Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Roguelike on Steam.
Share of Roguelike 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 Roguelike games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.3K | approximately $644 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $185.4M |
| 2025 | 1.9K | approximately $1.4K | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $459.8M |
| 2024 | 1.5K | approximately $1.4K | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $272.7M |
| 2023 | 997 | approximately $1K | approximately 13% | approximately 3% | approximately $195.4M |
| 2022 | 638 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 12% | approximately 3% | approximately $142.8M |
| 2021 | 414 | approximately $2K | approximately 17% | approximately 5% | approximately $215.8M |
| 2020 | 335 | approximately $1.9K | approximately 17% | approximately 6% | approximately $402.1M |
| 2019 | 192 | approximately $6.8K | approximately 22% | approximately 7% | approximately $132.7M |
| 2018 | 160 | approximately $8.8K | approximately 23% | approximately 9% | approximately $180.9M |
| 2017 | 126 | approximately $20.4K | approximately 28% | approximately 8% | approximately $30.9M |
| 2016 | 135 | approximately $33.2K | approximately 36% | approximately 10% | approximately $243.1M |
| 2015 | 104 | approximately $49K | approximately 34% | approximately 13% | approximately $49.3M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Roguelike launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HadesSteam | approximately $125.8M | 308.7K | 98% | $24.99 |
| 2 | Risk of Rain 2Steam | approximately $113.8M | 353.1K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 3 | approximately $111.6M | 191.4K | 82% | $39.99 | |
| 4 | approximately $102.8M | 457.7K | 97% | $14.99 | |
| 5 | approximately $92.2M | 543.4K | 95% | $14.99 | |
| 6 | Darkest Dungeon®Steam | approximately $81.4M | 162.7K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 7 | Slay the SpireSteam | approximately $80.9M | 218.8K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 8 | Hades IISteam | approximately $78M | 123.5K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Dead CellsSteam | approximately $72.7M | 183.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 10 | BalatroSteam | approximately $59.6M | 198.9K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 11 | InscryptionSteam | approximately $58.6M | 148.7K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 12 | NoitaSteam | approximately $48.5M | 81.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 13 | Gunfire RebornSteam | approximately $39.6M | 103.7K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 14 | approximately $36.3M | 57.2K | 94% | $24.99 | |
| 15 | Dwarf FortressSteam | approximately $35.4M | 31.5K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 16 | approximately $34.4M | 70.3K | 65% | $23.99 | |
| 17 | Don't StarveSteam | approximately $33.7M | 113.5K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 18 | Enter the GungeonSteam | approximately $25.7M | 89.9K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 19 | Darkest Dungeon® IISteam | approximately $25.2M | 27K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 20 | MegabonkSteam | approximately $24.1M | 106.3K | 94% | $5.99 |
| 21 | Vampire SurvivorsSteam | approximately $23.2M | 265.9K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 22 | approximately $19.7M | 57.6K | 93% | $19.99 | |
| 23 | StoneshardSteam | approximately $19.5M | 35.7K | 75% | $24.99 |
| 24 | Blue PrinceSteam | approximately $17M | 20.2K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 25 | WitchfireSteam | approximately $16.3M | 17.9K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 26 | Project WingmanSteam | approximately $15.8M | 18.5K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 27 | SifuSteam | approximately $15.8M | 28.9K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 28 | approximately $15.7M | 48.3K | 86% | $12.99 | |
| 29 | Homeworld 3Steam | approximately $14.5M | 8.8K | 41% | $59.99 |
| 30 | approximately $13.7M | 39.6K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 31 | Loop HeroSteam | approximately $13.4M | 36.6K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 32 | RoboquestSteam | approximately $12.3M | 24.4K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 33 | 9 KingsSteam | approximately $12.2M | 23.3K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Caves of QudSteam | approximately $12.1M | 11.9K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 35 | Paint the Town RedSteam | approximately $12.1M | 29.2K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Dome KeeperSteam | approximately $11.1M | 22.5K | 92% | $17.99 |
| 37 | Monster TrainSteam | approximately $10.9M | 23K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 38 | Returnal™Steam | approximately $10.7M | 11.1K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 39 | approximately $10.7M | 15.4K | 60% | $29.99 | |
| 40 | Risk of Rain ReturnsSteam | approximately $10.4M | 28.7K | 90% | $14.99 |
| 41 | PeglinSteam | approximately $10.3M | 17.7K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 42 | RavenswatchSteam | approximately $10.2M | 22.8K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 43 | PlateUp!Steam | approximately $10.1M | 27.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 44 | Into the BreachSteam | approximately $10M | 22.4K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 45 | Spelunky 2Steam | approximately $10M | 22K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 46 | BrotatoSteam | approximately $9.9M | 119.2K | 96% | $4.99 |
| 47 | Soulstone SurvivorsSteam | approximately $9.8M | 26.8K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 48 | BALL x PITSteam | approximately $9.7M | 27.2K | 95% | $9.89 |
| 49 | approximately $9.6M | 8.5K | 92% | $29.99 | |
| 50 | CloverPitSteam | approximately $9.5M | 26.1K | 90% | $9.99 |