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
Clear

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

  1. 1Rust$2.3B
  2. 2Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI$797.4M
  3. 3Valheim$679.8M
  4. 4Stardew Valley$646.2M
  5. 5Palworld$598M
  6. 6Terraria$597.3M
  7. 77 Days to Die$592.5M
  8. 8The Forest$559M
  9. 9Garry's Mod$525.9M
  10. 10Satisfactory$453.5M
  11. 11Project Zomboid$442.9M
  12. 12ARK: Survival Evolved$422.9M
  13. 13Sons Of The Forest$411.7M
  14. 14RimWorld$352.5M
  15. 15Factorio$323.4M
  16. 16Cities: Skylines$315.8M
  17. 17Raft$311.1M
  18. 18ARK: Survival Ascended$303.7M
  19. 19Schedule I$279.8M
  20. 20Kerbal Space Program$233.1M
  21. 21Enshrouded$221.9M
  22. 22Frostpunk$220.2M
  23. 23Planet Zoo$216M
  24. 24House Flipper$208.8M
  25. 25Dune: Awakening$202.2M

Top developers

  1. Facepunch Studios3 games · $2.8B
  2. Endnight Games Ltd2 games · $970.7M
  3. Aspyr (Mac)4 games · $963.4M
  4. Firaxis Games2 games · $798.4M
  5. Aspyr (Linux)1 games · $797.4M
  6. Instinct Games2 games · $726.5M
  7. Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M
  8. Iron Gate AB1 games · $679.8M
  9. Frontier Developments9 games · $667.5M
  10. ConcernedApe1 games · $646.2M

Top publishers

  1. Facepunch Studios2 games · $2.3B
  2. Coffee Stain Publishing3 games · $1.1B
  3. Aspyr (Mac)4 games · $963.4M
  4. 2K3 games · $798.8M
  5. Snail Games USA6 games · $797.6M
  6. Aspyr (Linux)1 games · $797.4M
  7. Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M
  8. Paradox Interactive14 games · $718.8M
  9. Frontier Developments7 games · $664.4M
  10. ConcernedApe1 games · $646.2M

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