Psychological Horror mood
Every paid Steam game tagged Psychological Horror, ranked by our estimated lifetime revenue. 12,244 games in the catalog, 6,886 with a sales estimate.
Games
12,244
Active paid titles tagged
Total Gross
$8.9B
Sum of estimated lifetime revenue
Median
$3.2K
Half earn less, half more
Hit Rate
20.6%
1,421 games earned $100K+
Revenue share - top 5 vs rest
- HELLDIVERSâ„¢ 2 7.3%
- Phasmophobia 6.4%
- Ready or Not 6.2%
- Split Fiction 5.4%
- Dead by Daylight 3.3%
- Other (6881 games) 71.4%
Top 25 earners
The highest-earning Psychological Horror games by our estimator.
| # | Game | Released | Reviews | Peak CCU | Est. Units | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  HELLDIVERSâ„¢ 2 Arrowhead Game Studios | 2024-02-08 | 1,162,775 | 458,208 | 16,278,850 | $650,991,212 |
| 2 |  Phasmophobia Kinetic Games | 2020-09-18 | 839,608 | 112,241 | 28,400,163 | $567,597,543 |
| 3 |  Ready or Not VOID Interactive | 2023-12-13 | 346,731 | 55,174 | 11,095,392 | $554,547,692 |
| 4 |  Split Fiction Hazelight Studios | 2025-03-06 | 126,943 | 258,641 | 9,628,803 | $481,343,862 |
| 5 |  Dead by Daylight Behaviour Interactive Inc. | 2016-06-14 | 935,121 | 169,958 | 14,546,327 | $290,781,077 |
| 6 |  Resident Evil 4 CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | 2023-03-23 | 277,434 | 103,934 | 6,658,416 | $266,070,303 |
| 7 |  The Outlast Trials Red Barrels | 2024-03-05 | 112,122 | 36,332 | 5,622,835 | $224,857,172 |
| 8 |  Subnautica 2 Unknown Worlds Entertainment | 2026-05-14 | 127,497 | 463,021 | 6,945,315 | $208,289,997 |
| 9 |  Resident Evil Village CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | 2021-05-06 | 154,113 | 106,631 | 4,798,395 | $191,743,864 |
| 10 |  Escape from Tarkov Battlestate Games | 2025-11-15 | 64,797 | 47,377 | 3,079,505 | $153,944,455 |
| 11 |  Half-Life: Alyx Valve | 2020-03-23 | 105,339 | 16,459 | 2,528,136 | $151,662,879 |
| 12 |  Lethal Company Zeekerss | 2023-10-24 | 510,917 | 239,369 | 14,714,410 | $146,996,956 |
| 13 |  Outer Wilds Mobius Digital | 2020-06-18 | 108,090 | 7,936 | 5,218,138 | $130,401,269 |
| 14 |  Cities: Skylines II Iceflake Studios, Colossal Order | 2023-10-24 | 92,660 | 76,549 | 2,296,470 | $114,800,535 |
| 15 |  SILENT HILL 2 Bloober Team SA | 2024-10-08 | 65,121 | 21,791 | 1,562,904 | $109,364,207 |
| 16 |  Dead Space Motive | 2023-01-27 | 71,022 | 17,194 | 1,704,528 | $102,254,635 |
| 17 |  Metro 2033 Redux 4A Games | 2014-08-27 | 141,867 | 50,225 | 5,049,503 | $100,939,565 |
| 18 |  Content Warning Zorro, Wilnyl, Philip, thePetHen, Skog | 2024-04-01 | 163,444 | 63,320 | 11,767,968 | $94,026,064 |
| 19 |  Metro Exodus 4A Games | 2020-02-14 | 135,900 | 15,357 | 2,989,800 | $89,664,102 |
| 20 |  Barotrauma FakeFish, Undertow Games | 2023-03-13 | 89,826 | 19,528 | 2,155,824 | $86,189,844 |
| 21 |  Undertale tobyfox | 2015-09-15 | 341,684 | 11,071 | 8,200,416 | $81,676,143 |
| 22 |  Little Nightmares Tarsier Studios | 2017-04-27 | 116,580 | 77,529 | 3,817,825 | $76,318,322 |
| 23 |  Outlast Red Barrels | 2013-09-04 | 138,872 | 11,684 | 4,713,232 | $70,651,348 |
| 24 |  Alien: Isolation Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux) | 2014-10-06 | 66,892 | 10,761 | 1,605,408 | $64,200,266 |
| 25 |  Escape the Backrooms Fancy Games, Blackbird Interactive | 2025-10-23 | 165,920 | 47,167 | 6,246,400 | $62,401,536 |
Releases per year
Is Psychological Horror trending up or fading? Bars show new paid Steam releases with this tag each year. Green flecks are hits (≥$100K est. lifetime).
9
2010
2
2011
8
2012
16
2013
65
2014
128
2015
196
2016
238
2017
295
2018
297
2019
344
2020
393
2021
526
2022
632
2023
1,138
2024
1,686
2025
1,510
2026
Top upcoming
Highest-wishlist unreleased Psychological Horror games.
| # | Game | WL Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Fable Playground Games | 4 |
| 2 |  ILL Team Clout inc. | 11 |
| 3 |  METRO 2039 4A Games | 15 |
| 4 |  P.O.N. Team VAC | 53 |
| 5 |  Neverway Coldblood Inc. | 58 |
| 6 |  The Lost Wild Great Ape Games | 61 |
| 7 |  SILENT HILL: Townfall Screen Burn | 79 |
| 8 |  Happy Wheels Jim Bonacci | 88 |
| 9 |  Drunken Goddess Reflux Alliance Arts, WHO YOU | 96 |
| 10 |  DREADMOOR Dream Dock | 119 |
Top recent (12 months)
Highest-earning Psychological Horror games released in the past year.
| # | Game | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | | $208,289,997 |
| 2 | | $153,944,455 |
| 3 | | $62,401,536 |
| 4 |  | $47,490,527 |
| 5 |  | $35,930,135 |
| 6 |  | $32,204,822 |
| 7 |  | $24,822,571 |
| 8 |  | $23,904,226 |
| 9 |  | $22,738,674 |
| 10 |  | $12,293,046 |