Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Sequel on Steam.
Share of Sequel 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 Sequel games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
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| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approximately $144.3M | 423.6K | 89% | $19.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $44.5M | 55.7K | 91% | $33.49 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | approximately $16K | approximately 19% | approximately 13% | approximately $8.7M |
| 2025 | 14 | approximately $52.6K | approximately 43% | approximately 21% | approximately $220.6M |
| 2024 | 14 | approximately $11.6K | approximately 29% | approximately 7% | approximately $33.4M |
| 2023 | 19 | approximately $43.9K | approximately 26% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.8M |
| 2022 | 19 | approximately $5.5K | approximately 32% | approximately 11% | approximately $7.9M |
| 2021 | 13 | approximately $49.4K | approximately 38% | approximately 38% | approximately $58.5M |
| 2020 | 26 | approximately $2.3K | approximately 31% | approximately 19% | approximately $13M |
| 2019 | 26 | approximately $6.5K | approximately 31% | approximately 8% | approximately $5.2M |
| 2018 | 18 | approximately $555 | approximately 6% | approximately 0% | approximately $614.5K |
| 2017 | 19 | approximately $7.4K | approximately 5% | approximately 0% | approximately $905.5K |
| 2016 | 21 | approximately $16K | approximately 14% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.4M |
| 2015 | 16 | approximately $43.8K | approximately 31% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Sequel launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 | Frostpunk 2Steam | approximately $32.4M | 27.2K | 75% | $22.49 |
| 4 | approximately $30.2M | 11.4K | 93% | $40.19 |
| 5 | approximately $19.5M | 47.2K | 90% | $17.99 |
| 6 | Psychonauts 2Steam | approximately $18.5M | 14.5K | 96% | $59.99 |
| 7 | approximately $17.9M | 13.3K | 69% | $39.99 |
| 8 | approximately $9.5M | 34K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 9 | Democracy 3Steam | approximately $7.2M | 7.3K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 10 | approximately $6.2M | 6.5K | 85% | $39.99 |
| 11 | approximately $5.7M | 16.3K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 12 | CONTROL ResonantSteam | approximately $4.7M | 2.6K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 13 | Poly Bridge 2Steam | approximately $4M | 8.2K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 14 | approximately $3.6M | 1.5K | 96% | $59.99 |
| 15 | approximately $3.3M | 2.8K | 77% | $34.99 |
| 16 | approximately $2.3M | 6.1K | 96% | $11.99 |
| 17 | approximately $1.7M | 3.5K | 84% | $24.99 |
| 18 | THE GAME OF LIFE 2Steam | approximately $1.6M | 4.6K | 78% | $12.49 |
| 19 | Sheltered 2Steam | approximately $1.3M | 2.2K | 45% | $19.99 |
| 20 | approximately $1.3M | 1.6K | 85% | $27.99 |
| 21 | approximately $1.2M | 1.7K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 22 | approximately $1.1M | 1.1K | 84% | $59.99 |
| 23 | Beyond a Steel SkySteam | approximately $1M | 1.7K | 88% | $34.99 |
| 24 | approximately $898.5K | 1.1K | 78% | $57.99 |
| 25 | approximately $882.9K | 1K | 76% | $59.99 |
| 26 | approximately $743.8K | 2.6K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 27 | approximately $592.8K | 2.1K | 94% | $6.99 |
| 28 | approximately $580.6K | 858 | 91% | $18.99 |
| 29 | La-Mulana 2Steam | approximately $573.6K | 1.1K | 86% | $24.99 |
| 30 | approximately $540.7K | 1K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 31 | approximately $535.5K | 15.8K | 82% | $1.99 |
| 32 | approximately $507.7K | 2.7K | 88% | $9.89 |
| 33 | approximately $475.1K | 1.7K | 98% | $10.99 |
| 34 | approximately $431.9K | 1.2K | 65% | $14.99 |
| 35 | Biped 2Steam | approximately $407.8K | 1.1K | 64% | $14.99 |
| 36 | Windjammers 2Steam | approximately $348.5K | 767 | 88% | $19.99 |
| 37 | approximately $284.8K | 904 | 90% | $14.99 |
| 38 | Barro 2020Steam | approximately $279.3K | 2.1K | 85% | $4.99 |
| 39 | approximately $221.7K | 458 | 26% | $29.99 |
| 40 | LorelaiSteam | approximately $218.2K | 1.7K | 91% | $8.99 |
| 41 | approximately $213.6K | 810 | 62% | $9.99 |
| 42 | Barro GTSteam | approximately $201.7K | 2.6K | 71% | $4.99 |
| 43 | Wilmot Works It OutSteam | approximately $197.5K | 839 | 98% | $14.99 |
| 44 | Barro FSteam | approximately $177.6K | 2.6K | 84% | $4.99 |
| 45 | approximately $169.9K | 25 | 4% | $199.99 |
| 46 | Crash Drive 2Steam | approximately $166.6K | 1K | 90% | $4.99 |
| 47 | approximately $166.5K | 329 | 62% | $19.99 |
| 48 | Falcon 4.0Steam | approximately $162.4K | 306 | 85% | $14.99 |
| 49 | approximately $161.6K | 2.1K | 99% | $4.99 |
| 50 | 8-Bit Adventures 2Steam | approximately $152.6K | 314 | 96% | $19.99 |