Genre market
Two questions decide whether a genre is worth shipping into: is there money at the top of it, and is that top still letting new games in. Every tag below is measured on exactly its top 50 games by review count — the same depth for every tag — so the comparison is between markets rather than between how far this site has scraped each one.
Read these as the top of each tag. Every figure describes a tag's best 50 games, so the median column is the median of the winners, not of everything released. The typical Steam release in any of these tags earns far less. Tags without a full top 50 in the catalogue are left out rather than compared on a thinner sample, and all revenue is this site's estimate, not reported sales.
Money against openness
Each dot is one tag, measured on its top 50 games by review count. Up is a richer top; right is a top that recent releases are still reaching. The crosshair sits at the median tag on both axes, so the quadrants are relative to the rest of this chart, not to a fixed figure.
Money, and room — The top of this tag earns above the typical tag and is still taking in recent releases.
Money, held — There is money here, but the top is mostly older games that new releases are not displacing.
Room, less money — Recent games do reach the top of this tag, but the top itself earns below the typical tag.
Little of either — Below-typical earnings at the top, and that top is not turning over.
| Tag | Reading | Median ↓ | Top 10% | New | 1k+ | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open World120 tracked | Money, held | $90.51M | $348.18M | 10% | 100% | $29.99 |
| Adventure120 tracked | Money, and room | $84.46M | $249.76M | 14% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Singleplayer110 tracked | Money, held | $79.10M | $393.83M | 8% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Atmospheric120 tracked | Money, held | $74.77M | $290.62M | 12% | 100% | $26.49 |
| Multiplayer120 tracked | Money, and room | $72.77M | $351.94M | 16% | 100% | $11.99 |
| Third Person110 tracked | Money, and room | $72.77M | $286.92M | 20% | 100% | $27.49 |
| Exploration110 tracked | Money, and room | $69.92M | $193.80M | 18% | 100% | $29.99 |
| RPG120 tracked | Money, and room | $67.91M | $229.70M | 16% | 100% | $29.99 |
| First-Person110 tracked | Money, held | $63.37M | $137.59M | 6% | 100% | $16.49 |
| Sandbox110 tracked | Money, held | $61.68M | $215.07M | 12% | 100% | $22.99 |
| Survival120 tracked | Money, and room | $61.68M | $196.17M | 14% | 100% | $20.49 |
| Action120 tracked | Money, held | $59.09M | $348.18M | 10% | 100% | $9.99 |
| Story Rich120 tracked | Money, and room | $57.80M | $220.93M | 16% | 100% | $29.99 |
| Indie120 tracked | Money, and room | $56.02M | $142.83M | 16% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Co-op120 tracked | Money, and room | $54.77M | $215.07M | 14% | 100% | $9.99 |
| Simulation120 tracked | Money, held | $53.24M | $149.35M | 6% | 100% | $22.49 |
| Strategy120 tracked | Money, held | $48.34M | $119.64M | 8% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Action RPG110 tracked | Money, and room | $47.72M | $166.24M | 20% | 100% | $29.99 |
| FPS120 tracked | Money, held | $47.55M | $196.17M | 10% | 100% | $12.49 |
| Horror120 tracked | Money, held | $47.25M | $115.30M | 10% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Crafting120 tracked | Money, and room | $44.33M | $139.56M | 20% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Shooter120 tracked | Money, held | $39.77M | $206.25M | 10% | 100% | $9.99 |
| Fantasy110 tracked | Money, and room | $38.61M | $194.17M | 16% | 100% | $24.99 |
| Action-Adventure100 tracked | Money, and room | $37.80M | $159.04M | 18% | 100% | $39.99 |
| Building120 tracked | Money, and room | $35.01M | $135.10M | 16% | 100% | $22.49 |
| PvE50 tracked | Money, and room | $32.80M | $127.19M | 22% | 100% | $29.99 |
| Combat110 tracked | Money, and room | $32.28M | $182.32M | 20% | 100% | $31.66 |
