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The realistic ceiling for Psychological horror games

Two honest views of what Psychological horror games do on Steam: the whole market from a systematic sample, and the games gathered here. Kept separate on purpose.

The market
A typical game sells
≈ 2k–3k copies
$2k–$6k after Steam's cut, est.
The top decile
≈ 98k–160k copies
$135k–$363k after Steam's cut, est.

Half the reviews in SteamSpy's sample of 7,242 Psychological horror games sit with 46 of them.

Based on the 7,242 Psychological horror games SteamSpy listed on August 30, 2026. It misses the games that barely sold, so these figures flatter the genre. Games are grouped by the tags players give them, which are applied loosely, so a genre's edges are fuzzy. Owners are SteamSpy estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The Psychological horror games gathered on wishvane

Across the 743 Psychological horror games compared here, the middle one runs ≈ 20k–123k copies (est.), with Phasmophobia the biggest comparable game at ≈ 20.8M–33.8M. These are the games people chose to compare, not a sample of the genre, so they run far larger than the market figures above.

  • The Psychological horror games gathered here span 1997 to 2026, and 238 of the 743 of them shipped in the last two years.
  • The biggest Psychological horror games here share nothing more specific than the genre; individually they lead with Horror and Lovecraftian.
  • Across the Psychological horror games gathered here the median price is $7.99, and the biggest charge more, around $15.

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Building a Psychological horror game? This genre already ran your experiment. Add the games yours will be compared to and see what's realistic, before you spend months on it.

Market data from SteamSpy; game data from Steam and SteamSpy. Copies and revenue are rough estimates from public review counts, not exact sales.

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