Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026

How much do City Builder games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$6.4K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$699–$78.9K
Top 10% earn over
$1.3M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
23%
All Steam: 10%
Games
2,149
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
638
$1K–10K
533
$10K–100K
491
$100K–1M
241
$1M–10M
176
$10M+
70

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$438551 games
$5–10
$3.8K668 games
$10–15
$17.5K348 games
$15–20
$77.7K273 games
$20–30
$1.2M189 games
$30+
$482.9K120 games

Median revenue by release year

2006
$1M1 games
2007
$163K1 games
2008
$48.6K7 games
2009
$114.4K7 games
2010
$89.4K5 games
2011
$4.4M3 games
2012
$431K5 games
2013
$617.2K12 games
2014
$806.9K22 games
2015
$73.4K33 games
2016
$85.5K42 games
2017
$47.4K53 games
2018
$81K60 games
2019
$28.4K103 games
2020
$7K110 games
2021
$10.1K184 games
2022
$12.9K199 games
2023
$5.7K274 games
2024
$3K305 games
2025
$2.6K361 games
2026
$1.1K362 games

Top games

  1. 1Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI$797.4M
  2. 2RimWorld$352.5M
  3. 3Factorio$323.4M
  4. 4Cities: Skylines$315.8M
  5. 5Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition$268.2M
  6. 6Sid Meier's Civilization VII$221.9M
  7. 7Frostpunk$220.2M
  8. 8Planet Zoo$216M
  9. 9Cities: Skylines II$188.4M
  10. 10Manor Lords$182.8M
  11. 11Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$171.2M
  12. 12Planet Coaster$157.9M
  13. 13Jurassic World Evolution 2$116.8M
  14. 14Northgard: Definitive Edition$112.5M
  15. 15Jurassic World Evolution$106.6M
  16. 16Prison Architect$105.7M
  17. 17Age of Empires II (Retired)$100.1M
  18. 18Dyson Sphere Program$98.7M
  19. 19Anno 1800$88.5M
  20. 20They Are Billions$68M
  21. 21Timberborn$66.6M
  22. 22Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition$63.8M
  23. 23inZOI$59.4M
  24. 24HUMANKIND™$54.4M
  25. 25Transport Fever 2$53.1M

Top developers

  1. Firaxis Games5 games · $1B
  2. Aspyr (Mac)4 games · $963.4M
  3. Aspyr (Linux)1 games · $797.4M
  4. Frontier Developments9 games · $667.5M
  5. Forgotten Empires5 games · $617.4M
  6. World's Edge4 games · $517.3M
  7. Colossal Order4 games · $505.4M
  8. Ludeon Studios1 games · $352.5M
  9. Tantalus Media2 games · $332M
  10. Wube Software LTD.1 games · $323.4M

Top publishers

  1. 2K5 games · $1B
  2. Aspyr (Mac)4 games · $963.4M
  3. Aspyr (Linux)1 games · $797.4M
  4. Frontier Developments7 games · $664.4M
  5. Xbox Game Studios9 games · $636.7M
  6. Paradox Interactive13 games · $636.2M
  7. Ludeon Studios1 games · $352.5M
  8. Hooded Horse11 games · $335.6M
  9. Wube Software LTD.1 games · $323.4M
  10. 11 bit studios2 games · $266.5M

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