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
Clear

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

  1. 1Phasmophobia$657.7M
  2. 2Persona 5 Royal$328.2M
  3. 3Disco Elysium - The Final Cut$227.8M
  4. 4Batman™: Arkham Knight$107.2M
  5. 5Persona 4 Golden$84.4M
  6. 6Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition$73.6M
  7. 7Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition$66.2M
  8. 8Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy$52.7M
  9. 9Magical Girl Witch Trials$44.9M
  10. 10Batman™: Arkham Origins$44.8M
  11. 11Contraband Police$44.1M
  12. 12Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony$43.4M
  13. 13Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc$35.9M
  14. 14Return of the Obra Dinn$31.8M
  15. 15L.A. Noire$30.6M
  16. 16Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair$30.6M
  17. 17Chants of Sennaar$30.4M
  18. 18Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition$26.7M
  19. 19Heavy Rain$26.4M
  20. 20The Wolf Among Us$23.9M
  21. 21MOUSE: P.I. For Hire$21.9M
  22. 22Firework$20.2M
  23. 23Demonologist$18.6M
  24. 24Shadows of Doubt$18M
  25. 25Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter$17.8M

Top developers

  1. Kinetic Games1 games · $657.7M
  2. ATLUS4 games · $414.6M
  3. Rocksteady Studios4 games · $248.2M
  4. ZA/UM1 games · $227.8M
  5. Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.10 games · $147.1M
  6. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.5 games · $78M
  7. Abstraction Games3 games · $73.4M
  8. Frogwares12 games · $50.1M
  9. Acacia1 games · $44.9M
  10. Re,AER1 games · $44.9M

Top publishers

  1. Kinetic Games1 games · $657.7M
  2. SEGA6 games · $439M
  3. WB Games3 games · $247M
  4. ZA/UM1 games · $227.8M
  5. Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.10 games · $147.1M
  6. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.5 games · $78M
  7. Frogwares13 games · $50.3M
  8. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment2 games · $46M
  9. PlayWay S.A.3 games · $45.3M
  10. CIRCLE LINE GAMES1 games · $44.9M

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