Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Psychological Horror on Steam.
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™ 2 | $611.7M | 831.4K | 76% | $39.99 |
| 2 | Ready or Not | $296.3M | 259.8K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 3 | Phasmophobia | $231.7M | 679.6K | 95% | $13.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 34 | $836.8K | 94% | 41% | $156.8M |
| 2025 | 100 | $411.8K | 85% | 28% | $420M |
| 2024 | 118 | $366.8K | 74% | 33% | $888.1M |
| 2023 | 100 | $292.9K | 70% | 30% | $949.2M |
| 2022 | 70 | $308K | 61% | 34% | $124.4M |
| 2021 | 72 | $164.8K | 57% | 22% | $92.6M |
| 2020 | 79 | $151.9K | 56% | 22% | $560.3M |
| 2019 | 64 | $360.1K | 64% | 30% | $124.8M |
| 2018 | 65 | $217.5K | 60% | 20% | $111.9M |
| 2017 | 64 | $711.1K | 75% | 38% | $314.2M |
| 2016 | 70 | $442.4K | 77% | 39% | $156.3M |
| 2015 | 45 | $434.2K | 69% | 31% | $102.6M |
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.
| $136M |
| 266.6K |
| 97% |
| $39.99 |
| 5 | Half-Life: Alyx | $131.9M | 92.3K | 98% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Split Fiction | $117.2M | 124K | 97% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Cities: Skylines II | $112.5M | 90.6K | 55% | $49.99 |
| 8 | Dead Space | $92M | 60.8K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 9 | Subnautica 2 | $71.1M | 123.1K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Call of Duty®: WWII | $60.6M | 46.5K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 11 | Escape from Tarkov | $60M | 58.2K | 49% | $37.49 |
| 12 | Lethal Company | $58.9M | 509.7K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 13 | People Playground | $58.3M | 295.5K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 14 | Undertale | $53.4M | 331.2K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 15 | Metro Exodus | $53.1M | 134.1K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 16 | Marathon | $51.6M | 62.5K | 77% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Metro 2033 Redux | $49.4M | 138.7K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Call of Duty®: Ghosts | $46.9M | 32K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 19 | Street Fighter™ 6 | $46.4M | 77.1K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 20 | My Summer Car | $46.4M | 115.6K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 21 | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | $46M | 21.1K | 58% | $69.99 |
| 22 | Geometry Dash | $44.3M | 623.2K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 23 | Alien: Isolation | $42.7M | 48K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 24 | Little Nightmares | $39.5M | 116.3K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Resident Evil 7 Biohazard | $39.3M | 124.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 26 | Frostpunk 2 | $37.3M | 26.6K | 75% | $44.99 |
| 27 | Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation | $35.3M | 55.6K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 28 | CONTROL Ultimate Edition | $35.1M | 62.2K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 29 | DREDGE | $32.6M | 55.7K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 30 | Outer Wilds | $31.2M | 105.3K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 31 | Firewatch | $30.3M | 98.7K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 32 | City Car Driving | $29.8M | 35.7K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 33 | Prey | $29.5M | 54.2K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Barotrauma | $28.5M | 60.8K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Gorilla Tag | $28.4M | 84.7K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | $27.9M | 17.9K | 61% | $69.99 |
| 37 | Sultan's Game | $26.9M | 34.6K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 38 | OMORI | $26.5M | 87.6K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 39 | The Evil Within 2 | $24.3M | 30.8K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 40 | Library Of Ruina | $23.5M | 43.8K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Ghostwire: Tokyo | $23.1M | 20.6K | 83% | $59.99 |
| 42 | SILENT HILL f | $21.8M | 28K | 80% | $34.99 |
| 43 | Hello Neighbor | $21.8M | 31.7K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 44 | The Outlast Trials | $21M | 107.9K | 93% | $11.99 |
| 45 | Alan Wake | $20M | 58.6K | 90% | $14.99 |
| 46 | We Happy Few | $19.1M | 13.7K | 77% | $59.99 |
| 47 | The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- | $18.8M | 8.5K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 48 | Little Nightmares III | $18.3M | 20.5K | 47% | $39.99 |
| 49 | SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS | $16.9M | 15.2K | 97% | $49.99 |
| 50 | Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc | $16.8M | 37.8K | 96% | $19.99 |