Horror games on Steam: market size, sales and what works

42 games on Steam carry the Horror tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 172,296 reviews and 90% pass 1,000.

Games released per year

1 2015
5 2016
3 2017
4 2018
1 2019
3 2020
3 2021
1 2022
5 2023
2 2024
2 2025
7 2026

2026 is the year so far.

What games make

Percentile	Reviews	Estimated owners
Median game	172,296	about 6M
Top 25%	384,950	about 10.8M
Top 10%	673,238	about 16.3M

95% 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 7%
Under $5 10%
$5 to $15 24%
$15 to $30 43%
$30 to $60 14%
$60 and up 2%

Most reviewed Horror releases of the last 24 months

Upcoming Horror games 5 on Steam

Ash Hills: Descent 2026
Feeding Gooble Oct 29, 2026
Death Dealer November 2026
Cardsharp Nov 4, 2026
9 Fingers Nov 10, 2026
Zombie Crawlers Nov 13, 2026
Grave Mistakes Nov 26, 2026
Cursed Dungeon Raider 2027
SUPER DEBT 2028
Calm Down, Will Coming soon
Dark Dimensions: Chasing Legends Coming soon
Dark Dimensions: The Last Shift Coming soon

Tags these games also carry

Action 32
Singleplayer 27
Adventure 24
Atmospheric 22
Survival Horror 20
First-Person 19
Dark 18
Indie 18
Multiplayer 18
Psychological Horror 18

What good store pages do

Medians across the 42 most reviewed Horror games.

Screenshots: 10
Trailers: 3
Description length: 3,340 characters

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