $1.8M | 3.9K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 27 | Fisher Online | $1.7M | 4.5K | 82% | $13.99 |
| 28 | The Forgotten City | $1.5M | 13.4K | 96% | $6.24 |
| 29 | Peaks of Yore | $1.4M | 3.7K | 97% | $18.99 |
| 30 | The Bridge | $1.3M | 4.4K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 31 | MOLE | $1.3M | 2.6K | 97% | $12.99 |
| 32 | Umineko When They Cry - Question Arcs | $1.2M | 2.8K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 33 | A Difficult Game About Climbing | $1.2M | 5.6K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 34 | The Talos Principle: Reawakened | $1M | 1.1K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 35 | Riven | $964.2K | 2.8K | 92% | $20.99 |
| 36 | Refind Self: The Personality Test Game | $873.7K | 3.7K | 88% | $7.99 |
| 37 | Islands of Insight | $836.4K | 3.2K | 72% | $11.99 |
| 38 | Umineko When They Cry - Answer Arcs | $725.3K | 1.5K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 39 | Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk | $601.6K | 34K | 96% | $1.49 |
| 40 | Keeper | $575.5K | 1.1K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Submachine: Legacy | $525.3K | 1.4K | 98% | $24.99 |
| 42 | Mountain | $517.1K | 16.3K | 88% | $0.99 |
| 43 | PLAYNE : The Meditation Game | $482.3K | 1.2K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 44 | Vampire Therapist | $471.9K | 969 | 94% | $14.99 |
| 45 | When The Past Was Around | $462.8K | 4.4K | 95% | $7.99 |
| 46 | Titanium Court | $439.4K | 977 | 94% | $14.99 |
| 47 | One-Eyed Likho | $433.3K | 1.2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 48 | SEASON: A letter to the future | $376.3K | 2.1K | 93% | $12.49 |
| 49 | Schrödinger's Call | $372.7K | 1.1K | 94% | $17.99 |
| 50 | The Last Campfire | $331.3K | 20K | 98% | $1.49 |