Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Beat 'em up games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$1.6K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$159–$21.9K
Top 10% earn over
$452.3K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
15%
All Steam: 10%
Games
1,926
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
888
$1K–10K
452
$10K–100K
302
$100K–1M
131
$1M–10M
104
$10M+
49
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$200803 games
$5–10
$1.8K496 games
$10–15
$12.6K251 games
$15–20
$48.6K194 games
$20–30
$179.1K89 games
$30+
$498K93 games
Median revenue by release year
2005
$62.7K1 games
2008
$27.8M1 games
2009
$596.4K6 games
2010
$1.1M3 games
2012
$555.1K8 games
2013
$1M20 games
2014
$333.6K28 games
2015
$57K36 games
2016
$26.9K54 games
2017
$28.8K61 games
2018
$16.8K65 games
2019
$4.2K70 games
2020
$2.6K149 games
2021
$1.3K202 games
2022
$1.1K197 games
2023
$1.1K202 games
2024
$580286 games
2025
$499290 games
2026
$240244 games
2027
$02 games
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