Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Survival Horror on Steam.
Share of Survival Horror 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 Survival Horror 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 | DayZSteam | approximately $357.6M | 469.9K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 2 | Project ZomboidSteam | approximately $301.3M | 483.3K | 94% | $24.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 860 | approximately $713 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $413.9M |
| 2025 | 1.1K | approximately $1K | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $394.3M |
| 2024 | 886 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $454.8M |
| 2023 | 602 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $511.2M |
| 2022 | 493 | approximately $932 | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $134.4M |
| 2021 | 395 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $274M |
| 2020 | 340 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $57M |
| 2019 | 158 | approximately $3.2K | approximately 20% | approximately 11% | approximately $327.3M |
| 2018 | 148 | approximately $3.5K | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $766.6M |
| 2017 | 111 | approximately $6.4K | approximately 23% | approximately 11% | approximately $264.7M |
| 2016 | 90 | approximately $26.8K | approximately 40% | approximately 17% | approximately $220.4M |
| 2015 | 62 | approximately $30.3K | approximately 34% | approximately 18% | approximately $142.6M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Survival Horror launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
The ForestSteam |
| approximately $247.2M |
| 683.1K |
| 96% |
| $19.99 |
| 4 | Sons Of The ForestSteam | approximately $236.1M | 320.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 5 | approximately $184.5M | 185K | 96% | $69.99 |
| 6 | Left 4 Dead 2Steam | approximately $129.1M | 1.1M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 7 | SubnauticaSteam | approximately $123M | 380.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 8 | Resident Evil 4Steam | approximately $119.1M | 278.8K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 9 | Hunt: Showdown 1896Steam | approximately $106.1M | 279.1K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Escape from TarkovSteam | approximately $93.7M | 65.3K | 49% | $49.99 |
| 11 | approximately $92.2M | 543.4K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 12 | Resident Evil 2Steam | approximately $90.9M | 156.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 13 | approximately $88.3M | 109.3K | 84% | $59.99 |
| 14 | Lethal CompanySteam | approximately $84.5M | 511K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 15 | Subnautica 2Steam | approximately $80.7M | 127.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 16 | The Outlast TrialsSteam | approximately $79.1M | 112.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Killing Floor 2Steam | approximately $69.2M | 129.5K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 18 | approximately $68.3M | 24K | 91% | $69.99 |
| 19 | Days GoneSteam | approximately $63.8M | 117.2K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 20 | BarotraumaSteam | approximately $62.7M | 90K | 94% | $34.99 |
| 21 | The Long DarkSteam | approximately $58.8M | 123.9K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 22 | approximately $57.6M | 70.1K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 23 | Alien: IsolationSteam | approximately $54.8M | 67K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 24 | Green HellSteam | approximately $53.9M | 102.8K | 85% | $24.99 |
| 25 | Metro 2033 ReduxSteam | approximately $50.6M | 142.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 26 | approximately $49.2M | 43.7K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 27 | approximately $47M | 108.5K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 28 | approximately $44.7M | 55.7K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 29 | DREDGESteam | approximately $44.3M | 57.1K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 30 | GTFOSteam | approximately $41.1M | 66.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 31 | approximately $40.7M | 35.7K | 88% | $44.99 |
| 32 | approximately $40.3M | 127.4K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 33 | PEAKSteam | approximately $38.6M | 374.3K | 94% | $4.95 |
| 34 | approximately $37.5M | 98.5K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Dying LightSteam | approximately $36M | 495.8K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 36 | SILENT HILL fSteam | approximately $35.1M | 29.4K | 80% | $69.99 |
| 37 | Don't StarveSteam | approximately $33.7M | 113.5K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 38 | SOMASteam | approximately $32.6M | 53K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 39 | Killing FloorSteam | approximately $31.3M | 69K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 40 | Resident Evil 6Steam | approximately $30.3M | 71.7K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 41 | PreySteam | approximately $29.8M | 54.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 42 | Resident Evil 5Steam | approximately $28.8M | 68.1K | 87% | $19.99 |
| 43 | approximately $28.6M | 32.1K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 44 | Dead Island 2Steam | approximately $26.6M | 29.8K | 77% | $49.99 |
| 45 | Gorilla TagSteam | approximately $25.5M | 86.1K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 46 | The Evil Within 2Steam | approximately $24.5M | 31.1K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 47 | Rain WorldSteam | approximately $24.3M | 57.5K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 48 | approximately $23.8M | 48.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 49 | Hello NeighborSteam | approximately $22.9M | 33.1K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 50 | Pacific DriveSteam | approximately $21.8M | 26.9K | 83% | $29.99 |