The median revenue of Soulslike games exceeds $59,000: niche benchmark and the issue of game categorization on Steam

What the report covers:

• analysis of the launch of Mortal Shell II, including gross revenue, sales, and audience distribution by country;
• criteria for Soulslike games: what elements are typical of this subgenre;
• the issue of Steam's tagging system: why analyzing the niche with just one Souls-like label is inadequate;
• benchmark of the Soulslike games niche: median revenue, number of releases, the share of hit or failed projects;
• the highest-grossing Soulslikes on Steam, as well as the number of games with revenue over $100 million.

More information with analyses of other game genres and categories can be found in our previous market benchmarks:

Adult Games | RTS | Racing | Checklist Simulators | Idle Games | Economic Strategies | RPGs in the Spirit of Disco Elysium

Release of Mortal Shell II: Sales, Revenue, and Other Metrics

Based on the pre-release metrics, it was clear that Mortal Shell II would be a much more successful game than the first part. At launch, it entered the top 20 most anticipated projects on Steam, and the number of wishlists exceeded one million.