Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Building games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$4.5K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$480–$62.8K
Top 10% earn over
$1.2M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
22%
All Steam: 10%
Games
5,504
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
1,817
$1K–10K
1,380
$10K–100K
1,119
$100K–1M
590
$1M–10M
426
$10M+
172
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$3991,629 games
$5–10
$3.2K1,665 games
$10–15
$18.1K970 games
$15–20
$116.5K676 games
$20–30
$920.8K388 games
$30+
$1.6M176 games
Median revenue by release year
2006
$525.9M1 games
2007
$678.1K2 games
2008
$2.6M1 games
2009
$126.5K8 games
2010
$700.5K4 games
2011
$1.5M11 games
2012
$130.7K5 games
2013
$192.2K19 games
2014
$115.3K54 games
2015
$187.1K97 games
2016
$84.2K113 games
2017
$77.8K139 games
2018
$30.6K164 games
2019
$14.7K187 games
2020
$4.4K363 games
2021
$3.8K468 games
2022
$7.6K505 games
2023
$3.2K620 games
2024
$2.3K760 games
2025
$2.9K932 games
2026
$1.4K1,051 games
Top games
- 1Rust$2.3B
- 2Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI$797.4M
- 3Valheim$679.8M
- 4Stardew Valley$646.2M
- 5Palworld$598M
- 6Terraria$597.3M
- 77 Days to Die$592.5M
- 8The Forest$559M
- 9Garry's Mod$525.9M
- 10Satisfactory$453.5M
- 11Project Zomboid$442.9M
- 12ARK: Survival Evolved$422.9M
- 13Sons Of The Forest$411.7M
- 14RimWorld$352.5M
- 15Factorio$323.4M
- 16Cities: Skylines$315.8M
- 17Raft$311.1M
- 18ARK: Survival Ascended$303.7M
- 19Schedule I$279.8M
- 20Kerbal Space Program$233.1M
- 21Enshrouded$221.9M
- 22Frostpunk$220.2M
- 23Planet Zoo$216M
- 24House Flipper$208.8M
- 25Dune: Awakening$202.2M
Top developers
- Facepunch Studios3 games · $2.8B
- Endnight Games Ltd2 games · $970.7M
- Aspyr (Mac)4 games · $963.4M
- Firaxis Games2 games · $798.4M
- Aspyr (Linux)1 games · $797.4M
- Instinct Games2 games · $726.5M
- Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M
- Iron Gate AB1 games · $679.8M
- Frontier Developments9 games · $667.5M
- ConcernedApe1 games · $646.2M
Top publishers
- Facepunch Studios2 games · $2.3B
- Coffee Stain Publishing3 games · $1.1B
- Aspyr (Mac)4 games · $963.4M
- 2K3 games · $798.8M
- Snail Games USA6 games · $797.6M
- Aspyr (Linux)1 games · $797.4M
- Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M
- Paradox Interactive14 games · $718.8M
- Frontier Developments7 games · $664.4M
- ConcernedApe1 games · $646.2M