Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026

How much do Action games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$1.1K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$160–$10K
Top 10% earn over
$146K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
11%
All Steam: 10%
Games
46,116
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
22,723
$1K–10K
11,878
$10K–100K
6,264
$100K–1M
2,638
$1M–10M
1,664
$10M+
949

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$29922,927 games
$5–10
$1.8K12,215 games
$10–15
$9K4,842 games
$15–20
$57.4K3,254 games
$20–30
$204.8K1,636 games
$30+
$781.1K1,242 games

Median revenue by release year

1995
$63.6K1 games
1998
$56.6M1 games
1999
$3.8M2 games
2000
$41.2M2 games
2001
$2.5M2 games
2003
$806.6K1 games
2004
$65.1M3 games
2005
$365.2K4 games
2006
$684.7K26 games
2007
$679.8K53 games
2008
$700.8K68 games
2009
$300.2K115 games
2010
$200.8K91 games
2011
$212.9K124 games
2012
$285K168 games
2013
$271.7K240 games
2014
$34.8K659 games
2015
$11.2K1,061 games
2016
$5.1K1,794 games
2017
$2.3K2,559 games
2018
$1.3K2,865 games
2019
$1K2,661 games
2020
$1.2K3,286 games
2021
$9983,576 games
2022
$1K3,877 games
2023
$8994,460 games
2024
$7195,614 games
2025
$6006,361 games
2026
$2796,418 games
2027
$07 games

Top games

  1. 1Cyberpunk 2077$2.6B
  2. 2Black Myth: Wukong$2.5B
  3. 3Red Dead Redemption 2$2.5B
  4. 4ELDEN RING$2.4B
  5. 5Rust$2.3B
  6. 6The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered$2B
  7. 7HELLDIVERS™ 2$1.6B
  8. 8Battlefield™ 6$1B
  9. 9DayZ$932.6M
  10. 10No Man's Sky$915.1M
  11. 11DARK SOULS™ III$803.2M
  12. 12Hogwarts Legacy$795.8M
  13. 13Forza Horizon 5$753.2M
  14. 14Battlefield™ 2042$750M
  15. 15Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition$749.6M
  16. 16Valheim$679.8M
  17. 17Dead by Daylight$660.4M
  18. 18Phasmophobia$657.7M
  19. 19Ready or Not$641.4M
  20. 20Hearts of Iron IV$627.5M
  21. 21Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition$619.7M
  22. 22Palworld$598M
  23. 23Terraria$597.3M
  24. 247 Days to Die$592.5M
  25. 25Battlefield™ V$569.5M

Top developers

  1. FromSoftware, Inc.11 games · $4.9B
  2. CD PROJEKT RED4 games · $4.7B
  3. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.41 games · $3.4B
  4. Facepunch Studios4 games · $2.8B
  5. Rockstar Games7 games · $2.7B
  6. Game Science1 games · $2.5B
  7. Ubisoft Montreal29 games · $2.3B
  8. DICE10 games · $2.2B
  9. Arrowhead Game Studios4 games · $1.7B
  10. Feral Interactive (Mac)27 games · $1.5B

Top publishers

  1. Electronic Arts74 games · $6.8B
  2. Bandai Namco Entertainment31 games · $4.9B
  3. CD PROJEKT RED6 games · $4.7B
  4. Ubisoft99 games · $4.4B
  5. FromSoftware, Inc.7 games · $4.1B
  6. PlayStation Publishing LLC23 games · $3.8B
  7. Rockstar Games15 games · $3.5B
  8. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.39 games · $3.4B
  9. Xbox Game Studios53 games · $3.4B
  10. Bethesda Softworks56 games · $2.6B

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