Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Underground on Steam.
Share of Underground games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
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Total estimated revenue of Underground 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 | BONELABSteam | approximately $28.9M | 20.5K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 2 | approximately $8.8M | 11.6K | 86% | $39.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 210 | approximately $560 | approximately 7% | approximately 0% | approximately $6.8M |
| 2025 | 194 | approximately $1K | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $24M |
| 2024 | 168 | approximately $542 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $3.5M |
| 2023 | 100 | approximately $1K | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $5.8M |
| 2022 | 97 | approximately $416 | approximately 3% | approximately 1% | approximately $30.4M |
| 2021 | 113 | approximately $529 | approximately 5% | approximately 2% | approximately $7.1M |
| 2020 | 66 | approximately $405 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $3.3M |
| 2019 | 20 | approximately $822 | approximately 5% | approximately 5% | approximately $3M |
| 2018 | 16 | approximately $3.1K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $92.5K |
| 2017 | 8 | approximately $8.8K | approximately 13% | approximately 0% | approximately $406.7K |
| 2016 | 6 | approximately $6.8K | approximately 17% | approximately 0% | approximately $205.5K |
| 2015 | 6 | approximately $6.1K | approximately 17% | approximately 17% | approximately $8.2M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Underground launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 | approximately $8.1M | 8.1K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 4 | White KnuckleSteam | approximately $4.4M | 14.7K | 98% | $16.99 |
| 5 | Mr. PrepperSteam | approximately $3.2M | 5.5K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 6 | while True: learn()Steam | approximately $2.9M | 8.2K | 91% | $12.99 |
| 7 | MineMogulSteam | approximately $2.7M | 4.3K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 8 | THE LONGINGSteam | approximately $2.3M | 7.5K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 9 | Until We DieSteam | approximately $2.3M | 4.6K | 63% | $16.99 |
| 10 | Watch Dogs®: LegionSteam | approximately $2.1M | 12.6K | 56% | $8.99 |
| 11 | approximately $1.6M | 20.1K | 89% | $4.99 |
| 12 | KeeperRLSteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.8K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 13 | The Exit 8Steam | approximately $1.4M | 11.6K | 93% | $3.99 |
| 14 | SubwaySim 2Steam | approximately $1.3M | 878 | 82% | $23.44 |
| 15 | HAAKSteam | approximately $966.7K | 3.5K | 90% | $17.99 |
| 16 | approximately $926.5K | 3.6K | 85% | $7.99 |
| 17 | approximately $855.5K | 1.9K | 85% | $9.74 |
| 18 | Dirty BusinessSteam | approximately $830.9K | 1.1K | 76% | $14.99 |
| 19 | Coal LLCSteam | approximately $829.5K | 1.4K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 20 | Shroom and GloomSteam | approximately $589.8K | 1.5K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 21 | approximately $521.4K | 1.8K | 94% | $11.99 |
| 22 | Spark in the DarkSteam | approximately $486.6K | 1.2K | 88% | $15.29 |
| 23 | Dungeon 100Steam | approximately $483.2K | 1.6K | 82% | $11.99 |
| 24 | Project P.I.T.T.Steam | approximately $464K | 1K | 80% | $9.99 |
| 25 | Never ReturnSteam | approximately $458.5K | 1.6K | 73% | $13.99 |
| 26 | MeltopiaSteam | approximately $432K | 1.7K | 86% | $6.99 |
| 27 | Paradise LostSteam | approximately $425.4K | 1.5K | 68% | $14.99 |
| 28 | Meg's MonsterSteam | approximately $381.6K | 1.3K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 29 | approximately $367.8K | 2.5K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 30 | The BallSteam | approximately $355.6K | 1.2K | 74% | $9.99 |
| 31 | Scanner SombreSteam | approximately $352.2K | 3.2K | 91% | $6.99 |
| 32 | approximately $339.2K | 2.3K | 91% | $9.99 |
| 33 | Super MotherloadSteam | approximately $338.3K | 950 | 76% | $14.99 |
| 34 | Million DepthSteam | approximately $325.3K | 722 | 93% | $16.99 |
| 35 | Air DefenderSteam | approximately $323.8K | 376 | 79% | $20.19 |
| 36 | FrogmonsterSteam | approximately $318.6K | 619 | 96% | $19.99 |
| 37 | STATIONflowSteam | approximately $317.8K | 504 | 86% | $17.99 |
| 38 | Arx FatalisSteam | approximately $314K | 2.6K | 88% | $4.99 |
| 39 | approximately $292.8K | 452 | 97% | $18.99 |
| 40 | AmentiSteam | approximately $291.9K | 2.4K | 80% | $6.99 |
| 41 | approximately $275K | 627 | 78% | $19.99 |
| 42 | OBSCURASteam | approximately $272.9K | 490 | 99% | $14.99 |
| 43 | Mercury FallenSteam | approximately $269.3K | 320 | 77% | $24.99 |
| 44 | Resident Evil (1996)Steam | approximately $264.8K | 1.7K | 91% | $9.99 |
| 45 | Shadow LabyrinthSteam | approximately $242K | 345 | 56% | $29.99 |
| 46 | ReachSteam | approximately $215.6K | 262 | 68% | $20.99 |
| 47 | Brno TransitSteam | approximately $204.2K | 625 | 86% | $8.99 |
| 48 | Cellar KeeperSteam | approximately $195.2K | 979 | 90% | $4.99 |
| 49 | Project WunderwaffeSteam | approximately $187.2K | 438 | 57% | $14.99 |
| 50 | Eye of the TempleSteam | approximately $183.3K | 426 | 93% | $19.99 |