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
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
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Top developers
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Top publishers
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