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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Walking Simulator on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Walking Simulator 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 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | $231.1M | 371.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 2 | theHunter: Call of the Wild™ | $86.4M | 200.6K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 3 | The Isle | $59.9M | 116.5K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | $607.5K | 79% | 29% | $86.2M |
| 2025 | 38 | $364K | 79% | 18% | $36.1M |
| 2024 | 50 | $316K | 72% | 26% | $68.8M |
| 2023 | 40 | $370.4K | 83% | 20% | $46.1M |
| 2022 | 24 | $258.6K | 54% | 29% | $72.6M |
| 2021 | 34 | $160.3K | 62% | 24% | $21.4M |
| 2020 | 35 | $232.2K | 66% | 23% | $33.2M |
| 2019 | 24 | $117.9K | 54% | 33% | $30.8M |
| 2018 | 31 | $295.7K | 68% | 10% | $58.2M |
| 2017 | 31 | $867.2K | 87% | 42% | $240.2M |
| 2016 | 38 | $615.5K | 74% | 34% | $318.4M |
| 2015 | 29 | $131K | 55% | 28% | $93.2M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Walking Simulator launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| The Long Dark |
| $58.3M |
| 122.9K |
| 89% |
| $19.99 |
| 5 | DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH | $43.5M | 25.3K | 95% | $69.99 |
| 6 | Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | $41.6M | 76.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 7 | DEATH STRANDING DIRECTOR'S CUT | $41.6M | 66.5K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 8 | Firewatch | $30.3M | 98.7K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Cairn | $25.1M | 20.5K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Crime Scene Cleaner | $20.7M | 33.5K | 98% | $29.99 |
| 11 | ABZU | $19.6M | 27.5K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 12 | GRIS | $19.6M | 95.6K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 13 | To the Moon | $19.5M | 86K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 14 | Miscreated | $18.8M | 31.6K | 66% | $20.09 |
| 15 | Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons | $16.3M | 41.3K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 16 | The Witness | $14.1M | 21.1K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 17 | LEGO® Worlds | $13.9M | 15.6K | 78% | $29.99 |
| 18 | Life is Strange: Before the Storm | $13.6M | 37.8K | 93% | $16.99 |
| 19 | The Stanley Parable | $13.6M | 45.7K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 20 | The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe | $12.1M | 35.5K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 21 | Hellblade II: Senua’s Saga | $11.6M | 9.8K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 22 | Bomb Rush Cyberfunk | $11.2M | 15.4K | 98% | $39.99 |
| 23 | Echoes of Aincrad | $11.1M | 3.9K | 50% | $69.99 |
| 24 | Return of the Obra Dinn | $10.3M | 34.7K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Viscera Cleanup Detail | $10.2M | 23.6K | 92% | $12.99 |
| 26 | Visage | $10M | 10.8K | 84% | $34.99 |
| 27 | My Winter Car | $9.3M | 18.5K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 28 | Murdered: Soul Suspect | $8.2M | 17.3K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 29 | Mouthwashing | $7.5M | 37.8K | 95% | $12.99 |
| 30 | The Talos Principle 2 | $7.2M | 13.2K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Cube World | $7.2M | 18.7K | 37% | $19.99 |
| 32 | Deliver Us The Moon | $6.9M | 9.5K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 33 | Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs | $6.4M | 12.1K | 70% | $19.99 |
| 34 | SOMA | $6.4M | 51.9K | 96% | $5.99 |
| 35 | Call of the Wild: The Angler™ | $6.2M | 7.5K | 64% | $29.99 |
| 36 | The Invincible | $6.1M | 12K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Octodad: Dadliest Catch | $5.7M | 10.7K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 38 | Gone Home | $5.5M | 18.4K | 77% | $14.99 |
| 39 | Longvinter | $5.4M | 7.6K | 67% | $19.99 |
| 40 | Cloudpunk | $5.4M | 15.3K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 41 | Slender: The Arrival | $4.9M | 9.3K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 42 | ROUTINE | $4.6M | 7.8K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 43 | Tank Mechanic Simulator | $4.6M | 9.3K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 44 | Neva | $4.5M | 10.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 45 | Killer Frequency | $4.4M | 6K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 46 | The Beginner's Guide | $4.1M | 23.3K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 47 | A Plague Tale: Innocence | $3.9M | 69.6K | 93% | $3.99 |
| 48 | Shelter 2 | $3.8M | 4.3K | 85% | $24.99 |
| 49 | Thief Simulator 2 | $3.6M | 6.6K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 50 | INDIKA | $3.5M | 8.7K | 89% | $24.99 |