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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged VISUAL NOVEL on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of VISUAL NOVEL 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 | Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation | $35.3M | 55.6K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 2 | The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series | $29M | 45.9K | 97% | $49.99 |
| 3 | Persona 4 Golden | $28.4M | 86.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | $972.3K | 84% | 47% | $31.5M |
| 2025 | 59 | $570.9K | 73% | 27% | $66.3M |
| 2024 | 42 | $466.7K | 67% | 36% | $53.5M |
| 2023 | 53 | $530.5K | 66% | 25% | $79.7M |
| 2022 | 36 | $643.6K | 69% | 36% | $35.4M |
| 2021 | 47 | $355.6K | 68% | 38% | $92.6M |
| 2020 | 47 | $287.4K | 70% | 21% | $103M |
| 2019 | 20 | $416.4K | 75% | 25% | $26.1M |
| 2018 | 28 | $145.6K | 61% | 18% | $55.3M |
| 2017 | 26 | $694.4K | 85% | 38% | $44.9M |
| 2016 | 30 | $301.1K | 70% | 30% | $79.5M |
| 2015 | 17 | $168.7K | 59% | 12% | $12.1M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical VISUAL NOVEL launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 4 |
| The Walking Dead |
| $27.3M |
| 80K |
| 97% |
| $14.99 |
| 5 | Library Of Ruina | $23.5M | 43.8K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 6 | Senren＊Banka | $21M | 36.5K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 7 | VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action | $20.5M | 38.4K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 8 | The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- | $18.8M | 8.5K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 9 | Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc | $16.8M | 37.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 10 | Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy | $16.8M | 44.2K | 98% | $29.99 |
| 11 | Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut | $16.2M | 32.9K | 97% | $17.99 |
| 12 | The Wolf Among Us | $14.8M | 39.8K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 13 | Volcano Princess | $14.6M | 48.5K | 98% | $10.99 |
| 14 | Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony | $13.6M | 22.9K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 15 | STEINS;GATE | $13.2M | 26.4K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 16 | The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty | $11.1M | 59.6K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 17 | Super Robot Wars 30 | $10.5M | 6.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 18 | MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA | $10.2M | 10.5K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 19 | The Coffin of Andy and Leyley | $8.4M | 38.5K | 96% | $11.99 |
| 20 | Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales | $7.9M | 17.2K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Firework | $7.8M | 44.2K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 22 | Tales from the Borderlands | $6.8M | 19.4K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 23 | Murders on the Yangtze River | $6.8M | 20.9K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 24 | The Walking Dead: A New Frontier | $6.6M | 18.5K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 25 | Batman - The Telltale Series | $6.4M | 18K | 88% | $14.99 |
| 26 | Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs | $6.4M | 12.1K | 70% | $19.99 |
| 27 | Night in the Woods | $6.4M | 20.1K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 28 | SUPER ROBOT WARS Y | $5.7M | 2.7K | 83% | $56.99 |
| 29 | Until Then | $5.5M | 18.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 30 | Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You | $5.5M | 15.5K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 31 | Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1 | $5.1M | 12.3K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 32 | Esoteric Ebb | $5.1M | 8.5K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 33 | Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective | $4.9M | 8.4K | 98% | $29.99 |
| 34 | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles | $4.6M | 9.3K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 35 | School Days | $4.5M | 7.7K | 76% | $14.99 |
| 36 | Coffee Talk | $4.3M | 12.5K | 95% | $12.99 |
| 37 | Soul Hackers 2 | $4.2M | 3.3K | 66% | $59.99 |
| 38 | PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo | $4.1M | 7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 39 | Marco & The Galaxy Dragon | $4.1M | 7.8K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 40 | Yog-Sothoth’s Yard | $4.1M | 13.6K | 94% | $10.99 |
| 41 | Magical Princess | $4.1M | 7.5K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 42 | Pyre | $3.9M | 9.3K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Sanfu | $3.8M | 17.7K | 83% | $10.99 |
| 44 | Her Story | $3.7M | 10.4K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 45 | GNOSIA | $3.7M | 5K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 46 | Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy | $3.6M | 4.4K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 47 | Mirror 2: Project X | $3.5M | 115.7K | 24% | $1.99 |
| 48 | 428: Shibuya Scramble | $3.4M | 3.9K | 95% | $49.99 |
| 49 | I Was a Teenage Exocolonist | $3.2M | 4.7K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 50 | Persona 5 Tactica | $3.2M | 2.2K | 73% | $59.99 |