Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do 4X games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$19.2K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$1.7K–$265.1K
Top 10% earn over
$3.9M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
33%
All Steam: 10%
Games
587
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
115
$1K–10K
146
$10K–100K
131
$100K–1M
92
$1M–10M
64
$10M+
39
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$99891 games
$5–10
$4.4K151 games
$10–15
$8.8K86 games
$15–20
$66.8K83 games
$20–30
$307.8K88 games
$30+
$1.4M88 games
Median revenue by release year
2006
$578.2K6 games
2007
$721.7K2 games
2008
$1.1M2 games
2009
$114.2K4 games
2010
$109.1K7 games
2011
$164.2K4 games
2012
$272.7K7 games
2013
$1.3M8 games
2014
$195.5K16 games
2015
$85.7K26 games
2016
$68.5K22 games
2017
$160.7K31 games
2018
$119K18 games
2019
$32.9K26 games
2020
$52.5K39 games
2021
$6.3K40 games
2022
$18.2K48 games
2023
$8.1K61 games
2024
$8.4K67 games
2025
$2.3K71 games
2026
$4.3K82 games
Top games
- 1Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI$797.4M
- 2Stellaris$334.2M
- 3Total War: WARHAMMER II$301.3M
- 4Crusader Kings III$275.4M
- 5Europa Universalis IV$270.4M
- 6Sid Meier's Civilization VII$221.9M
- 7Sid Meier's Civilization® V$184.7M
- 8Manor Lords$182.8M
- 9Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$171.2M
- 10Northgard: Definitive Edition$112.5M
- 11Total War: WARHAMMER$94.4M
- 12Europa Universalis V$72.3M
- 13X4: Foundations$62.2M
- 14HUMANKIND™$54.4M
- 15Against the Storm$49.1M
- 16Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$49.1M
- 17Frostpunk 2$46.3M
- 18Farthest Frontier$42.1M
- 19Age of Wonders 4$41.3M
- 20Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era$38.6M
- 21Battle Brothers$38.6M
- 22Imperator: Rome$38M
- 23STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack$35.5M
- 24ENDLESS Space™ 2$33.9M
- 25Kingdoms and Castles$29.7M
Top developers
- Firaxis Games11 games · $1.2B
- Aspyr (Mac)4 games · $1B
- Aspyr (Linux)3 games · $1B
- Paradox Development Studio5 games · $918.8M
- CREATIVE ASSEMBLY5 games · $429M
- Feral Interactive (Mac)4 games · $425M
- Feral Interactive (Linux)3 games · $422.6M
- Paradox Tinto2 games · $342.7M
- Slavic Magic1 games · $182.8M
- Climax Studios1 games · $171.2M
Top publishers
- 2K11 games · $1.3B
- Paradox Interactive19 games · $1.1B
- Aspyr (Mac)4 games · $1B
- Aspyr (Linux)3 games · $1B
- Hooded Horse19 games · $478.8M
- SEGA6 games · $447.6M
- Feral Interactive (Mac)4 games · $425M
- Feral Interactive (Linux)3 games · $422.6M
- Xbox Game Studios2 games · $175.1M
- Shiro Games2 games · $132.4M