Horror mood
Every paid Steam game tagged Horror, ranked by our estimated lifetime revenue. 19,935 games in the catalog, 12,058 with a sales estimate.
Games
19,935
Active paid titles tagged
Total Gross
$22.7B
Sum of estimated lifetime revenue
Median
$2.0K
Half earn less, half more
Hit Rate
17.6%
2,126 games earned $100K+
Revenue share - top 5 vs rest
- 7 Days to Die 5.9%
- Resident Evil Requiem 4.8%
- Sons Of The Forest 3.2%
- Dead by Daylight 3.0%
- Dying Light 3.0%
- Other (12053 games) 80.1%
Top 25 earners
The highest-earning Horror games by our estimator.
| # | Game | Released | Reviews | Peak CCU | Est. Units | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  7 Days to Die The Fun Pimps | 2024-07-25 | 403,084 | 124,449 | 29,828,216 | $1,341,971,438 |
| 2 |  Resident Evil Requiem CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | 2026-02-26 | 189,184 | 343,769 | 15,469,605 | $1,082,651,356 |
| 3 |  Sons Of The Forest Endnight Games Ltd | 2024-02-22 | 325,034 | 198,477 | 24,052,516 | $721,334,955 |
| 4 |  Dead by Daylight Behaviour Interactive Inc. | 2016-06-14 | 945,246 | 169,958 | 34,604,093 | $691,735,819 |
| 5 |  Dying Light Techland | 2015-01-26 | 498,873 | 45,770 | 27,438,015 | $685,675,995 |
| 6 | 2022-02-03 | 221,480 | 274,983 | 11,295,480 | $677,615,845 | |
| 7 |  DayZ Bohemia Interactive | 2018-12-13 | 473,070 | 78,739 | 13,208,222 | $660,279,018 |
| 8 |  The Outlast Trials Red Barrels | 2024-03-05 | 124,258 | 147,374 | 14,737,400 | $589,348,626 |
| 9 |  Phasmophobia Kinetic Games | 2020-09-18 | 842,722 | 112,241 | 28,221,388 | $564,024,597 |
| 10 |  Ready or Not VOID Interactive | 2023-12-13 | 351,214 | 55,174 | 11,238,848 | $561,717,623 |
| 11 |  It Takes Two Friend's Pass Hazelight Studio | 2021-05-25 | 267,562 | 0 | 14,983,472 | $449,354,325 |
| 12 |  Left 4 Dead 2 Valve | 2009-11-19 | 1,068,227 | 161,590 | 38,456,172 | $384,177,158 |
| 13 |  Don't Starve Together Klei Entertainment | 2016-04-21 | 545,879 | 122,568 | 22,381,039 | $335,491,775 |
| 14 |  Fallout 76 Bethesda Game Studios | 2020-04-14 | 141,549 | 72,930 | 7,218,999 | $288,687,770 |
| 15 |  Resident Evil 4 CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | 2023-03-23 | 286,973 | 103,934 | 6,887,352 | $275,218,586 |
| 16 |  Deep Rock Galactic Ghost Ship Games | 2020-05-13 | 381,579 | 53,558 | 9,157,896 | $274,431,617 |
| 17 |  Resident Evil 3 CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | 2020-04-02 | 128,678 | 32,635 | 6,562,578 | $262,174,991 |
| 18 |  Detroit: Become Human Quantic Dream | 2020-06-18 | 269,249 | 25,615 | 6,461,976 | $258,414,420 |
| 19 |  The Forest Endnight Games Ltd | 2018-04-30 | 686,844 | 109,242 | 12,363,192 | $247,140,208 |
| 20 |  Mortal Kombat 11 NetherRealm Studios, QLOC, Shiver | 2019-04-23 | 116,973 | 27,301 | 4,935,299 | $246,715,597 |
| 21 |  Grounded Obsidian Entertainment | 2022-09-27 | 96,348 | 31,923 | 5,638,727 | $225,492,693 |
| 22 |  Resident Evil 2 CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | 2019-01-24 | 228,426 | 74,024 | 5,482,224 | $219,014,849 |
| 23 |  Subnautica 2 Unknown Worlds Entertainment | 2026-05-14 | 129,931 | 463,021 | 6,945,315 | $208,289,997 |
| 24 |  Subnautica Unknown Worlds Entertainment | 2018-01-23 | 383,002 | 51,220 | 6,894,036 | $206,752,140 |
| 25 |  R.E.P.O. semiwork | 2025-02-26 | 433,304 | 266,908 | 19,758,662 | $197,282,641 |
Releases per year
Is Horror trending up or fading? Bars show new paid Steam releases with this tag each year. Green flecks are hits (≥$100K est. lifetime).
27
2010
21
2011
27
2012
60
2013
144
2014
240
2015
368
2016
398
2017
477
2018
444
2019
673
2020
836
2021
946
2022
1,227
2023
2,050
2024
2,655
2025
2,717
2026
Top upcoming
Highest-wishlist unreleased Horror games.
| # | Game | WL Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Deadlock Valve | 1 |
| 2 |  Blight: Survival Haenir Studio | 5 |
| 3 |  Resident Evil Veronica CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | 7 |
| 4 |  ILL Team Clout inc. | 10 |
| 5 |  METRO 2039 4A Games | 13 |
| 6 |  State of Decay 3 Undead Labs | 23 |
| 7 |  NAKWON: LAST PARADISE NEXON | 24 |
| 8 |  Rooted Headlight Studio | 29 |
| 9 |  Ardem Techtive Games | 37 |
| 10 |  Haunted Paws LazyFlock | 39 |
Top recent (12 months)
Highest-earning Horror games released in the past year.
| # | Game | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | | $1,082,651,356 |
| 2 | | $208,289,997 |
| 3 |  | $120,592,070 |
| 4 |  | $51,724,653 |
| 5 |  | $48,598,795 |
| 6 |  | $47,477,856 |
| 7 |  | $28,830,511 |
| 8 |  | $19,162,562 |
| 9 |  | $18,700,055 |
| 10 |  | $16,026,832 |