Sci-fi games on Steam: market size, sales and what works
27 games on Steam carry the Sci-fi tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 154,988 reviews and 96% pass 1,000.
Games released per year
- 1 2015
- 2 2016
- 1 2017
- 2 2018
- 1 2019
- 3 2020
- 0 2021
- 3 2022
- 3 2023
- 3 2024
- 2 2025
- 3 2026
2026 is the year so far.
What games make
| Percentile | Reviews | Estimated owners |
|---|---|---|
| Median game | 154,988 | about 4.4M |
| Top 25% | 431,816 | about 8M |
| Top 10% | 853,497 | about 15.4M |
89% 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 $24.99
- Free 19%
- Under $5 7%
- $5 to $15 19%
- $15 to $30 30%
- $30 to $60 26%
- $60 and up 0%
Most reviewed Sci-fi releases of the last 24 months
R.E.P.O.
96% positive of 435,155
7M to 17M owners
$9.99
ARC Raiders
82% positive of 433,217
5.9M to 13M owners
$39.99
Marvel Rivals
75% positive of 425,182
Free
Subnautica 2
91% positive of 130,274
2.5M to 5.7M owners
$29.99
Far Far West
95% positive of 40,198
760k to 1.8M owners
$19.99
STEEL HUNTERS
58% positive of 4,236
80k to 190k owners
Positron
100% positive of 26
550 to 1.3k owners
$14.99
Closed Circuit: Recursive Idle
62% positive of 13
290 to 820 owners
$3.99
Upcoming Sci-fi games 1 on Steam
- MIRAI #167 2026
- Power Line Rider 2026
- The Zibbo Show Oct 29, 2026
- AI Apocalypse Nov 10, 2026
- Astral Hunter: Homebound Nov 13, 2026
- Orbital Drift 2027
- Railborn 2027
- Sanctuary: Shattered Sun August 2027
- Android Simulator Coming soon
- Annihilation Coming soon
- A Robot's Journey Coming soon
- Battledroid To be announced
Tags these games also carry
- Action 20
- Singleplayer 16
- Co-op 13
- Atmospheric 12
- Multiplayer 12
- Survival 12
- Adventure 11
- First-Person 10
- Indie 10
- Exploration 9
What good store pages do
Medians across the 27 most reviewed Sci-fi games.
- Screenshots
- 10
- Trailers
- 4
- Description length
- 3,880 characters
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