Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Word Game on Steam.
Share of Word Game games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Word Game games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 369 | approximately $248 | approximately 3% | approximately 0% | approximately $5.2M |
| 2025 | 316 | approximately $744 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $13M |
| 2024 | 225 | approximately $495 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $25.6M |
| 2023 | 187 | approximately $422 | approximately 3% | approximately 1% | approximately $10.8M |
| 2022 | 157 | approximately $464 | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $9.5M |
| 2021 | 121 | approximately $764 | approximately 8% | approximately 4% | approximately $7.6M |
| 2020 | 71 | approximately $696 | approximately 8% | approximately 1% | approximately $5.8M |
| 2019 | 18 | approximately $1K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $120.5K |
| 2018 | 41 | approximately $33.7K | approximately 2% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.2M |
| 2017 | 21 | approximately $6.2K | approximately 5% | approximately 5% | approximately $2.1M |
| 2016 | 11 | approximately $3K | approximately 9% | approximately 0% | approximately $219.9K |
| 2015 | 4 | approximately $2.2K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $52.7K |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Word Game launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chants of SennaarSteam | approximately $9M | 30.6K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 2 | approximately $8.6M | 5.3K | 85% | $34.99 | |
| 3 | approximately $8.4M | 60.1K | 94% | $6.29 | |
| 4 | Word GameSteam | approximately $4.1M | 6.4K | 93% | $34.99 |
| 5 | approximately $3.7M | 5K | 96% | $29.99 | |
| 6 | Mandate Of HeavenSteam | approximately $2.2M | 6.7K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 7 | HomicipherSteam | approximately $2M | 8.3K | 97% | $13.99 |
| 8 | approximately $1.8M | 5.2K | 93% | $12.99 | |
| 9 | approximately $1.8M | 9.4K | 59% | $8.99 | |
| 10 | approximately $1.7M | 5.5K | 92% | $14.99 | |
| 11 | Far AwaySteam | approximately $1.5M | 8.2K | 95% | $12.99 |
| 12 | approximately $1.5M | 4K | 95% | $19.99 | |
| 13 | Retirement SimulatorSteam | approximately $1.4M | 3.9K | 35% | $13.99 |
| 14 | Matchmaking Inc.Steam | approximately $1.3M | 7.4K | 89% | $5.84 |
| 15 | Cyber ManhuntSteam | approximately $1.2M | 15.7K | 92% | $3.49 |
| 16 | approximately $1.2M | 1.7K | 73% | $19.99 | |
| 17 | CryptmasterSteam | approximately $1.2M | 2.3K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 18 | approximately $1.1M | 1.4K | 90% | $29.99 | |
| 19 | 风信楼Steam | approximately $1M | 3.7K | 94% | $11.99 |
| 20 | WordleSteam | approximately $1M | 1.5K | 77% | $30.62 |
| 21 | 月华辉映之刻Steam | approximately $868.7K | 4.7K | 89% | $11.99 |
| 22 | approximately $827.9K | 2.7K | 91% | $13.99 | |
| 23 | approximately $816.3K | 3.5K | 88% | $7.99 | |
| 24 | approximately $787.2K | 4.6K | 87% | $6.99 | |
| 25 | CaseCrackerSteam | approximately $750.2K | 3.5K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 26 | approximately $726.4K | 2.7K | 85% | $9.99 | |
| 27 | approximately $678.2K | 2.6K | 91% | $9.99 | |
| 28 | 灾厄黑龙与谎言公主Steam | approximately $635.3K | 3.8K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 29 | approximately $584.8K | 814 | 84% | $29.99 | |
| 30 | approximately $566.5K | 756 | 85% | $19.99 | |
| 31 | 我来自江湖 From JianghuSteam | approximately $522K | 2.5K | 82% | $9.99 |
| 32 | 候鸟Steam | approximately $467.6K | 4K | 97% | $10.99 |
| 33 | Wordle 3Steam | approximately $466.7K | 609 | 78% | $30.62 |
| 34 | Immortal FamilySteam | approximately $448.9K | 1.4K | 54% | $13.99 |
| 35 | xiuzhen idleSteam | approximately $407K | 2.4K | 79% | $4.79 |
| 36 | Aliya: TimelinkSteam | approximately $376.5K | 9.7K | 98% | $2.99 |
| 37 | approximately $364.3K | 739 | 96% | $14.99 | |
| 38 | The Chrono JotterSteam | approximately $325.2K | 2K | 94% | $11.99 |
| 39 | Wordle 2Steam | approximately $324.2K | 394 | 61% | $30.62 |
| 40 | CellveillanceSteam | approximately $290.9K | 626 | 86% | $10.39 |
| 41 | Blood TypersSteam | approximately $280.9K | 1.1K | 95% | $12.49 |
| 42 | Paper BrideSteam | approximately $275.6K | 2.3K | 91% | $7.99 |
| 43 | Wordle 4Steam | approximately $272.3K | 519 | 72% | $30.62 |
| 44 | 错过的暑假可以放第二次吗？Steam | approximately $230.3K | 1.3K | 99% | $6.99 |
| 45 | Wordle 5Steam | approximately $228.4K | 308 | 62% | $30.62 |
| 46 | CaseCracker2Steam | approximately $227.3K | 828 | 91% | $11.99 |
| 47 | Misty JudgmentSteam | approximately $218.1K | 1.4K | 93% | $8.99 |
| 48 | Logiart GrimoireSteam | approximately $203.7K | 337 | 94% | $19.99 |
| 49 | Mr Right SimulatorSteam | approximately $201.3K | 829 | 94% | $12.99 |
| 50 | The Inn-SanitySteam | approximately $195.8K | 1.7K | 96% | $7.99 |