Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Philosophical on Steam.
Share of Philosophical 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 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 | SOMASteam | approximately $32.6M | 53K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 2 | The Talos PrincipleSteam | approximately $22.1M | 33.1K | 95% | $29.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 301 | approximately $431 | approximately 5% | approximately 0% | approximately $6.7M |
| 2025 | 345 | approximately $818 | approximately 6% | approximately 0% | approximately $9M |
| 2024 | 260 | approximately $529 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $11.9M |
| 2023 | 178 | approximately $736 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $17.1M |
| 2022 | 157 | approximately $931 | approximately 3% | approximately 1% | approximately $11.4M |
| 2021 | 162 | approximately $529 | approximately 4% | approximately 2% | approximately $17.1M |
| 2020 | 114 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $7.8M |
| 2019 | 34 | approximately $3.3K | approximately 21% | approximately 6% | approximately $6M |
| 2018 | 26 | approximately $2.2K | approximately 12% | approximately 4% | approximately $3.3M |
| 2017 | 35 | approximately $13.3K | approximately 29% | approximately 11% | approximately $22.8M |
| 2016 | 18 | approximately $19.3K | approximately 33% | approximately 22% | approximately $22.2M |
| 2015 | 6 | approximately $204.9K | approximately 67% | approximately 33% | approximately $37.2M |
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.
| 3 |
The WitnessSteam |
| approximately $14.3M |
| 21.4K |
| 84% |
| $39.99 |
| 4 | approximately $12M | 82.6K | 82% | $7.99 |
| 5 | approximately $9.4M | 13.4K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 6 | BioShock® 2Steam | approximately $7.9M | 15K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Democracy 4Steam | approximately $7M | 5.9K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 8 | The Forgotten CitySteam | approximately $6.2M | 11.2K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 9 | The Beginner's GuideSteam | approximately $4.2M | 23.6K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 10 | approximately $3.8M | 4.4K | 70% | $34.99 |
| 11 | The Turing TestSteam | approximately $3.6M | 8K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 12 | Before Your EyesSteam | approximately $3.5M | 24K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 13 | Jump KingSteam | approximately $3.2M | 13.4K | 90% | $12.99 |
| 14 | Exo OneSteam | approximately $3M | 5.3K | 90% | $16.99 |
| 15 | The SwapperSteam | approximately $3M | 7.6K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 16 | The Last CampfireSteam | approximately $2.9M | 20.7K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 17 | approximately $2.8M | 6.7K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 18 | approximately $2.5M | 7.9K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 19 | Nobody Wants to DieSteam | approximately $2.5M | 7.5K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 20 | approximately $2.3M | 3.6K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 21 | approximately $2.2M | 5.7K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Manifold GardenSteam | approximately $2.2M | 8.6K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 23 | One Hour One LifeSteam | approximately $2.2M | 4.6K | 80% | $14.99 |
| 24 | approximately $2.1M | 4.6K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 25 | Minds Beneath UsSteam | approximately $2.1M | 6.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 26 | Coffee TalkSteam | approximately $2M | 11.3K | 95% | $6.49 |
| 27 | RivenSteam | approximately $2M | 2.9K | 92% | $34.99 |
| 28 | Thomas Was AloneSteam | approximately $1.9M | 9.4K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 29 | EverythingSteam | approximately $1.8M | 3.9K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 30 | Peaks of YoreSteam | approximately $1.8M | 3.8K | 97% | $18.99 |
| 31 | Fisher OnlineSteam | approximately $1.7M | 4.5K | 82% | $13.99 |
| 32 | MOLESteam | approximately $1.7M | 3.6K | 97% | $10.39 |
| 33 | The BridgeSteam | approximately $1.3M | 4.4K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 34 | approximately $1.2M | 5.4K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 35 | approximately $1.1M | 2.6K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 36 | Islands of InsightSteam | approximately $924.5K | 3.2K | 72% | $29.99 |
| 37 | approximately $825K | 2.1K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 38 | approximately $792.6K | 1.6K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 39 | approximately $782.5K | 1.2K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 40 | First StrikeSteam | approximately $773.6K | 2K | 75% | $11.99 |
| 41 | approximately $755.7K | 1.6K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 42 | PhonopolisSteam | approximately $690.8K | 1.7K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 43 | approximately $652.4K | 1.1K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 44 | approximately $639K | 948 | 81% | $39.99 |
| 45 | NORCOSteam | approximately $634.2K | 3.3K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 46 | My Lovely DaughterSteam | approximately $623.4K | 1.3K | 70% | $14.99 |
| 47 | Submachine: LegacySteam | approximately $623.1K | 1.5K | 98% | $24.99 |
| 48 | approximately $619.2K | 31.8K | 96% | $1.49 |
| 49 | Vampire TherapistSteam | approximately $560.6K | 920 | 94% | $14.99 |
| 50 | approximately $559.1K | 3.8K | 88% | $7.99 |