Gore tag
Tag created in June 2017
Gore's popularity amongst developers
This graph shows games released over the years with the Gore tag and the percentage they represent. The number of releases gives a sense of the amount of games published each year. It often increases, following the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage gives a better estimate of the tag's trend. It shows if the Gore tag is getting more or less popular amongst developers. The Review chart will tell us if this trend is a good thing (i.e. players interest is increasing, tag is undercrowded) or if it's the opposite.
The Gore game tag peaked in 2020 with 516 games released. The popularity of the tag is in a range between 0.74% in 2019 and 0.24% in 2022.
Bear in mind that 2023 is not over yet. The number of releases will continue to increase, but the percentage is already a good estimate of things to come.
Gore's popularity amongst players
This graph displays the reviews for games associated with the Gore tag, both as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the value for an average game. Note that if the chart is cluttered, you can always deactivate some lines by clicking on the legend.
The review count gives a view of the sheer amount of reviews a tag receives, but it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. That is why the normalized value as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more interesting, as it gives you the popularity trend for Gore tag games.
A typical game associated with this tag collected on average between 78 (2010) and 1656 (2014) reviews. Bear in mind that it is the average, and it can be strongly influenced by extreme values, like the release of a very popular game with this tag.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the Gore tag received between 216% (2010) and 316% (2023) reviews compared to other tags.
Price of games tagged with Gore
This chart displays the evolution of the Gore tag's games price in USD over time, as well as the percentage of free games in this tag. Bear in mind that there is inflation over time, which means that a price should slowly increase just to keep the same value.
The median game price peaked in 2011 at 19.99$, and bottomed in 2018 at 4.99$. The percentage of free to play peaked in 2020 at 14%, and bottomed in 2023 at 1%.
Positive reviews ratio for Gore, per language
This graph shows an aggregated Steam rating for the whole Gore tag, separated by language. It gives an idea about how different audiences will judge a game with this tag. A lower rating doesn't necessarily mean that the audience doesn't like that tag. Some cultures have different standards and expectations. It will however affect a game's rating nonetheless.
The best rating for Gore games is 93% for the Romanian audience, and the worst is 75% for the Japanese audience.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Manhunt | You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport. | 9.99 | 71% | Jan 4, 2008 |
  | Painkiller: Black Edition | Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains. | 9.99 | 89.7% | Jan 24, 2007 |
  | SLEEPOVER | In SLEEPOVER, you're either the Slasher, or the Homeowner. The Slasher is loud and has a knife, but the Homeowner is quiet and can grab the Slasher from behind. After the police are called, they arrive in three minutes. SLEEPOVER, a Slasher simulator. | Free | 63.9% | Jan 18, 2019 |
  | Paint the Town Red | Paint the Town Red is a chaotic first person melee combat game set in different locations and time periods. The voxel-based enemies can be punched, bashed, kicked, stabbed and sliced completely dynamically using almost anything that isn't nailed down. | 19.99 | 95.8% | Jul 29, 2021 |
  | Night Crisis | Night Crisis is based upon a multiplayer co-op experience. There will be multiple factions of enemies to take down, which may have units on the ground, in the air and on sea. | 8.99 | 22.2% | Mar 19, 2019 |
  | Hatred | Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity. | 5.99 | 81.6% | Jun 1, 2015 |
  | Massive Cleavage vs Zombies: Awesome Edition | Your mission is to find BBQ sauce for your people and bring it back to them. Fighting off thousands of zombies with only your massive cleaver and equally massive cleavage. | 2.99 | 55.9% | Jul 8, 2016 |
  | Blood and Bacon | This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities. | 0.99 | 95.5% | Feb 1, 2016 |
  | MADNESS: Project Nexus | MADNESS: Project Nexus is a third-person Run n' Gun / Beat'Em Up filled with arcade-style action and button-mashing brutality. Gun your way through droves of bad guys in the Story Campaign, or build your perfect killing machine in the neverending onslaught of Arena Mode. | 24.99 | 97.2% | Sep 29, 2021 |
  | Minotaur | A wholesome family appropriate story of bestiality, human sacrifice, and graphic violence! Play as the Minotaur as you hack and slash your way out of the labyrinth, and experience freedom. | 9.99 | 48.2% | Aug 11, 2017 |
  | Behold! | Behold is a 2D twin-stick shooter in a dark fantasy setting! Barbarians, insane wizards, total despair and bloody pieces.You are playing as a monster who is stuck between two armies. | 1.99 | 68.4% | Oct 26, 2016 |
  | No Way Out - A Dead Realm Tale | No Way Out: A Dead Realm Tale is a chilling VR experience that takes you to hell and back! Race against the clock as you solve puzzles in this haunted mansion caught between our world and the Dead Realm. Will you escape? Or will you become just another lost soul trapped in Huxley’s Mansion? | 19.99 | 75% | Oct 26, 2018 |
  | David Slade Mysteries: Case Files | Take to the dark and violent streets of downtown Riverside, where you investigate gruesome and violent homicides using a range of Forensic tools and your wits! Inspired by the classic Police Quest adventure series, reborn & reimagined for VR. | 9.99 | 90% | Jan 25, 2023 |
  | Damage: Sadistic Butchering of Humanity | Idea of Damage is simple: kill as many people as possible! Damage is a black humor 2D action adventure game where you roam freely in a wide urban setting killing thousands of enemies. New Arcade-mode lets you quickly get into action, try different weapons and drugs. | 4.2 | 33.3% | Dec 11, 2016 |
  | Primordian | These are the last days of the first planet, experience a vast ancient world and civilization as you travel through the twisting story mode. Strange and unique weapons, creatures and characters from the dawn of time and beyond. | 19.99 | 72.6% | Jan 19, 2018 |
  | Survival VR | “Survival VR” is a Virtual Reality zombie shooting survival game for the HTC Vive. The player has to kill waves of zombies to survive. Shot them in the head and mind your bullets. Struggle for survival! | 0.99 | 82.4% | Nov 27, 2016 |
  | Rage Wars | Get prepared for the FIRST EVER shooter game based on Rage Comics ! Rage Wars is a well-made action game with a variety of weapons, worlds and enemies to challenge with. | 0.99 | 91.2% | Nov 17, 2016 |
  | Locked In VR | Locked In VR is an escape room type experience. The player must use his wits and senses to find his way out of the basement and uncover the terrible truth about his imprisonment. | 5.99 | 79.5% | Dec 1, 2016 |
  | The 8th Day | Trapped in an abandoned asylum. The only feeling of safety is light. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind every corner lurks an evil presence and horrifying noises... | 0.99 | 27.8% | Jul 19, 2019 |
  | Devilated | Devilated is a timeslowing, monster blasting, boomer shooter with RPG pretensions, buckets of blood and a dose of ultraviolence. | 19.99 | 85.7% | Jan 29, 2021 |
  | Dark Shores | Explore and survive in Dark Shores, an experimental survival horror game that explores concepts of perma-death, branching storylines, and unscripted fear. A luxury cruise containing five young tourists crashes on a remote island, deep within the South Pacific. | 5.99 | N/A | Feb 13, 2017 |
  | The Source of Evil | The source of evil - Hush-Hush Mission is a FPS adventure virtual reality game. Players are expected to have a ferocious fight with the mutated creatures in the abandoned underground lab. | 0.99 | N/A | Feb 22, 2017 |
  | Mental Asylum VR | Immersive horror experience. Try to get out of it alive. | 0.99 | 64.9% | Jan 13, 2017 |