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What Psychological horror games usually sell on Steam

What Psychological horror games sell on Steam, shown two ways: a SteamSpy sample of the whole genre, and the Psychological horror games people have looked up here.

The whole genre, from SteamSpy's sample
A typical game sells
≈ 422k–686k copies
$1.2M–$3.1M after Steam's cut, est.
The top decile
≈ 2.4M–3.9M copies
$6.6M–$17.8M after Steam's cut, est.

Half the reviews in SteamSpy's sample of 394 Psychological horror games sit with 21 of them.

Based on the 394 Psychological horror games SteamSpy listed on November 15, 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. Copies are SteamSpy estimates from review counts, not exact sales.

The Psychological horror games gathered on wishvane

Across the 743 Psychological horror games compared here, a typical one sells ≈ 117k–223k copies (est.), with the biggest of them, Phasmophobia, at ≈ 20.9M–33.9M. These are the games people chose to compare, not a sample of the genre, so they run far larger than SteamSpy's figures above.

  • The Psychological horror games gathered here span 1997 to 2026, and 238 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 Parkour and 3D Platformer.
  • Across the Psychological horror games gathered here a typical price is $7.99, and the biggest charge more, around $15.

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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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