Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Short on Steam.
Share of Short 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 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.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 359 | approximately $242 | approximately 2% | approximately 1% | approximately $9.3M |
| 2025 | 401 | approximately $363 | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $9.8M |
| 2024 | 241 | approximately $334 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $6.6M |
| 2023 | 189 | approximately $349 | approximately 2% | approximately 1% | approximately $4.6M |
| 2022 | 164 | approximately $369 | approximately 5% | approximately 2% | approximately $8.3M |
| 2021 | 206 | approximately $783 | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $10.9M |
| 2020 | 275 | approximately $714 | approximately 8% | approximately 1% | approximately $15.7M |
| 2019 | 235 | approximately $899 | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $19.6M |
| 2018 | 186 | approximately $2.3K | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $16.6M |
| 2017 | 140 | approximately $10.7K | approximately 15% | approximately 4% | approximately $38.6M |
| 2016 | 120 | approximately $26.6K | approximately 30% | approximately 11% | approximately $91.2M |
| 2015 | 100 | approximately $14K | approximately 20% | approximately 3% | approximately $18M |
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.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PortalSteam | approximately $42.3M | 199.4K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 2 | FirewatchSteam | approximately $30.5M | 99.5K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 3 | ABZUSteam | approximately $19.7M | 27.7K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 4 | To the MoonSteam | approximately $19.6M | 86.5K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 5 | LIMBOSteam | approximately $17.6M | 62.1K | 92% | $12.49 |
| 6 | approximately $16.3M | 41.3K | 94% | $14.99 | |
| 7 | TransistorSteam | approximately $14.8M | 31.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 8 | approximately $14.4M | 53K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 9 | The Stanley ParableSteam | approximately $12.7M | 45.8K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 10 | approximately $9.2M | 27.7K | 88% | $19.99 | |
| 11 | FAR: Lone SailsSteam | approximately $8.4M | 26.5K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 12 | approximately $8.3M | 17.4K | 86% | $19.99 | |
| 13 | approximately $8.2M | 59.4K | 94% | $4.99 | |
| 14 | approximately $8.1M | 18.3K | 85% | $19.99 | |
| 15 | approximately $7.8M | 29.2K | 92% | $14.99 | |
| 16 | F.E.A.R. 3Steam | approximately $7.2M | 13.7K | 71% | $19.99 |
| 17 | HomefrontSteam | approximately $7.1M | 13.4K | 62% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Little NightmaresSteam | approximately $6.7M | 116.6K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 19 | approximately $6.4M | 12.2K | 70% | $19.99 | |
| 20 | DeadlightSteam | approximately $5.1M | 12.8K | 79% | $14.99 |
| 21 | Slender: The ArrivalSteam | approximately $4.9M | 9.4K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 22 | approximately $4.8M | 9.2K | 63% | $21.99 | |
| 23 | Deliver Us The MoonSteam | approximately $4.6M | 9.6K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 24 | GorogoaSteam | approximately $4.6M | 20.8K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 25 | SUPERHOTSteam | approximately $4.6M | 27.8K | 92% | $7.49 |
| 26 | BraidSteam | approximately $4.6M | 10K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 27 | TownscaperSteam | approximately $4.3M | 21.6K | 95% | $5.99 |
| 28 | The Beginner's GuideSteam | approximately $4.2M | 23.6K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 29 | Scritchy ScratchySteam | approximately $4.1M | 15.9K | 94% | $6.99 |
| 30 | GunpointSteam | approximately $4.1M | 13.3K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 31 | Little InfernoSteam | approximately $4.1M | 13.8K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 32 | approximately $4.1M | 7.9K | 97% | $14.99 | |
| 33 | approximately $3.8M | 10.7K | 94% | $14.99 | |
| 34 | The Turing TestSteam | approximately $3.6M | 8K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 35 | The Final StationSteam | approximately $3.4M | 9.5K | 87% | $14.99 |
| 36 | approximately $3.4M | 8.4K | 89% | $16.99 | |
| 37 | approximately $3.2M | 9K | 88% | $19.99 | |
| 38 | COCOONSteam | approximately $3.2M | 9.1K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 39 | approximately $3.1M | 8K | 88% | $14.99 | |
| 40 | approximately $3.1M | 8.7K | 81% | $14.99 | |
| 41 | Iron LungSteam | approximately $3M | 11.3K | 92% | $7.99 |
| 42 | approximately $2.9M | 8.5K | 96% | $9.99 | |
| 43 | Gone HomeSteam | approximately $2.7M | 18.5K | 77% | $7.49 |
| 44 | A Short HikeSteam | approximately $2.6M | 22.7K | 99% | $7.99 |
| 45 | approximately $2.6M | 10.9K | 74% | $8.99 | |
| 46 | Bills Must Be PaidSteam | approximately $2.5M | 10.8K | 97% | $6.99 |
| 47 | approximately $2.5M | 21.3K | 93% | $4.99 | |
| 48 | Donut CountySteam | approximately $2.5M | 12.2K | 92% | $12.99 |
| 49 | ValleySteam | approximately $2.4M | 6.7K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 50 | The RoomSteam | approximately $2.4M | 31.8K | 98% | $4.99 |