Steam tag trend
Sci-fi Steady
Releases, reviews written and modeled launch revenue for Sci-fi on Steam, month by month (12,932 games with an estimate carry the tag).
Reviews written
−6%
660,316 in Jul–Sep 2026 vs 705,318 in Jul–Sep 2025
Paid releases
+89%
807 vs 427, same months (of 896 and 514 in all)
Upcoming games
7,903
median 23 followers (7,876 with a count); their total followers +3% in 30 days, over 387 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 8,583 paid Sci-fi games whose review history we re-read on or after Oct 1, 2026, so their last complete month is whole; 0 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
Sci-fi games that first went on sale each month (tracked Steam games).
Reviews written
Steam reviews posted each month on Sci-fi'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 | 303 | 274 | not yet | 196,216 |
| Aug 2026 | 311 | 283 | not yet | 215,475 |
| Jul 2026 | 282 | 250 | not yet | 248,625 |
| Jun 2026 | 217 | 186 | ≈$516n=130 of 186 | 227,675 |
| May 2026 | 193 | 162 | ≈$1.6Kn=123 of 162 | 359,660 |
| Apr 2026 | 225 | 203 | ≈$1.4Kn=170 of 203 | 259,317 |
| Mar 2026 | 239 | 205 | ≈$845n=151 of 205 | 271,449 |
| Feb 2026 | 172 | 148 | ≈$1Kn=114 of 148 | 221,832 |
| Jan 2026 | 164 | 146 | ≈$1.2Kn=113 of 146 | 303,359 |
| Dec 2025 | 178 | 154 | ≈$611n=119 of 154 | 283,084 |
| Nov 2025 | 211 | 198 | ≈$1.6Kn=155 of 198 | 410,389 |
| Oct 2025 | 194 | 162 | ≈$1.5Kn=125 of 162 | 256,938 |
| Sep 2025 | 163 | 138 | ≈$2.2Kn=103 of 138 | 226,370 |
| Aug 2025 | 160 | 133 | ≈$1.4Kn=109 of 133 | 206,127 |
| Jul 2025 | 191 | 156 | ≈$1.1Kn=109 of 156 | 272,821 |
| Jun 2025 | 157 | 130 | ≈$626n=98 of 130 | 273,602 |
| May 2025 | 166 | 137 | ≈$2.4Kn=113 of 137 | 229,971 |
| Apr 2025 | 181 | 158 | ≈$2.3Kn=117 of 158 | 216,889 |
| Mar 2025 | 184 | 153 | ≈$907n=120 of 153 | 300,704 |
| Feb 2025 | 120 | 104 | ≈$869n=83 of 104 | 177,443 |
| Jan 2025 | 151 | 125 | ≈$2.4Kn=102 of 125 | 231,499 |
| Dec 2024 | 170 | 144 | ≈$869n=105 of 144 | 287,728 |
| Nov 2024 | 173 | 154 | ≈$1Kn=114 of 154 | 311,737 |
| Oct 2024 | 153 | 129 | ≈$1.4Kn=101 of 129 | 184,041 |