Survival horror games on Steam: market size, sales and what works
23 games on Steam carry the Survival Horror tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 157,000 reviews and 91% pass 1,000.
Games released per year
- 1 2015
- 2 2016
- 3 2017
- 1 2018
- 1 2019
- 0 2020
- 1 2021
- 1 2022
- 4 2023
- 1 2024
- 1 2025
- 4 2026
2026 is the year so far.
What games make
| Percentile | Reviews | Estimated owners |
|---|---|---|
| Median game | 157,000 | about 4.3M |
| Top 25% | 355,622 | about 9.3M |
| Top 10% | 539,330 | about 16.4M |
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 $19.99
- Free 4%
- Under $5 13%
- $5 to $15 22%
- $15 to $30 39%
- $30 to $60 17%
- $60 and up 4%
Most reviewed Survival Horror releases of the last 24 months
PEAK
94% positive of 385,549
6.4M to 15M owners
$4.95
Resident Evil Requiem
96% positive of 189,601
3M to 6.1M owners
$69.99
Subnautica 2
91% positive of 130,274
2.5M to 5.7M owners
$29.99
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Touch of Madness
100% positive of 91
2k to 5.7k owners
$3.99
Astrophobia
82% positive of 85
1.9k to 5.4k owners
$2.99
Cerebral
No reviews yet
$4.99
Dark Hours
No reviews yet
$9.99
Diamond Hunt
No reviews yet
$6.99
Upcoming Survival Horror games 1 on Steam
- Zombie Crawlers Nov 13, 2026
- Dark Dimensions: Chasing Legends Coming soon
- Deadly Survival To be announced
- Dead of Day To be announced
- Demon Spore Q1 2027
- Home VR Coming soon
- Loggerhead Coming soon
- SESSIONS To be announced
- SHOCK Q4 2026
- STAMP Coming soon
- Unhinged 2 Coming soon
- Vermilion Arcade - Horror Collection Coming soon
Tags these games also carry
- Horror 20
- Action 19
- Adventure 16
- Atmospheric 14
- Singleplayer 14
- First-Person 13
- Multiplayer 13
- Psychological Horror 13
- Co-op 11
- Survival 11
What good store pages do
Medians across the 23 most reviewed Survival Horror games.
- Screenshots
- 10
- Trailers
- 3
- Description length
- 3,897 characters
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