Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Base Building games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$5.6K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$499–$88.9K
Top 10% earn over
$1.7M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
24%
All Steam: 10%
Games
3,472
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
1,113
$1K–10K
813
$10K–100K
706
$100K–1M
402
$1M–10M
295
$10M+
143
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$299920 games
$5–10
$2.5K968 games
$10–15
$18.2K683 games
$15–20
$105K494 games
$20–30
$1.2M301 games
$30+
$7.7M106 games
Median revenue by release year
2006
$150.8K1 games
2007
$2.5M4 games
2008
$330.6K4 games
2009
$567.7K5 games
2010
$5M2 games
2011
$165.9K10 games
2012
$6.6M4 games
2013
$5.2M10 games
2014
$885.6K20 games
2015
$620.3K42 games
2016
$139.9K53 games
2017
$154.9K84 games
2018
$61.4K84 games
2019
$32.4K115 games
2020
$10.8K210 games
2021
$4.7K276 games
2022
$6.4K297 games
2023
$3.7K416 games
2024
$3.6K535 games
2025
$2.8K616 games
2026
$1.8K683 games
Top games
- 1Valheim$679.8M
- 2Palworld$598M
- 37 Days to Die$592.5M
- 4Subnautica$493.1M
- 5Satisfactory$453.5M
- 6ARK: Survival Evolved$422.9M
- 7Sons Of The Forest$411.7M
- 8RimWorld$352.5M
- 9Squad$348.4M
- 10Factorio$323.4M
- 11Raft$311.1M
- 12ARK: Survival Ascended$303.7M
- 13Schedule I$279.8M
- 14Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition$268.2M
- 15WARDOGS$235.2M
- 16Enshrouded$221.9M
- 17Frostpunk$220.2M
- 18House Flipper$208.8M
- 19Dune: Awakening$202.2M
- 20V Rising$186.1M
- 21Fallout 76$185.4M
- 22Manor Lords$182.8M
- 23Grounded$179.3M
- 24Subnautica: Below Zero$176.2M
- 25Kenshi$174.9M
Top developers
- Unknown Worlds Entertainment3 games · $838.9M
- Instinct Games3 games · $781.1M
- Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M
- Iron Gate AB1 games · $679.8M
- Forgotten Empires6 games · $648.4M
- Pocketpair1 games · $598M
- The Fun Pimps1 games · $592.5M
- World's Edge5 games · $548.3M
- Coffee Stain Studios1 games · $453.5M
- Virtual Basement LLC2 games · $426.9M
Top publishers
- Coffee Stain Publishing3 games · $1.1B
- Xbox Game Studios13 games · $995.7M
- Unknown Worlds Entertainment3 games · $838.9M
- Snail Games USA6 games · $801.5M
- Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M
- Pocketpair1 games · $598M
- The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC1 games · $592.5M
- Axolot Games2 games · $463.8M
- Newnight 1 games · $411.7M
- Offworld2 games · $392.1M