Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Psychological Horror on Steam.
Share of Psychological Horror 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 Psychological Horror 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 | HELLDIVERS™ 2Steam | approximately $616.8M | 1.2M | 76% | $39.99 |
| 2 | Ready or NotSteam | approximately $278.3M | 347.5K | 79% | $49.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.8K | approximately $863 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $222.3M |
| 2025 | 2.1K | approximately $1.3K | approximately 7% | approximately 1% | approximately $444.8M |
| 2024 | 1.7K | approximately $1.2K | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $993.1M |
| 2023 | 941 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $918.2M |
| 2022 | 743 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $120.7M |
| 2021 | 551 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $121.8M |
| 2020 | 393 | approximately $2.3K | approximately 15% | approximately 5% | approximately $524.3M |
| 2019 | 268 | approximately $3.7K | approximately 21% | approximately 7% | approximately $136.6M |
| 2018 | 271 | approximately $6K | approximately 18% | approximately 4% | approximately $120.9M |
| 2017 | 201 | approximately $14.7K | approximately 30% | approximately 13% | approximately $332.7M |
| 2016 | 187 | approximately $26.6K | approximately 37% | approximately 14% | approximately $147.6M |
| 2015 | 115 | approximately $42.6K | approximately 38% | approximately 12% | approximately $130.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Psychological Horror launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
PhasmophobiaSteam |
| approximately $220.3M |
| 839.9K |
| 94% |
| $19.99 |
| 4 | Half-Life: AlyxSteam | approximately $123.2M | 105.5K | 98% | $59.99 |
| 5 | Resident Evil 4Steam | approximately $119.1M | 278.8K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 6 | Cities: Skylines IISteam | approximately $116.1M | 93.3K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Escape from TarkovSteam | approximately $93.7M | 65.3K | 49% | $49.99 |
| 8 | Split FictionSteam | approximately $85.3M | 127.2K | 97% | $32.49 |
| 9 | Lethal CompanySteam | approximately $84.5M | 511K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 10 | Subnautica 2Steam | approximately $80.7M | 127.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 11 | The Outlast TrialsSteam | approximately $79.1M | 112.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 12 | approximately $67.5M | 22.6K | 60% | $69.99 |
| 13 | People PlaygroundSteam | approximately $62.9M | 319.2K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 14 | BarotraumaSteam | approximately $62.7M | 90K | 94% | $34.99 |
| 15 | Call of Duty®: WWIISteam | approximately $57.2M | 47.1K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 16 | UndertaleSteam | approximately $55.3M | 342.7K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 17 | Alien: IsolationSteam | approximately $54.8M | 67K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 18 | Metro 2033 ReduxSteam | approximately $50.6M | 142.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 19 | MarathonSteam | approximately $49.1M | 64.3K | 77% | $39.99 |
| 20 | My Summer CarSteam | approximately $48.4M | 117.8K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 21 | DREDGESteam | approximately $44.3M | 57.1K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Outer WildsSteam | approximately $42.3M | 108.4K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 23 | approximately $40.3M | 127.4K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 24 | Geometry DashSteam | approximately $39.3M | 645.1K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 25 | Street Fighter™ 6Steam | approximately $38.9M | 80K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 26 | approximately $38M | 51K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 27 | approximately $36.3M | 57.2K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 28 | SILENT HILL fSteam | approximately $35.1M | 29.4K | 80% | $69.99 |
| 29 | OMORISteam | approximately $34.2M | 88.7K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 30 | SOMASteam | approximately $32.6M | 53K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Frostpunk 2Steam | approximately $32.4M | 27.2K | 75% | $22.49 |
| 32 | FirewatchSteam | approximately $30.5M | 99.5K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 33 | PreySteam | approximately $29.8M | 54.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Library Of RuinaSteam | approximately $29M | 45.2K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 35 | approximately $28.6M | 32.1K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 36 | Gorilla TagSteam | approximately $25.5M | 86.1K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 37 | The Evil Within 2Steam | approximately $24.5M | 31.1K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 38 | Hello NeighborSteam | approximately $22.9M | 33.1K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 39 | approximately $22.4M | 45.1K | 68% | $20.99 |
| 40 | approximately $20.6M | 34.3K | 97% | $8.99 |
| 41 | Alan WakeSteam | approximately $20.4M | 60K | 90% | $14.99 |
| 42 | approximately $20.2M | 8.7K | 88% | $48.99 |
| 43 | We Happy FewSteam | approximately $19.2M | 13.8K | 77% | $59.99 |
| 44 | Little Nightmares IISteam | approximately $19M | 50.3K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 45 | approximately $17.2M | 15.7K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 46 | Sultan's GameSteam | approximately $17.2M | 35.2K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 47 | approximately $17.1M | 37.2K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 48 | Dead SpaceSteam | approximately $16.7M | 71.2K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 49 | City Car DrivingSteam | approximately $16.6M | 36.2K | 83% | $13.74 |
| 50 | Halloween: The GameSteam | approximately $16.5M | 14.9K | 67% | $39.99 |