Steam tag trend
2D Steady
Releases, reviews written and modeled launch revenue for 2D on Steam, month by month (47,209 games with an estimate carry the tag).
Reviews written
−8%
985,117 in Jul–Sep 2026 vs 1,071,286 in Jul–Sep 2025
Paid releases
+106%
3,535 vs 1,716, same months (of 3,942 and 2,017 in all)
Upcoming games
22,687
median 14 followers (22,650 with a count); their total followers +6% in 30 days, over 886 games read at both ends (the largest weigh most)
We compare the last 3 complete months with the same 3 months a year earlier, which takes out the season. Reviews are counted on the tag’s paid games only (free-to-play games have no monthly review history with us), so releases are counted the same way: paid releases. A tag needs at least 30 paid releases and 1,000 reviews in both periods, and no more than 50% of its releases in the two years free to play; otherwise it is “too few”. Rising: review volume up 20% or more, by at least as much as paid releases, and no more than 50% of that growth from a single game. Cooling: review volume down 20% or more. Anything else: Steady.
Reviews written are summed over 29,729 paid 2D games whose review history we re-read on or after Oct 1, 2026, so their last complete month is whole; 3 more, last read before that, are left out of every month alike (we re-read a game about once a week).
Our follower history starts Jul 13, 2026, so the 30-day change has nothing older to compare with. A game carries many tags and counts in each. Correlation only: a trend describes the past, it does not forecast.
Releases
2D games that first went on sale each month (tracked Steam games).
Reviews written
Steam reviews posted each month on 2D's paid games of any age — the demand side. Free-to-play games have no monthly review history with us, so they are not counted.
Median revenue of the month's releases, 3 months in
Modeled: each paid release's estimated revenue at the last month boundary on or before 3 months after it first sold (2–3 months of sales), median per month, over the month's paid releases. Releases with no review yet have no history and are left out, so this is the median of reviewed launches and runs above a typical launch; each month shows its n of the paid releases. Through Jun 2026; younger months are not 3 months old yet.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
Month by month
| Month | Releases | Paid | Median revenue, 3 mo | Reviews written |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 1,316 | 1,185 | not yet | 275,420 |
| Aug 2026 | 1,378 | 1,231 | not yet | 327,946 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,248 | 1,119 | not yet | 381,751 |
| Jun 2026 | 959 | 825 | ≈$530n=563 of 825 | 312,231 |
| May 2026 | 801 | 690 | ≈$705n=526 of 690 | 304,716 |
| Apr 2026 | 924 | 824 | ≈$1Kn=628 of 824 | 334,600 |
| Mar 2026 | 1,015 | 885 | ≈$622n=664 of 885 | 375,986 |
| Feb 2026 | 706 | 583 | ≈$632n=431 of 583 | 284,159 |
| Jan 2026 | 603 | 516 | ≈$869n=417 of 516 | 332,012 |
| Dec 2025 | 730 | 623 | ≈$603n=446 of 623 | 320,971 |
| Nov 2025 | 833 | 740 | ≈$1.1Kn=572 of 740 | 407,097 |
| Oct 2025 | 747 | 645 | ≈$814n=478 of 645 | 306,128 |
| Sep 2025 | 600 | 520 | ≈$873n=382 of 520 | 482,474 |
| Aug 2025 | 730 | 625 | ≈$950n=453 of 625 | 262,880 |
| Jul 2025 | 687 | 571 | ≈$733n=413 of 571 | 325,932 |
| Jun 2025 | 663 | 573 | ≈$664n=422 of 573 | 305,162 |
| May 2025 | 597 | 505 | ≈$884n=380 of 505 | 241,883 |
| Apr 2025 | 636 | 542 | ≈$727n=414 of 542 | 226,868 |
| Mar 2025 | 728 | 615 | ≈$905n=489 of 615 | 286,226 |
| Feb 2025 | 534 | 450 | ≈$610n=331 of 450 | 236,348 |
| Jan 2025 | 560 | 472 | ≈$678n=346 of 472 | 330,657 |
| Dec 2024 | 632 | 522 | ≈$651n=379 of 522 | 392,849 |
| Nov 2024 | 669 | 566 | ≈$725n=435 of 566 | 349,240 |
| Oct 2024 | 642 | 532 | ≈$830n=406 of 532 | 233,565 |