Side Scroller perspective
Every paid Steam game tagged Side Scroller, ranked by our estimated lifetime revenue. 7,092 games in the catalog, 4,498 with a sales estimate.
Games
7,092
Active paid titles tagged
Total Gross
$1.5B
Sum of estimated lifetime revenue
Median
$1.8K
Half earn less, half more
Hit Rate
16.6%
747 games earned $100K+
Revenue share - top 5 vs rest
- Hollow Knight 6.5%
- Cuphead 5.1%
- Ori and the Blind Forest 4.7%
- Celeste 4.6%
- Geometry Dash 3.3%
- Other (4493 games) 75.8%
Top 25 earners
The highest-earning Side Scroller games by our estimator.
| # | Game | Released | Reviews | Peak CCU | Est. Units | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hollow Knight Team Cherry | 2017-02-24 | 561,664 | 94,805 | 6,739,968 | $101,032,120 |
| 2 |  Cuphead Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc. | 2017-09-29 | 221,401 | 19,076 | 3,985,218 | $79,664,508 |
| 3 |  Ori and the Blind Forest Moon Studios GmbH | 2015-03-10 | 60,147 | 13,048 | 3,608,820 | $72,140,312 |
| 4 |  Celeste Maddy Makes Games Inc., Extremely OK Games, Ltd. | 2018-01-25 | 147,434 | 7,720 | 3,538,416 | $70,626,783 |
| 5 |  Geometry Dash RobTop Games | 2014-12-22 | 642,929 | 108,569 | 10,286,864 | $51,331,451 |
| 6 | 2019-06-18 | 41,712 | 26,811 | 1,001,088 | $40,033,509 | |
| 7 |  Blasphemous The Game Kitchen | 2019-09-10 | 67,309 | 2,681 | 1,480,798 | $36,960,718 |
| 8 |  Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition Moon Studios GmbH | 2016-04-27 | 71,533 | 9,020 | 1,716,792 | $34,318,672 |
| 9 |  Skul: The Hero Slayer SOUTHPAW GAMES | 2021-01-20 | 57,608 | 18,876 | 1,382,592 | $27,638,014 |
| 10 |  LIMBO Playdead | 2011-08-02 | 62,114 | 27,454 | 2,206,163 | $27,554,976 |
| 11 |  BattleBlock Theater® The Behemoth | 2014-05-15 | 72,902 | 14,269 | 1,749,648 | $26,186,398 |
| 12 |  Broforce Free Lives | 2015-10-15 | 61,006 | 4,285 | 1,464,144 | $21,947,519 |
| 13 |  Rayman Legends Ubisoft Montpellier | 2013-08-29 | 12,370 | 1,252 | 710,813 | $21,317,282 |
| 14 |  Sonic Mania Christian Whitehead, Headcannon, PagodaWest Games | 2017-08-29 | 28,906 | 11,883 | 837,277 | $16,737,167 |
| 15 |  SANABI WONDER POTION | 2023-11-08 | 45,128 | 7,648 | 1,083,072 | $16,235,249 |
| 16 |  Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Yacht Club Games | 2014-06-26 | 16,913 | 2,840 | 405,912 | $16,232,421 |
| 17 |  Blasphemous 2 The Game Kitchen | 2023-08-24 | 21,621 | 9,011 | 518,904 | $15,561,931 |
| 18 |  Kingdom Heroes 8 USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd. | 2021-01-12 | 14,710 | 21,252 | 514,850 | $15,440,352 |
| 19 | 2014-06-25 | 27,546 | 143 | 991,656 | $14,864,923 | |
| 20 |  Super Meat Boy Team Meat | 2010-11-30 | 39,177 | 4,836 | 973,630 | $14,594,714 |
| 21 |  My Friend Pedro DeadToast Entertainment | 2019-06-20 | 28,484 | 331 | 683,616 | $13,665,484 |
| 22 |  Awesomenauts Ronimo Games | 2012-08-01 | 26,847 | 12,050 | 674,460 | $13,482,455 |
| 23 |  Until Then Polychroma Games | 2024-06-25 | 19,336 | 1,524 | 652,299 | $13,029,673 |
| 24 |  ASTLIBRA Revision KEIZO | 2022-10-13 | 31,813 | 7,787 | 509,008 | $12,720,110 |
| 25 |  Streets of Rage 4 Dotemu, Guard Crush, Lizardcube | 2020-04-30 | 19,727 | 6,042 | 473,448 | $11,831,466 |
Releases per year
Is Side Scroller trending up or fading? Bars show new paid Steam releases with this tag each year. Green flecks are hits (≥$100K est. lifetime).
10
2010
10
2011
31
2012
48
2013
80
2014
117
2015
130
2016
175
2017
261
2018
250
2019
355
2020
548
2021
453
2022
525
2023
566
2024
736
2025
607
2026
Top upcoming
Highest-wishlist unreleased Side Scroller games.
| # | Game | WL Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Happy Wheels Jim Bonacci | 88 |
| 2 |  Crowsworn Mongoose Rodeo | 97 |
| 3 |  Mariachi Legends Halberd Studios | 113 |
| 4 |  The Eternal Life of Goldman Weappy Studio | 133 |
| 5 |  Silver Pines Wych Elm | 203 |
| 6 |  The Last Night Odd Tales | 217 |
| 7 |  Away Team Klei Entertainment | 224 |
| 8 |  ReVamp Digital Sun | 257 |
| 9 |  Rayman Legends Retold Ubisoft | 259 |
| 10 | 267 |
Top recent (12 months)
Highest-earning Side Scroller games released in the past year.
| # | Game | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $6,434,225 |
| 2 |  | $6,235,601 |
| 3 |  | $3,957,751 |
| 4 |  | $2,260,046 |
| 5 |  | $1,931,194 |
| 6 |  | $1,626,087 |
| 7 |  | $1,490,519 |
| 8 |  | $1,345,951 |
| 9 |  | $1,261,468 |
| 10 |  | $934,091 |