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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Text-Based on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Text-Based 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 | Firework | $7.8M | 44.2K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 2 | Murders on the Yangtze River | $6.8M | 20.9K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 3 | 60 Seconds! Reatomized | $5.2M | 19.3K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | $259.9K | 86% | 14% | $4.3M |
| 2025 | 25 | $342.4K | 60% | 28% | $16.1M |
| 2024 | 16 | $259.3K | 69% | 38% | $19.3M |
| 2023 | 24 | $186.7K | 50% | 17% | $12.9M |
| 2022 | 22 | $192.3K | 55% | 23% | $14.2M |
| 2021 | 25 | $101.8K | 52% | 24% | $22.2M |
| 2020 | 10 | $324.4K | 60% | 20% | $5M |
| 2019 | 6 | $572.2K | 83% | 17% | $7.5M |
| 2018 | 1 | $1.3M | 100% | 100% | $1.3M |
| 2017 | 8 | $92.9K | 50% | 13% | $3.1M |
| 2016 | 3 | $0 | 33% | 0% | $411K |
| 2015 | 2 | $1.9M | 50% | 50% | $3.7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Text-Based launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles |
| $4.6M |
| 9.3K |
| 94% |
| $39.99 |
| 5 | PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo | $4.1M | 7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 6 | Citizen Sleeper | $4M | 10.3K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 7 | 60 Seconds! | $3.7M | 11.7K | 85% | $8.99 |
| 8 | Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy | $3.6M | 4.4K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 9 | The Farmer Was Replaced | $3M | 8.9K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 10 | Ace Attorney Investigations Collection | $2.8M | 4.7K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 11 | Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk | $2.6M | 22.1K | 97% | $8.99 |
| 12 | PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse | $2.3M | 2.4K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 13 | Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story | $2.2M | 11.9K | 98% | $11.99 |
| 14 | Card Survival: Tropical Island | $2.1M | 3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 15 | Urban Myth Dissolution Center | $2M | 6.1K | 88% | $17.99 |
| 16 | Monster Prom 2: Monster Camp | $1.9M | 6.1K | 96% | $11.99 |
| 17 | Homicipher | $1.9M | 8.2K | 97% | $13.99 |
| 18 | Noctuary | $1.5M | 2.6K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 19 | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector | $1.5M | 2.5K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 20 | Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express | $1.4M | 1.2K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 21 | Home Safety Hotline | $1.4M | 2.9K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 22 | Buddy Simulator 1984 | $1.4M | 3.8K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 23 | 月华辉映之刻 | $1.3M | 4.6K | 89% | $11.99 |
| 24 | 60 Parsecs! | $1.3M | 4.1K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 25 | BOOK OF HOURS | $1.2M | 4.4K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 26 | No Case Should Remain Unsolved | $1.2M | 10.4K | 96% | $6.99 |
| 27 | Grey Hack | $1.2M | 1.8K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 28 | 风信楼 | $1.2M | 3.7K | 94% | $11.99 |
| 29 | Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip | $1.2M | 3.3K | 97% | $11.99 |
| 30 | Uplink | $1.1M | 2.4K | 91% | $11.99 |
| 31 | Suzerain | $1.1M | 11.6K | 93% | $5.99 |
| 32 | Football Coach: College Dynasty | $1.1M | 1.5K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Monster Prom 4: Monster Con | $1.1M | 1.9K | 99% | $14.99 |
| 34 | BUSTAFELLOWS | $1.1M | 1K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 35 | Roadwarden | $1.1M | 5.1K | 94% | $10.99 |
| 36 | Digimon Survive | $1M | 3.7K | 79% | $9.59 |
| 37 | CaseCracker | $998.9K | 3.4K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 38 | Hooked on You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim™ | $985.3K | 6.7K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 39 | DEAD LETTER DEPT. | $974.4K | 1.8K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 40 | AI2U: With You 'Til The End | $966.3K | 1.8K | 89% | $14.99 |
| 41 | CHRONO CROSS: THE RADICAL DREAMERS EDITION | $961.3K | 2.5K | 62% | $19.99 |
| 42 | Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure | $910.2K | 4.1K | 94% | $9.68 |
| 43 | Gamedec - Definitive Edition | $905K | 1.7K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 44 | STONKS-9800: Stock Market Simulator | $899.3K | 3.1K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 45 | Emily is Away Too | $881.7K | 6.2K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 46 | Bladesong | $877.8K | 1.4K | 95% | $15.99 |
| 47 | Stories Untold | $867.3K | 5.5K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 48 | 7 Days to End with You | $785.2K | 3.4K | 88% | $7.99 |
| 49 | Who Needs a Hero? | $772.5K | 1.5K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 50 | Timeflow – Life Sim | $707.7K | 1.6K | 93% | $14.99 |