Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026

How much do Addictive games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$6.3K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$1.2K–$124.4K
Top 10% earn over
$1.8M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
26%
All Steam: 10%
Games
402
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
93
$1K–10K
137
$10K–100K
67
$100K–1M
50
$1M–10M
39
$10M+
16

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$1.6K160 games
$5–10
$6K151 games
$10–15
$86.7K34 games
$15–20
$32.4K28 games
$20–30
$415.7K15 games
$30+
$824.9K14 games

Median revenue by release year

2006
$1.2M4 games
2007
$4.8M2 games
2008
$576.5K5 games
2009
$568.6K9 games
2010
$917.6K4 games
2011
$972.5K8 games
2012
$1.5M7 games
2013
$1.6M16 games
2014
$1M14 games
2015
$46.2K18 games
2016
$31.4K17 games
2017
$15.6K41 games
2018
$5.3K47 games
2019
$2.4K108 games
2020
$1.3K60 games
2021
$35912 games
2022
$2777 games
2023
$4.8K7 games
2024
$3.4M4 games
2025
$845.4K6 games
2026
$2506 games

Top games

  1. 1Bloons TD 6$236M
  2. 2Sid Meier's Civilization® V$184.7M
  3. 3Hotline Miami$52.7M
  4. 4Plague Inc: Evolved$52.6M
  5. 5Papers, Please$43.4M
  6. 6Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$34.5M
  7. 7XCOM: Enemy Unknown$29.7M
  8. 8Descenders$24.5M
  9. 9STAR WARS™ Battlefront II (Classic, 2005)$22.7M
  10. 10Game Dev Tycoon$19.8M
  11. 11The Binding of Isaac$12.1M
  12. 12Magicraft$11.9M
  13. 13Rogue Legacy$11.7M
  14. 14Spelunky$10.8M
  15. 15911 Operator$10.6M
  16. 16Risk of Rain (2013)$10.2M
  17. 17Rocksmith® 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY$7.7M
  18. 18ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE$6.8M
  19. 19Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition$6.4M
  20. 20Mini Metro$6.3M
  21. 21Beholder 2$5.9M
  22. 22Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit$5.4M
  23. 23The Sims™ 2 Legacy Collection$5.2M
  24. 24NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening$5M
  25. 25Gunpoint$5M

Top developers

  1. Ninja Kiwi1 games · $236M
  2. Firaxis Games4 games · $217.5M
  3. Aspyr (Linux)1 games · $184.7M
  4. Aspyr (Mac)1 games · $184.7M
  5. Dennaton Games1 games · $52.7M
  6. Ndemic Creations1 games · $52.6M
  7. Lucas Pope1 games · $43.4M
  8. PopCap Games, Inc.7 games · $42.2M
  9. Feral Interactive (Linux)1 games · $29.7M
  10. RageSquid1 games · $24.5M

Top publishers

  1. Ninja Kiwi1 games · $236M
  2. 2K6 games · $228.2M
  3. Aspyr (Linux)1 games · $184.7M
  4. Aspyr (Mac)1 games · $184.7M
  5. Devolver Digital2 games · $54M
  6. Ndemic Creations1 games · $52.6M
  7. Electronic Arts9 games · $49.1M
  8. 39091 games · $43.4M
  9. PopCap Games, Inc.7 games · $42.2M
  10. Feral Interactive (Linux)1 games · $29.7M

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