2D Platformer gameplay
Every paid Steam game tagged 2D Platformer, ranked by our estimated lifetime revenue. 11,416 games in the catalog, 6,376 with a sales estimate.
Games
11,416
Active paid titles tagged
Total Gross
$1.1B
Sum of estimated lifetime revenue
Median
$767
Half earn less, half more
Hit Rate
9.1%
580 games earned $100K+
Revenue share - top 5 vs rest
- Rain World 9.5%
- Celeste 6.5%
- INSIDE 4.2%
- Pizza Tower 3.2%
- Noita 3.0%
- Other (6371 games) 73.5%
Top 25 earners
The highest-earning 2D Platformer games by our estimator.
| # | Game | Released | Reviews | Peak CCU | Est. Units | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rain World Videocult | 2017-03-28 | 57,329 | 10,875 | 4,115,928 | $102,780,602 |
| 2 |  Celeste Maddy Makes Games Inc., Extremely OK Games, Ltd. | 2018-01-25 | 147,434 | 7,720 | 3,538,416 | $70,626,783 |
| 3 |  INSIDE Playdead | 2016-07-07 | 75,944 | 3,840 | 1,822,656 | $45,548,173 |
| 4 |  Pizza Tower Tour De Pizza | 2023-01-26 | 72,703 | 8,744 | 1,744,872 | $34,879,991 |
| 5 |  Noita Nolla Games | 2020-10-15 | 88,846 | 9,144 | 1,599,228 | $31,968,568 |
| 6 |  Katana ZERO Askiisoft | 2019-04-18 | 76,142 | 1,520 | 2,107,390 | $31,589,776 |
| 7 |  BattleBlock Theaterยฎ The Behemoth | 2014-05-15 | 72,902 | 14,269 | 1,749,648 | $26,186,398 |
| 8 |  JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R CyberConnect2 Co. Ltd. | 2022-09-01 | 17,882 | 5,023 | 429,168 | $21,454,108 |
| 9 |  Ultimate Chicken Horse Clever Endeavour Games | 2016-03-04 | 53,561 | 15,850 | 1,285,464 | $19,269,105 |
| 10 |  SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS Sonic Team | 2024-10-24 | 15,626 | 7,894 | 375,024 | $18,747,450 |
| 11 |  BlazBlue Entropy Effect 91Act | 2024-02-14 | 36,433 | 11,842 | 874,392 | $17,479,096 |
| 12 |  SANABI WONDER POTION | 2023-11-08 | 45,128 | 7,648 | 1,083,072 | $16,235,249 |
| 13 |  Blasphemous 2 The Game Kitchen | 2023-08-24 | 21,621 | 9,011 | 518,904 | $15,561,931 |
| 14 |  Super Meat Boy Team Meat | 2010-11-30 | 39,177 | 4,836 | 973,630 | $14,594,714 |
| 15 |  Super Bunny Man Catobyte | 2023-05-16 | 12,436 | 2,684 | 820,776 | $12,303,432 |
| 16 |  Rogue Legacy 2 Cellar Door Games | 2022-04-28 | 15,143 | 22,811 | 450,270 | $11,252,247 |
| 17 |  Neon Abyss Veewo Games | 2020-07-14 | 23,622 | 6,259 | 529,133 | $10,577,369 |
| 18 |  Spelunky 2 Mossmouth, BlitWorks | 2020-09-29 | 21,969 | 6,937 | 527,256 | $10,539,847 |
| 19 |  Night in the Woods Infinite Fall | 2017-02-21 | 20,275 | 1,266 | 486,600 | $9,727,134 |
| 20 |  Rivals of Aether II Aether Studios | 2024-10-23 | 9,986 | 6,708 | 324,183 | $9,722,248 |
| 21 |  ROUNDS Landfall | 2021-04-01 | 44,591 | 2,208 | 1,597,290 | $9,567,767 |
| 22 |  Owlboy D-Pad Studio | 2016-11-01 | 6,120 | 22 | 450,947 | $9,014,431 |
| 23 |  Prince of Persia The Lost Crown Ubisoft Montpellier | 2024-08-08 | 7,121 | 1,446 | 281,323 | $8,436,877 |
| 24 |  Mega Man Legacy Collection Capcom | 2015-08-24 | 5,409 | 198 | 519,264 | $7,783,767 |
| 25 |  STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R Square Enix, Gemdrops, Inc. | 2023-11-02 | 4,013 | 8,019 | 140,455 | $7,021,345 |
Releases per year
Is 2D Platformer trending up or fading? Bars show new paid Steam releases with this tag each year. Green flecks are hits (โฅ$100K est. lifetime).
4
2010
5
2011
9
2012
13
2013
20
2014
48
2015
66
2016
91
2017
122
2018
147
2019
514
2020
744
2021
842
2022
858
2023
1,044
2024
1,498
2025
1,374
2026
Top upcoming
Highest-wishlist unreleased 2D Platformer games.
| # | Game | WL Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Castlevania: Belmont's Curse KONAMI, Evil Empire | 50 |
| 2 |  Mariachi Legends Halberd Studios | 113 |
| 3 |  The Magus Circle By Witchlight | 254 |
| 4 |  Rayman Legends Retold Ubisoft | 259 |
| 5 |  Let's Build a Dungeon Springloaded | 273 |
| 6 |  Goodbye Seoul JINO Games | 335 |
| 7 |  Screenbound Crescent Moon Games, Radical Forge | 368 |
| 8 |  INARI 1HP STUDIO | 406 |
| 9 |  Silent Planet Vertex Zero | 482 |
| 10 |  Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Deathmaster Old Skull Games | 486 |
Top recent (12 months)
Highest-earning 2D Platformer games released in the past year.
| # | Game | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $6,235,601 |
| 2 |  | $3,444,006 |
| 3 |  | $3,229,052 |
| 4 |  | $2,649,440 |
| 5 |  | $2,475,375 |
| 6 |  | $2,085,655 |
| 7 |  | $1,490,519 |
| 8 |  | $1,345,951 |
| 9 |  | $1,224,199 |
| 10 |  | $1,100,450 |