Interactive fiction games on Steam: market size, sales and what works
5 games on Steam carry the Interactive Fiction tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 10,775 reviews and 80% pass 1,000.
Games released per year
- 1 2020
- 0 2021
- 3 2022
- 0 2023
- 0 2024
- 0 2025
- 1 2026
2026 is the year so far.
What games make
| Percentile | Reviews | Estimated owners |
|---|---|---|
| Median game | 10,775 | about 350K |
| Top 25% | 11,188 | about 380K |
| Top 10% | 12,092 | about 416K |
80% 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 $17.99
- Free 0%
- Under $5 20%
- $5 to $15 20%
- $15 to $30 60%
- $30 to $60 0%
- $60 and up 0%
Most reviewed Interactive Fiction releases of the last 24 months
Screen TRPG
87% positive of 31
590 to 1.4k owners
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The Sculptor
100% positive of 7
$4.99
Five-Star Courier and the Fog That Reeks of Death
No reviews yet
$1.79
Heroines of Swords & Spells 2
No reviews yet
$5.49
S4U: CITYPUNK 2011 AND LOVE PUNCH
No reviews yet
$9.79
WTC : Love's Labour's Lost
No reviews yet
$14.99
我的一个多重人格朋友
No reviews yet
$0.99
Upcoming Interactive Fiction games 0 on Steam
- Ash Hills: Descent 2026
- A Little Less Desperation Q1 2027
- Calm Down, Will Coming soon
- Cubox Coming soon
- Dead Horizon Coming soon
- Ice Cream Truck Coming soon
- John's Tombstone Coming soon
- Margaret's Little Shop of Wonders To be announced
- Revenge Story Coming soon
- StressRoom Coming soon
- The Parrot That Summons Demons To be announced
- The Trial Coming soon
Tags these games also carry
- Story Rich 5
- Choices Matter 4
- Adventure 3
- Atmospheric 3
- Exploration 3
- Multiple Endings 3
- Narrative 3
- Point & Click 3
- Singleplayer 3
- Pixel Graphics 2
What good store pages do
Medians across the 5 most reviewed Interactive Fiction games.
- Screenshots
- 10
- Trailers
- 1
- Description length
- 3,567 characters
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