Interactive Fiction gameplay
Every paid Steam game tagged Interactive Fiction, ranked by our estimated lifetime revenue. 7,357 games in the catalog, 3,945 with a sales estimate.
Games
7,357
Active paid titles tagged
Total Gross
$1.2B
Sum of estimated lifetime revenue
Median
$2.9K
Half earn less, half more
Hit Rate
16.4%
646 games earned $100K+
Revenue share - top 5 vs rest
- 007 First Light 12.4%
- The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series 5.8%
- A Plague Tale: Requiem 2.7%
- Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter 2.1%
- SCARLET NEXUS 2.0%
- Other (3940 games) 74.9%
Top 25 earners
The highest-earning Interactive Fiction games by our estimator.
| # | Game | Released | Reviews | Peak CCU | Est. Units | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  007 First Light IO Interactive A/S | 2026-05-26 | 46,272 | 70,723 | 2,121,690 | $148,491,779 |
| 2 |  The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series Skybound Games | 2020-10-29 | 47,217 | 7,806 | 1,394,105 | $69,691,309 |
| 3 |  A Plague Tale: Requiem Asobo Studio | 2022-10-17 | 27,285 | 4,903 | 654,840 | $32,720,172 |
| 4 |  Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Nihon Falcom | 2026-09-16 | 581 | 12,489 | 499,560 | $24,973,004 |
| 5 |  SCARLET NEXUS BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc. | 2021-06-24 | 18,189 | 6,481 | 400,158 | $24,005,478 |
| 6 |  To the Moon Freebird Games | 2012-09-07 | 86,501 | 260 | 2,214,426 | $22,122,116 |
| 7 |  The Henry Stickmin Collection PuffballsUnited | 2020-08-07 | 59,696 | 2,787 | 1,432,704 | $21,476,233 |
| 8 |  Sora no Kiseki the 1st Nihon Falcom | 2025-09-19 | 9,679 | 14,265 | 338,765 | $20,322,512 |
| 9 |  Gorogoa Buried Signal | 2017-12-14 | 20,805 | 324 | 1,248,300 | $18,712,017 |
| 10 |  Heavy Rain Quantic Dream | 2020-06-18 | 31,412 | 2,643 | 921,419 | $18,419,166 |
| 11 | 2023-10-17 | 45,891 | 64,868 | 1,835,640 | $18,338,044 | |
| 12 |  Slay the Princess โ The Pristine Cut Black Tabby Games | 2023-10-23 | 34,103 | 2,546 | 818,472 | $14,724,311 |
| 13 |  Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Team Salvato | 2021-06-30 | 32,351 | 6,912 | 886,618 | $13,290,404 |
| 14 |  Until Then Polychroma Games | 2024-06-25 | 19,336 | 1,524 | 652,299 | $13,029,673 |
| 15 |  Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs The Chinese Room | 2013-09-10 | 12,112 | 32 | 638,784 | $12,769,292 |
| 16 |  Road 96 ๐ฃ๏ธ Digixart | 2021-08-16 | 26,283 | 2,260 | 630,792 | $12,590,608 |
| 17 |  Shift At Midnight Bun Muen | 2026-07-22 | 12,016 | 37,447 | 1,123,410 | $11,221,618 |
| 18 |  Hobo: Tough Life Perun Creative | 2021-04-12 | 10,047 | 2,240 | 353,654 | $10,606,083 |
| 19 |  Road to Empress โ
ก New One Studio | 2026-06-08 | 9,134 | 12,207 | 730,720 | $10,405,453 |
| 20 |  Until Dawnโข Ballistic Moon | 2024-10-04 | 5,282 | 2,581 | 169,024 | $10,139,750 |
| 21 |  The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty ้ถๅๆธธๆ(ZerocreationGame) | 2024-04-22 | 60,019 | 5,093 | 960,304 | $9,593,437 |
| 22 |  School Days ็ฝ้จๅทฅไฝๅฎค | 2026-01-28 | 7,946 | 8,571 | 635,680 | $9,526,724 |
| 23 |  Unheard - Voices of Crime NEXT Studios | 2019-03-28 | 33,985 | 1,938 | 1,359,400 | $9,502,206 |
| 24 |  Gone Home Fullbright | 2013-08-15 | 18,450 | 120 | 608,850 | $9,126,662 |
| 25 |  The Invincible Starward Industries | 2023-11-06 | 13,602 | 2,211 | 299,244 | $8,974,328 |
Releases per year
Is Interactive Fiction trending up or fading? Bars show new paid Steam releases with this tag each year. Green flecks are hits (โฅ$100K est. lifetime).
1
2010
1
2011
4
2012
8
2013
28
2014
46
2015
63
2016
78
2017
75
2018
104
2019
236
2020
344
2021
424
2022
459
2023
626
2024
966
2025
942
2026
Top upcoming
Highest-wishlist unreleased Interactive Fiction games.
| # | Game | WL Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Knight's Path Jan Tichota, Aamn Chahrour | 107 |
| 2 |  HABROMANIA Sydney Collings (Symphony_Sonata) | 277 |
| 3 |  There Are No Ghosts at the Grand Friday Sundae | 327 |
| 4 |  The Wolf Among Us Remastered Telltale | 328 |
| 5 |  Sally Face 2 Portable Moose | 329 |
| 6 |  Beastfolk Barber Safe Flight Games, GameWorks Ventures | 330 |
| 7 |  Am I Nima HO! Games | 351 |
| 8 |  The Wolf Among Us 2 Telltale | 354 |
| 9 |  Prove You're Human sunset visitor ๆ้ฝ้ๅฎข | 408 |
| 10 |  TOUCHSTARVED Red Spring Studio | 410 |
Top recent (12 months)
Highest-earning Interactive Fiction games released in the past year.
| # | Game | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | | $148,491,779 |
| 2 | | $24,973,004 |
| 3 | | $11,221,618 |
| 4 | | $10,405,453 |
| 5 | | $9,526,724 |
| 6 |  | $8,748,539 |
| 7 |  | $8,395,811 |
| 8 |  | $7,679,677 |
| 9 |  | $6,424,929 |
| 10 |  | $5,898,121 |