| Souls-like120 tracked | Money, and room | $30.43M | $150.18M | 24% | 100% | $39.99 |
| Funny100 tracked | Money, and room | $27.41M | $79.05M | 18% | 100% | $13.24 |
| Survival Horror110 tracked | Money, held | $27.01M | $88.71M | 8% | 100% | $24.99 |
| Early Access110 tracked | Money, and room | $24.53M | $103.99M | 30% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Third-Person Shooter110 tracked | Money, held | $22.01M | $198.46M | 12% | 100% | $19.89 |
| Tactical110 tracked | Money, held | $21.23M | $107.11M | 12% | 100% | $19.99 |
| 2D110 tracked | Money, held | $21.06M | $65.29M | 6% | 100% | $9.99 |
| Hack and Slash110 tracked | Money, held | $20.87M | $81.54M | 12% | 100% | $26.49 |
| Military110 tracked | Little of either | $20.83M | $71.37M | 10% | 100% | $28.99 |
| 3D110 tracked | Room, less money | $20.74M | $194.17M | 34% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Stealth110 tracked | Little of either | $20.19M | $81.73M | 8% | 100% | $29.99 |
| Management120 tracked | Little of either | $17.86M | $58.63M | 12% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Immersive Sim120 tracked | Room, less money | $16.62M | $67.50M | 28% | 100% | $24.99 |
| Space110 tracked | Little of either | $14.23M | $79.42M | 4% | 100% | $21.99 |
| Controller100 tracked | Room, less money | $14.12M | $67.57M | 16% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Turn-Based Strategy110 tracked | Little of either | $11.65M | $55.65M | 6% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Colorful110 tracked | Room, less money | $11.43M | $44.98M | 14% | 100% | $15.99 |
| Puzzle120 tracked | Little of either | $11.23M | $32.77M | 4% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Massively Multiplayer120 tracked | Little of either | $10.80M | $76.49M | 10% | 100% | $14.99 |
| Cute110 tracked | Room, less money | $10.71M | $42.25M | 22% | 100% | $13.24 |
| Platformer120 tracked | Little of either | $10.50M | $56.21M | 8% | 100% | $14.99 |
| Casual120 tracked | Little of either | $10.50M | $50.49M | 12% | 100% | $9.99 |
| Magic110 tracked | Room, less money | $10.41M | $41.60M | 18% | 100% | $20.49 |
| Relaxing110 tracked | Room, less money | $9.88M | $36.94M | 22% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Pixel Graphics110 tracked | Little of either | $9.45M | $41.15M | 10% | 100% | $9.99 |
| Roguelite120 tracked | Room, less money | $9.03M | $51.01M | 24% | 100% | $9.99 |
| Fighting110 tracked | Little of either | $8.74M | $27.31M | 2% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Anime120 tracked | Little of either | $8.53M | $36.28M | 10% | 100% | $15.49 |
| Racing120 tracked | Room, less money | $6.88M | $40.90M | 22% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Sports120 tracked | Room, less money | $6.78M | $41.28M | 22% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Arcade100 tracked | Room, less money | $6.76M | $38.16M | 16% | 100% | $14.99 |
| Roguelike120 tracked | Room, less money | $6.57M | $58.93M | 22% | 100% | $12.49 |
| Stylized110 tracked | Room, less money | $4.94M | $24.92M | 26% | 100% | $11.39 |
| Retro110 tracked | Room, less money | $4.25M | $13.57M | 14% | 100% | $9.99 |
| Metroidvania110 tracked | Little of either | $4.05M | $29.08M | 6% | 100% | $19.99 |
| Point & Click110 tracked | Little of either | $2.70M | $9.09M | 6% | 100% | $11.99 |
| Visual Novel110 tracked | Room, less money | $2.56M | $11.66M | 18% | 100% | $14.99 |
| Music110 tracked | Room, less money | $2.51M | $13.08M | 14% | 100% | $14.99 |
| Card Game110 tracked | Room, less money | $2.05M | $16.30M | 22% | 100% | $13.49 |
| Tower Defense110 tracked | Room, less money | $1.81M | $5.92M | 14% | 100% | $10.99 |
| Dating Sim110 tracked | Room, less money | $1.57M | $24.48M | 22% | 100% | $11.94 |
| Esports110 tracked | Room, less money | $845.4K | $27.26M | 20% | 100% | $3.44 |
| Free to Play120 tracked | Little of either | $0 | $0 | 12% | 100% | Free |