Horror games on Steam
Horror on Steam: 17,505 released games, 5,533 in the last 12 months, 7,786 announced and still unreleased. Median lifetime reviews: 13. 45% of them never reached 10 reviews. Free to play: 11%. Horror is a Steam store tag, applied by the developer and refined by players; a game carries several tags at once, so niche counts overlap and do not add up to the size of the Steam catalogue. Data as of .
What releases end up with
lifetime reviews · released 3 years ago to 90 days ago · failures included8,156 releasesp100
p250
median13
p7557
p90282
45% of them never reached 10 reviewsMedian price $4.99 · 11% free-to-play
Releases per year
outcomes count only games released more than 90 days ago — anything newer has not had time to gather reviews2019
569med 87 · 18% unseen
2020
854med 43 · 23% unseen
2021
1,087med 33 · 29% unseen
2022
1,279med 29 · 29% unseen
2023
1,576med 25 · 32% unseen
2024
2,555med 20 · 36% unseen
2025
3,001med 14 · 43% unseen
2026
3,043med 0 · 62% unseen · 1,029 too fresh
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