Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Remake on Steam.
Share of Remake games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
Read this as the notable end of the genre. Steam publishes user tags only on game pages we fully enrich, so this sample skews to games that got attention — its median is 280 reviews against roughly 19 for the catalogue. The real share of low-earning Remake games is higher than shown.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Remake 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 | approximately $235.4M | 378.1K | 92% | $39.99 | |
| 2 | Resident Evil 4Steam | approximately $119.1M | 278.8K | 97% | $39.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | approximately $21.6K | approximately 30% | approximately 24% | approximately $80.9M |
| 2025 | 27 | approximately $6.4K | approximately 19% | approximately 15% | approximately $34.6M |
| 2024 | 34 | approximately $108K | approximately 53% | approximately 18% | approximately $25M |
| 2023 | 33 | approximately $9.1K | approximately 39% | approximately 24% | approximately $248.3M |
| 2022 | 30 | approximately $4.3K | approximately 20% | approximately 17% | approximately $11M |
| 2021 | 29 | approximately $87.7K | approximately 41% | approximately 28% | approximately $27.2M |
| 2020 | 54 | approximately $4.3K | approximately 26% | approximately 17% | approximately $44.5M |
| 2019 | 44 | approximately $11.2K | approximately 34% | approximately 14% | approximately $224.5M |
| 2018 | 40 | approximately $14.9K | approximately 30% | approximately 10% | approximately $31.5M |
| 2017 | 33 | approximately $64.3K | approximately 45% | approximately 18% | approximately $36.6M |
| 2016 | 29 | approximately $150.3K | approximately 66% | approximately 34% | approximately $354.2M |
| 2015 | 25 | approximately $136.2K | approximately 60% | approximately 36% | approximately $100.4M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Remake launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 | approximately $104.3M | 182.6K | 95% | $34.99 |
| 4 | approximately $102.8M | 457.7K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 5 | Resident Evil 2Steam | approximately $90.9M | 156.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 6 | approximately $88.3M | 109.3K | 84% | $59.99 |
| 7 | DOOMSteam | approximately $55.4M | 155.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 8 | Metro 2033 ReduxSteam | approximately $50.6M | 142.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 9 | approximately $47.5M | 102.9K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 10 | approximately $47.1M | 132.3K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 11 | approximately $37.5M | 98.5K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 12 | Gothic 1 RemakeSteam | approximately $36.1M | 41.3K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 13 | approximately $33.8M | 36.3K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 14 | approximately $30.4M | 79.8K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 15 | BioShock™ RemasteredSteam | approximately $26.7M | 65.2K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 16 | Shadow WarriorSteam | approximately $21.2M | 26.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 17 | Black MesaSteam | approximately $19.1M | 134.8K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 18 | approximately $19M | 19.7K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 19 | approximately $17.7M | 22.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 20 | Dead SpaceSteam | approximately $16.7M | 71.2K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 21 | approximately $16.6M | 14.2K | 88% | $34.99 |
| 22 | Halloween: The GameSteam | approximately $16.5M | 14.9K | 67% | $39.99 |
| 23 | Resident EvilSteam | approximately $16.3M | 36.6K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 24 | approximately $16.2M | 22.4K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 25 | approximately $14.5M | 13.7K | 61% | $39.99 |
| 26 | approximately $13.5M | 30.4K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 27 | Fable AnniversarySteam | approximately $12.9M | 16.6K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 28 | Sonic ManiaSteam | approximately $11.4M | 28.9K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 29 | approximately $10.6M | 15.9K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 30 | approximately $10.5M | 12.6K | 78% | $29.99 |
| 31 | approximately $10.3M | 13.1K | 55% | $39.99 |
| 32 | System ShockSteam | approximately $10M | 13K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 33 | approximately $9.5M | 17K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 34 | approximately $8.9M | 18.1K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 35 | approximately $8.3M | 5.1K | 95% | $59.99 |
| 36 | approximately $7.4M | 5.8K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 37 | Resident Evil 0Steam | approximately $6.4M | 14.5K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 38 | The Forgotten CitySteam | approximately $6.2M | 11.2K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 39 | approximately $6.2M | 5K | 78% | $29.99 |
| 40 | approximately $6.2M | 15.7K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 41 | approximately $5.5M | 8.6K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 42 | Master of OrionSteam | approximately $5.3M | 8.2K | 77% | $24.99 |
| 43 | approximately $5M | 4.3K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 44 | approximately $4.9M | 19.9K | 87% | $11.99 |
| 45 | approximately $4.9M | 10.3K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 46 | approximately $4.8M | 26.1K | 98% | $12.99 |
| 47 | approximately $4.7M | 4.7K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 48 | Until Dawn™Steam | approximately $4.6M | 5.3K | 83% | $59.99 |
| 49 | XenonautsSteam | approximately $4.5M | 5.1K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 50 | Half-Life: SourceSteam | approximately $4.4M | 16.7K | 69% | $9.99 |