Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Souls-like on Steam.
Share of Souls-like 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 Souls-like 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 | 295 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 18% | approximately 6% | approximately $517.3M |
| 2025 | 353 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 15% | approximately 7% | approximately $794.2M |
| 2024 | 331 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 15% | approximately 6% | approximately $1.2B |
| 2023 | 233 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 15% | approximately 8% | approximately $296.9M |
| 2022 | 201 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 17% | approximately 6% | approximately $1.2B |
| 2021 | 175 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 17% | approximately 7% | approximately $86M |
| 2020 | 105 | approximately $1.9K | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $20.5M |
| 2019 | 56 | approximately $16K | approximately 34% | approximately 20% | approximately $386.9M |
| 2018 | 47 | approximately $47.6K | approximately 32% | approximately 15% | approximately $355M |
| 2017 | 21 | approximately $35.6K | approximately 33% | approximately 19% | approximately $193.2M |
| 2016 | 18 | approximately $235.1K | approximately 56% | approximately 33% | approximately $239.3M |
| 2015 | 9 | approximately $50K | approximately 44% | approximately 33% | approximately $52.2M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Souls-like launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELDEN RINGSteam | approximately $938.5M | 1.2M | 93% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Black Myth: WukongSteam | approximately $813.5M | 1.2M | 96% | $59.99 |
| 3 | approximately $309.5M | 356.1K | 95% | $59.99 | |
| 4 | DARK SOULS™ IIISteam | approximately $213.4M | 440.2K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 5 | approximately $202.3M | 181.8K | 95% | $39.99 | |
| 6 | approximately $197.4M | 174.9K | 84% | $69.99 | |
| 7 | approximately $187.3M | 517.8K | 89% | $29.99 | |
| 8 | approximately $144.3M | 423.6K | 89% | $19.99 | |
| 9 | God of WarSteam | approximately $135.5M | 185K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 10 | Path of Exile 2Steam | approximately $117.9M | 226.6K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 11 | approximately $111.6M | 191.4K | 82% | $39.99 | |
| 12 | approximately $108.5M | 86.1K | 92% | $59.99 | |
| 13 | approximately $104.5M | 106.3K | 57% | $49.99 | |
| 14 | Hollow KnightSteam | approximately $101.8M | 562.6K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 15 | approximately $96.8M | 96.9K | 94% | $59.99 | |
| 16 | Lies of PSteam | approximately $85.6M | 83K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 17 | Hades IISteam | approximately $78M | 123.6K | 96% | $20.99 |
| 18 | Dead CellsSteam | approximately $72.7M | 183.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 19 | approximately $68.3M | 24K | 91% | $69.99 | |
| 20 | approximately $64.4M | 21.3K | 83% | $49.99 | |
| 21 | CupheadSteam | approximately $63M | 221.7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 22 | approximately $55.2M | 48.5K | 90% | $49.99 | |
| 23 | PRAGMATASteam | approximately $53.8M | 53.6K | 97% | $59.99 |
| 24 | approximately $52.7M | 82.1K | 79% | $39.99 | |
| 25 | God of War RagnarökSteam | approximately $51.8M | 50.4K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 26 | approximately $49.3M | 155.5K | 92% | $19.99 | |
| 27 | approximately $47.1M | 132.3K | 84% | $19.99 | |
| 28 | Mortal Shell IISteam | approximately $42.2M | 20.8K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 29 | DARK SOULS™ IISteam | approximately $41.7M | 46.9K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 30 | Wallpaper EngineSteam | approximately $37M | 945.9K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 31 | approximately $35.8M | 32.7K | 85% | $59.99 | |
| 32 | SILENT HILL fSteam | approximately $35.3M | 19.2K | 80% | $69.99 |
| 33 | approximately $33.6M | 50.7K | 87% | $19.99 | |
| 34 | Nine SolsSteam | approximately $27.7M | 45.8K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 35 | approximately $24.6M | 31.4K | 73% | $39.99 | |
| 36 | Rain WorldSteam | approximately $24.3M | 57.5K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 37 | approximately $20.4M | 175.6K | 88% | $7.99 | |
| 38 | Nioh 3Steam | approximately $18.8M | 19.5K | 78% | $39.89 |
| 39 | approximately $17.7M | 20.9K | 49% | $19.99 | |
| 40 | AvowedSteam | approximately $17.6M | 12.7K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 41 | DiRT Rally 2.0Steam | approximately $17.2M | 48.5K | 89% | $13.99 |
| 42 | WitchfireSteam | approximately $16.3M | 17.9K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 43 | SifuSteam | approximately $15.8M | 28.9K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 44 | approximately $15.6M | 16.7K | 92% | $39.99 | |
| 45 | Echoes of AincradSteam | approximately $15M | 5.3K | 48% | $69.99 |
| 46 | approximately $14.8M | 20.8K | 59% | $29.99 | |
| 47 | Mistfall HunterSteam | approximately $14.7M | 17.7K | 53% | $22.49 |
| 48 | approximately $14.2M | 86.4K | 71% | $10.49 | |
| 49 | approximately $11.6M | 22K | 92% | $29.99 | |
| 50 | TUNICSteam | approximately $11.5M | 18.6K | 91% | $29.99 |