Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026

How much do Arcade games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$538
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$80–$3.7K
Top 10% earn over
$33.6K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
6%
All Steam: 10%
Games
16,828
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
9,781
$1K–10K
4,232
$10K–100K
1,848
$100K–1M
620
$1M–10M
256
$10M+
91

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$2009,978 games
$5–10
$1.4K4,178 games
$10–15
$6.5K1,332 games
$15–20
$27.2K653 games
$20–30
$44K354 games
$30+
$40K333 games

Median revenue by release year

2005
$125.1K2 games
2006
$450.2K5 games
2007
$146.5K5 games
2008
$629.1K8 games
2009
$91.2K17 games
2010
$78.9K21 games
2011
$46K29 games
2012
$83.1K27 games
2013
$182.9K55 games
2014
$37.4K141 games
2015
$10.2K239 games
2016
$9.1K378 games
2017
$3.4K503 games
2018
$1.8K584 games
2019
$1.4K626 games
2020
$5991,210 games
2021
$4991,583 games
2022
$5991,607 games
2023
$4751,765 games
2024
$4002,252 games
2025
$3202,641 games
2026
$1603,128 games

Top games

  1. 1Forza Horizon 5$753.2M
  2. 2Need for Speed™ Heat$436M
  3. 3Forza Horizon 6$370.7M
  4. 4Mortal Kombat 11$257.2M
  5. 5Need for Speed™ Unbound$207.2M
  6. 6DRAGON BALL FighterZ$195.4M
  7. 7TEKKEN 7$160.8M
  8. 8The Crew™ 2$153.3M
  9. 9Geometry Dash$144.4M
  10. 10ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN$136.9M
  11. 11Street Fighter™ 6$119.3M
  12. 12Balatro$116.2M
  13. 13GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-$93.6M
  14. 14TEKKEN 8$90.7M
  15. 15Mortal Kombat 1$84.3M
  16. 16CarX Drift Racing Online$83M
  17. 17REMATCH$82.4M
  18. 18Castle Crashers®$79.1M
  19. 19The Crew Motorfest$73.3M
  20. 20DJMAX RESPECT V$73.3M
  21. 21F1® 25$63.9M
  22. 22Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number$61.6M
  23. 23Vampire Survivors$60.4M
  24. 24ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE$49.8M
  25. 25Rivals of Aether$49M

Top developers

  1. Playground Games2 games · $1.1B
  2. Ghost Games3 games · $514.1M
  3. NetherRealm Studios5 games · $430M
  4. QLOC4 games · $422.9M
  5. Arc System Works20 games · $344M
  6. Shiver1 games · $257.2M
  7. Criterion Games5 games · $244.2M
  8. Bandai Namco Studios Inc.2 games · $227.6M
  9. BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.7 games · $182.4M
  10. Ivory Tower1 games · $153.3M

Top publishers

  1. Xbox Game Studios7 games · $1.2B
  2. Electronic Arts19 games · $846.5M
  3. Bandai Namco Entertainment7 games · $464.3M
  4. Warner Bros. Games4 games · $383.1M
  5. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment3 games · $302.9M
  6. Ubisoft15 games · $248.1M
  7. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment18 games · $238.5M
  8. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.6 games · $152M
  9. RobTop Games1 games · $144.4M
  10. Arc System Works25 games · $139.4M

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