Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Detective games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$2.3K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$400–$23.2K
Top 10% earn over
$171.9K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
13%
All Steam: 10%
Games
3,107
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
1,186
$1K–10K
921
$10K–100K
593
$100K–1M
242
$1M–10M
129
$10M+
36
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$4781,137 games
$5–10
$3K1,050 games
$10–15
$13.2K394 games
$15–20
$24.7K377 games
$20–30
$261.9K105 games
$30+
$1.9M44 games
Median revenue by release year
2008
$136.3K3 games
2009
$48.8K21 games
2010
$100.4K5 games
2011
$98.6K14 games
2012
$129K10 games
2013
$843.7K12 games
2014
$27.7K39 games
2015
$44K34 games
2016
$23.7K48 games
2017
$57.6K61 games
2018
$17.7K67 games
2019
$24.5K94 games
2020
$5.9K142 games
2021
$4K279 games
2022
$2.8K299 games
2023
$1.8K383 games
2024
$1.4K499 games
2025
$1.2K516 games
2026
$600579 games
2027
$01 games
Top games
- 1Phasmophobia$657.7M
- 2Persona 5 Royal$328.2M
- 3Disco Elysium - The Final Cut$227.8M
- 4Batman™: Arkham Knight$107.2M
- 5Persona 4 Golden$84.4M
- 6Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$73.6M
- 7Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$66.2M
- 8Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy$52.7M
- 9Magical Girl Witch Trials$44.9M
- 10Batman™: Arkham Origins$44.8M
- 11Contraband Police$44.1M
- 12Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony$43.4M
- 13Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc$35.9M
- 14Return of the Obra Dinn$31.8M
- 15L.A. Noire$30.6M
- 16Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair$30.6M
- 17Chants of Sennaar$30.4M
- 18Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition$26.7M
- 19Heavy Rain$26.4M
- 20The Wolf Among Us$23.9M
- 21MOUSE: P.I. For Hire$21.9M
- 22Firework$20.2M
- 23Demonologist$18.6M
- 24Shadows of Doubt$18M
- 25Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter$17.8M
Top developers
- Kinetic Games1 games · $657.7M
- ATLUS4 games · $414.6M
- Rocksteady Studios4 games · $248.2M
- ZA/UM1 games · $227.8M
- Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.10 games · $147.1M
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.5 games · $78M
- Abstraction Games3 games · $73.4M
- Frogwares12 games · $50.1M
- Acacia1 games · $44.9M
- Re,AER1 games · $44.9M
Top publishers
- Kinetic Games1 games · $657.7M
- SEGA6 games · $439M
- WB Games3 games · $247M
- ZA/UM1 games · $227.8M
- Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.10 games · $147.1M
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.5 games · $78M
- Frogwares13 games · $50.3M
- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment2 games · $46M
- PlayWay S.A.3 games · $45.3M
- CIRCLE LINE GAMES1 games · $44.9M