Metroidvania games on Steam: market size, sales and what works
13 games on Steam carry the Metroidvania tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 22,421 reviews and 100% pass 1,000.
Games released per year
- 2 2015
- 3 2016
- 1 2017
- 2 2018
- 1 2019
- 1 2020
- 0 2021
- 1 2022
- 1 2023
- 0 2024
- 1 2025
- 0 2026
2026 is the year so far.
What games make
| Percentile | Reviews | Estimated owners |
|---|---|---|
| Median game | 22,421 | about 880K |
| Top 25% | 153,692 | about 4.9M |
| Top 10% | 379,212 | about 8.7M |
100% 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 $18.99
- Free 0%
- Under $5 25%
- $5 to $15 17%
- $15 to $30 58%
- $30 to $60 0%
- $60 and up 0%
Most reviewed Metroidvania releases of the last 24 months
Upcoming Metroidvania games 0 on Steam
- Dimension Rift Zero To be announced
- Legendary Knight To be announced
- Tails of Fate To be announced
Tags these games also carry
- Platformer 8
- Souls-like 8
- Great Soundtrack 7
- Difficult 6
- Indie 6
- Action 5
- Adventure 5
- Atmospheric 5
- Pixel Graphics 5
- Singleplayer 5
What good store pages do
Medians across the 13 most reviewed Metroidvania games.
- Screenshots
- 13
- Trailers
- 2
- Description length
- 3,358 characters
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