Mystery games on Steam
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Steam tag · 17,697 games · 2,636 released in the last 12 months · median 84% positive across 6,596 games with 10+ reviews · 7,213,020 Steam reviews
Share of new releases
9.9% of new Steam releases in the last 12 months (2,636 games), 11% the 12 before (2,042). By year: 2014: 5.4%, 2015: 4.6%, 2016: 4.5%, 2017: 3.5%, 2018: 3.2%, 2019: 4.0%, 2020: 7.1%, 2021: 9.2%, 2022: 9.1%, 2023: 9.8%, 2024: 10%, 2025: 11%, 2026: 9.5%.
Most reviewed Mystery games
- Phasmophobia · 2020
- PEAK · 2025
- Life is Strange - Episode 1 · 2015
- Stray · 2022
- Poppy Playtime · 2021
- DELTARUNE · 2025
- Banana · 2024
- Firewatch · 2016
Breakouts of the last 12 months
- MECCHA CHAMELEON · 2026
- Big Walk · 2026
- Onimusha: Way of the Sword · 2026
- REANIMAL · 2026
- Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It · 2025
- Shift At Midnight · 2026
- The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall · 2026
- Servant of the Lake · 2026
Often paired with
Adventure, Atmospheric, Story Rich, Exploration, Horror, Puzzle, First-Person, 3D, Psychological Horror, Dark