Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Villain Protagonist on Steam.
Share of Villain Protagonist games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
Read this as the notable end of the genre. Steam publishes user tags only on game pages we fully enrich, so this sample skews to games that got attention — its median is 234 reviews against roughly 19 for the catalogue. The real share of low-earning Villain Protagonist games is higher than shown.
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Total estimated revenue of Villain Protagonist 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 | approximately $19.7M | 57.6K | 93% | $19.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $17.9M | 13.3K | 69% | $39.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | approximately $9.8K | approximately 17% | approximately 0% | approximately $911K |
| 2025 | 21 | approximately $11.3K | approximately 33% | approximately 5% | approximately $3.5M |
| 2024 | 37 | approximately $9.7K | approximately 24% | approximately 8% | approximately $8.3M |
| 2023 | 26 | approximately $49.8K | approximately 46% | approximately 12% | approximately $8.4M |
| 2022 | 25 | approximately $36.7K | approximately 40% | approximately 4% | approximately $4.4M |
| 2021 | 20 | approximately $10.6K | approximately 35% | approximately 15% | approximately $55.4M |
| 2020 | 17 | approximately $130.4K | approximately 53% | approximately 29% | approximately $37M |
| 2019 | 13 | approximately $8.5K | approximately 23% | approximately 8% | approximately $6.5M |
| 2018 | 16 | approximately $334.8K | approximately 63% | approximately 13% | approximately $12.5M |
| 2017 | 21 | approximately $63.1K | approximately 38% | approximately 14% | approximately $24.7M |
| 2016 | 13 | approximately $20.5K | approximately 31% | approximately 15% | approximately $8.3M |
| 2015 | 19 | approximately $51.8K | approximately 42% | approximately 16% | approximately $16.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Villain Protagonist launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
Dungeons 3Steam |
| approximately $16.7M |
| 18.7K |
| 94% |
| $29.99 |
| 4 | ManeaterSteam | approximately $16.1M | 26.9K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 5 | Prototype 2Steam | approximately $15.7M | 15.9K | 77% | $39.99 |
| 6 | CARRIONSteam | approximately $12.7M | 36K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Untitled Goose GameSteam | approximately $8.7M | 25.3K | 96% | $8.99 |
| 8 | approximately $8.1M | 8.1K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Aliens vs. Predator™Steam | approximately $8M | 21.7K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 10 | TyrannySteam | approximately $6.6M | 10K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 11 | approximately $6.5M | 8.2K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 12 | approximately $6.5M | 12.3K | 76% | $19.99 |
| 13 | Police StoriesSteam | approximately $5.7M | 9.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 14 | Empire of SinSteam | approximately $5.3M | 6.3K | 48% | $39.99 |
| 15 | approximately $5.1M | 8.3K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 16 | approximately $4.6M | 11.5K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 17 | Pumpkin JackSteam | approximately $3.9M | 9.8K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 18 | Dungeons 2Steam | approximately $3.8M | 5.3K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 19 | Luck be a LandlordSteam | approximately $3.6M | 11.5K | 93% | $9.99 |
| 20 | Party HardSteam | approximately $3.3M | 12.7K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 21 | approximately $3.2M | 5.2K | 80% | $14.99 |
| 22 | Party Hard 2Steam | approximately $2.1M | 3.3K | 78% | $19.99 |
| 23 | approximately $1.6M | 2.3K | 47% | $19.99 |
| 24 | X-Morph: DefenseSteam | approximately $1.5M | 3.3K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Ravenous DevilsSteam | approximately $1.4M | 9.9K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 26 | RuinarchSteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.3K | 62% | $24.99 |
| 27 | KeeperRLSteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.8K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Overlord IISteam | approximately $1.3M | 5K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 29 | OFFSteam | approximately $1.2M | 3.4K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 30 | Zombie Night TerrorSteam | approximately $1.2M | 3.4K | 93% | $12.99 |
| 31 | approximately $1.2M | 2.3K | 69% | $19.99 |
| 32 | Evil GeniusSteam | approximately $1.1M | 3.6K | 93% | $9.99 |
| 33 | approximately $1M | 1.5K | 41% | $49.99 |
| 34 | Of Orcs And MenSteam | approximately $873.2K | 2.2K | 74% | $14.99 |
| 35 | Overlord™Steam | approximately $799.9K | 6.7K | 94% | $4.99 |
| 36 | Be My HordeSteam | approximately $791.1K | 2.1K | 85% | $9.99 |
| 37 | approximately $712.2K | 2.6K | 87% | $19.99 |
| 38 | approximately $686.6K | 2.6K | 93% | $9.99 |
| 39 | Dude, StopSteam | approximately $659.7K | 2.8K | 87% | $14.99 |
| 40 | approximately $651.8K | 1.9K | 74% | $12.99 |
| 41 | The Shrouded IsleSteam | approximately $628.7K | 1.5K | 70% | $12.99 |
| 42 | approximately $623.5K | 3.2K | 78% | $9.99 |
| 43 | My Lovely DaughterSteam | approximately $623.4K | 1.3K | 70% | $14.99 |
| 44 | Buggos 2Steam | approximately $568K | 701 | 84% | $19.99 |
| 45 | approximately $564.9K | 1.4K | 83% | $12.99 |
| 46 | Dungeon WarfareSteam | approximately $560.1K | 2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 47 | This Is the Police 2Steam | approximately $546.3K | 6.6K | 75% | $3.74 |
| 48 | Destroy All Humans!Steam | approximately $545K | 11.5K | 92% | $2.99 |
| 49 | MachiaVillainSteam | approximately $512.9K | 810 | 66% | $19.99 |
| 50 | DemonheartSteam | approximately $480.6K | 759 | 90% | $19.99 |