Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Short on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of Short 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 | Little Nightmares | $39.5M | 116.3K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 2 | Portal | $36.4M | 171.7K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 3 | Firewatch | $30.3M | 98.7K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | $203.7K | 100% | 25% | $3.7M |
| 2025 | 17 | $321.9K | 82% | 6% | $6.3M |
| 2024 | 10 | $83.9K | 40% | 20% | $4.5M |
| 2023 | 12 | $6.2K | 25% | 8% | $2.9M |
| 2022 | 16 | $64.3K | 38% | 13% | $6.4M |
| 2021 | 17 | $104.4K | 53% | 12% | $3.8M |
| 2020 | 32 | $88K | 44% | 9% | $9.5M |
| 2019 | 27 | $112.8K | 56% | 19% | $22.2M |
| 2018 | 31 | $19K | 39% | 6% | $13.5M |
| 2017 | 35 | $116.8K | 60% | 20% | $56.5M |
| 2016 | 49 | $253K | 61% | 24% | $101M |
| 2015 | 37 | $22.6K | 43% | 5% | $16.2M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Short launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| $24M |
| 40.5K |
| 92% |
| $24.99 |
| 5 | ABZU | $19.6M | 27.5K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 6 | To the Moon | $19.5M | 86K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 7 | LIMBO | $17.5M | 61.6K | 92% | $12.49 |
| 8 | Transistor | $17.3M | 31.2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons | $16.3M | 41.3K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 10 | The Stanley Parable | $13.6M | 45.7K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 11 | A Story About My Uncle | $10.4M | 29.2K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 12 | FAR: Lone Sails | $8.3M | 26.2K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 13 | Murdered: Soul Suspect | $8.2M | 17.3K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 14 | Five Nights at Freddy's | $8.1M | 58.8K | 94% | $4.99 |
| 15 | METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES | $7.7M | 18K | 85% | $17.99 |
| 16 | F.E.A.R. 3 | $7.2M | 13.6K | 71% | $19.99 |
| 17 | Homefront | $7M | 13.3K | 62% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Deliver Us The Moon | $6.9M | 9.5K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 19 | Unheard - Voices of Crime | $6.4M | 33.7K | 96% | $6.99 |
| 20 | Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs | $6.4M | 12.1K | 70% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Titan Souls | $5.7M | 13.7K | 79% | $14.99 |
| 22 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch | $5.7M | 10.7K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 23 | Gone Home | $5.5M | 18.4K | 77% | $14.99 |
| 24 | Deadlight | $5M | 12.8K | 79% | $14.99 |
| 25 | Slender: The Arrival | $4.9M | 9.3K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 26 | Braid | $4.6M | 9.9K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 27 | The Beginner's Guide | $4.1M | 23.3K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 28 | Gunpoint | $4.1M | 13.3K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 29 | Little Inferno | $4.1M | 13.7K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 30 | The Turing Test | $3.6M | 8K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 31 | The Final Station | $3.4M | 9.4K | 87% | $14.99 |
| 32 | The Vanishing of Ethan Carter | $3.2M | 9K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 33 | What Remains of Edith Finch | $3.2M | 51.8K | 96% | $4.99 |
| 34 | Scritchy Scratchy | $3.2M | 13.6K | 94% | $6.99 |
| 35 | Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) | $3.1M | 8.7K | 81% | $14.99 |
| 36 | Hue | $3M | 11.3K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 37 | SteamWorld Dig | $2.9M | 10.9K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 38 | Thank Goodness You're Here! | $2.7M | 8.2K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 39 | A Short Hike | $2.6M | 22.4K | 99% | $7.99 |
| 40 | Iron Lung | $2.6M | 11K | 92% | $7.99 |
| 41 | Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition | $2.5M | 6.3K | 90% | $16.99 |
| 42 | Alan Wake's American Nightmare | $2.5M | 10.6K | 74% | $8.99 |
| 43 | Half-Life: Blue Shift | $2.5M | 21K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 44 | Valley | $2.4M | 6.7K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 45 | The Room | $2.4M | 31.5K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 46 | Lil Gator Game | $2.4M | 6.1K | 99% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Hidden Folks | $2.3M | 9.5K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 48 | Assemble with Care | $2.2M | 10.6K | 90% | $7.99 |
| 49 | I Expect You To Die | $2.2M | 2.8K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 50 | Oxenfree | $2.2M | 12.1K | 91% | $9.99 |