Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Samurai on Steam.
Share of Samurai games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
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Total estimated revenue of Samurai 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 $96.8M | 96.9K | 94% | $59.99 | |
| 2 | KenshiSteam | approximately $83.3M | 116.9K | 96% | $29.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | approximately $712 | approximately 29% | approximately 10% | approximately $70.8M |
| 2025 | 9 | approximately $110.3K | approximately 56% | approximately 22% | approximately $63.1M |
| 2024 | 4 | approximately $328.3K | approximately 50% | approximately 25% | approximately $97.4M |
| 2023 | 3 | approximately $779 | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $60.7K |
| 2022 | 2 | approximately $2M | approximately 50% | approximately 50% | approximately $3.9M |
| 2021 | 4 | approximately $1.1M | approximately 75% | approximately 50% | approximately $4.9M |
| 2020 | 8 | approximately $362 | approximately 25% | approximately 0% | approximately $602.9K |
| 2019 | 4 | approximately $8.7K | approximately 25% | approximately 25% | approximately $1.3M |
| 2018 | 3 | approximately $261.1K | approximately 67% | approximately 33% | approximately $83.5M |
| 2017 | 5 | approximately $18K | approximately 20% | approximately 0% | approximately $436.2K |
| 2016 | 3 | approximately $144.6K | approximately 67% | approximately 33% | approximately $40.1M |
| 2015 | 5 | approximately $126K | approximately 60% | approximately 0% | approximately $1M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Samurai launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
| approximately $68.3M |
| 24K |
| 91% |
| $69.99 |
| 4 | Total War: SHOGUN 2Steam | approximately $57.7M | 68K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 5 | approximately $55.2M | 39.9K | 75% | $27.99 |
| 6 | approximately $39.9M | 38.5K | 96% | $39.99 |
| 7 | Rise of the RoninSteam | approximately $7M | 11.2K | 63% | $24.99 |
| 8 | approximately $3.9M | 2.7K | 74% | $38.99 |
| 9 | approximately $2.7M | 1.4K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 10 | SAMURAI WARRIORS 5Steam | approximately $1.8M | 1.6K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 11 | Onimusha: WarlordsSteam | approximately $1.3M | 3.6K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 12 | BladesongSteam | approximately $1.2M | 1.6K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 13 | approximately $611.2K | 519 | 86% | $29.99 |
| 14 | approximately $597.9K | 1.3K | 74% | $19.99 |
| 15 | approximately $588.4K | 1.6K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 16 | approximately $535.5K | 294 | 83% | $59.99 |
| 17 | Samurai GUNN 2Steam | approximately $370.7K | 675 | 92% | $19.99 |
| 18 | approximately $316.2K | 749 | 85% | $19.99 |
| 19 | approximately $294.7K | 416 | 61% | $29.99 |
| 20 | Warlord: AwajiSteam | approximately $288.6K | 315 | 78% | $24.99 |
| 21 | approximately $286.1K | 404 | 82% | $39.99 |
| 22 | Skulls of the ShogunSteam | approximately $267.6K | 870 | 90% | $9.99 |
| 23 | AkaneSteam | approximately $261.1K | 2.8K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 24 | approximately $260.8K | 1K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 25 | Expeditions: SamuraiSteam | approximately $252K | 282 | 61% | $29.99 |
| 26 | KatanautSteam | approximately $197.2K | 557 | 90% | $8.99 |
| 27 | SengokuSteam | approximately $194.2K | 491 | 59% | $9.99 |
| 28 | approximately $144.6K | 174 | 74% | $29.99 |
| 29 | approximately $126K | 379 | 39% | $13.99 |
| 30 | GureiSteam | approximately $125.2K | 307 | 84% | $15.99 |
| 31 | Two StrikesSteam | approximately $110.3K | 318 | 90% | $14.99 |
| 32 | approximately $85.6K | 406 | 88% | $9.99 |
| 33 | Kunado ChroniclesSteam | approximately $59.6K | 199 | 79% | $24.99 |
| 34 | BloodlessSteam | approximately $45.4K | 185 | 83% | $14.99 |
| 35 | Sword of the SamuraiSteam | approximately $39.9K | 160 | 91% | $6.99 |
| 36 | Kiai ResonanceSteam | approximately $35.4K | 221 | 79% | $4.99 |
| 37 | approximately $28.3K | 119 | 89% | $9.99 |
| 38 | Katana KataSteam | approximately $21.2K | 73 | 68% | $14.99 |
| 39 | DisgracedSteam | approximately $18.6K | 94 | 84% | $9.99 |
| 40 | approximately $18K | 71 | 76% | $11.99 |
| 41 | ShigatariSteam | approximately $16.4K | 289 | 98% | $2.99 |
| 42 | approximately $14.7K | 566 | 90% | $1.49 |
| 43 | Cursed BloodSteam | approximately $14.2K | 46 | 80% | $11.99 |
| 44 | HeritageSteam | approximately $13.4K | 43 | 74% | $7.99 |
| 45 | Disco SamuraiSteam | approximately $12.5K | 48 | 90% | $9.99 |
| 46 | approximately $11.7K | 129 | 70% | $2.69 |
| 47 | approximately $10K | 86 | 57% | $4.99 |
| 48 | Rogue SamuraiSteam | approximately $8.2K | 66 | 55% | $5.99 |
| 49 | Katana SoulSteam | approximately $2.6K | 72 | 97% | $1.99 |
| 50 | Nobunaga's ShadowSteam | approximately $2K | 20 | 85% | $4.99 |