Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Character Action Game games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$2.4K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$476–$29.5K
Top 10% earn over
$383.5K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
16%
All Steam: 10%
Games
651
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
235
$1K–10K
182
$10K–100K
129
$100K–1M
59
$1M–10M
28
$10M+
18
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$499272 games
$5–10
$3.4K166 games
$10–15
$19.2K76 games
$15–20
$42.6K66 games
$20–30
$508.9K40 games
$30+
$729.4K31 games
Median revenue by release year
2009
$290.4K2 games
2011
$38.4K1 games
2012
$234.9K2 games
2013
$788.4K6 games
2014
$543.4K7 games
2015
$45.2K7 games
2016
$18.2K14 games
2017
$26K27 games
2018
$3.8K41 games
2019
$3.4K38 games
2020
$1.5K214 games
2021
$1.2K131 games
2022
$1K47 games
2023
$8.1K32 games
2024
$6.4K26 games
2025
$16.4K30 games
2026
$5.4K26 games
Top games
- 1ULTRAKILL$310.6M
- 2NieR:Automata™$222.1M
- 3Devil May Cry 5$172.4M
- 4METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE$122.5M
- 5SCARLET NEXUS$67.5M
- 6NieR Replicant™ ver.1.22474487139...$63.5M
- 7Hi-Fi RUSH$40.4M
- 8DmC: Devil May Cry$30.9M
- 9Devil May Cry HD Collection$28.9M
- 10Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced$26.9M
- 11Bayonetta$26.9M
- 12Evil West$25.2M
- 13NINJA GAIDEN 4$21.7M
- 14KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-$21.4M
- 15Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition$20.9M
- 16Moonlighter$17M
- 17Dead as Disco$16M
- 18ICEY$13.9M
- 19Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Ultimate Edition$8.7M
- 20NINJA GAIDEN 2 Black$6M
- 21Vanquish$5M
- 22Steelrising$5M
- 23VLADiK BRUTAL$4.1M
- 24I Am Your Beast$3.8M
- 25KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind (DLC)$3.8M
Top developers
- Square Enix6 games · $311.7M
- Arsi "Hakita" Patala1 games · $310.6M
- PlatinumGames Inc.2 games · $222.6M
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.3 games · $222.2M
- PlatinumGames3 games · $154.5M
- BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.1 games · $67.5M
- Toylogic Inc.1 games · $63.5M
- Tango Gameworks1 games · $40.4M
- Ninja Theory1 games · $30.9M
- Blind Squirrel Games1 games · $26.9M
Top publishers
- Square Enix6 games · $311.7M
- New Blood Interactive1 games · $310.6M
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.2 games · $201.3M
- KONAMI2 games · $131.2M
- BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment1 games · $67.5M
- KRAFTON, Inc.1 games · $40.4M
- SEGA2 games · $31.9M
- Capcom1 games · $30.9M
- 2K1 games · $26.9M
- Focus Entertainment1 games · $25.2M