Adventure games on Steam: market size, sales and what works
86 games on Steam carry the Adventure tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 99,106 reviews and 87% pass 1,000.
Games released per year
- 4 2015
- 8 2016
- 6 2017
- 5 2018
- 3 2019
- 6 2020
- 8 2021
- 9 2022
- 6 2023
- 3 2024
- 5 2025
- 14 2026
2026 is the year so far.
What games make
| Percentile | Reviews | Estimated owners |
|---|---|---|
| Median game | 99,106 | about 3.6M |
| Top 25% | 229,590 | about 6.3M |
| Top 10% | 497,084 | about 13M |
93% of games get over 50 reviews and over 70% positive. Owners are modeled from review counts, see how the estimates work.
Pricing
Median paid price $19.99
- Free 13%
- Under $5 7%
- $5 to $15 19%
- $15 to $30 38%
- $30 to $60 22%
- $60 and up 1%
Most reviewed Adventure releases of the last 24 months
Valheim
93% positive of 564,660
7.5M to 17M owners
$26.99
PEAK
94% positive of 385,549
6.4M to 15M owners
$4.95
Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced
84% positive of 238,554
4.3M to 9.9M owners
$29.99
Path of Exile 2
75% positive of 228,133
4.1M to 9.6M owners
$29.99
Crimson Desert Enhanced
84% positive of 180,645
2.9M to 5.8M owners
$69.99
Subnautica 2
91% positive of 130,274
2.5M to 5.7M owners
$29.99
Where Winds Meet
86% positive of 116,640
Free
Arena Breakout: Infinite
74% positive of 87,930
Free
Upcoming Adventure games 3 on Steam
- Ash Hills: Descent 2026
- Bugboy 2026
- Cyber Neon: Core Protocol Oct 29, 2026
- AI Apocalypse Nov 10, 2026
- For My Kingdom Nov 12, 2026
- Grave Mistakes Nov 26, 2026
- One More Try Dec 4, 2026
- Cursed Dungeon Raider 2027
- Orbital Drift 2027
- Railborn 2027
- Gohan Quest Feb 16, 2027
- Trine 6: Together in Time Mar 4, 2027
Tags these games also carry
- Action 57
- Singleplayer 56
- Atmospheric 40
- Story Rich 38
- Multiplayer 36
- Indie 34
- Exploration 32
- Open World 31
- Co-op 26
- RPG 25
What good store pages do
Medians across the 50 most reviewed Adventure games.
- Screenshots
- 12
- Trailers
- 3
- Description length
- 3,726 characters
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