Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026

How much do Competitive games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$3.9K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$503–$53.3K
Top 10% earn over
$2M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
21%
All Steam: 10%
Games
1,046
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
356
$1K–10K
286
$10K–100K
180
$100K–1M
91
$1M–10M
81
$10M+
52

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$538359 games
$5–10
$2.9K297 games
$10–15
$9.8K156 games
$15–20
$90.8K113 games
$20–30
$671.6K68 games
$30+
$7.4M53 games

Median revenue by release year

1999
$1.3M1 games
2000
$41.2M2 games
2001
$440.8K1 games
2004
$37.8M2 games
2006
$1.6M1 games
2007
$11.8M2 games
2008
$2.7M3 games
2010
$181.2K3 games
2011
$997.7K3 games
2012
$1.5M4 games
2013
$235.1K11 games
2014
$962.8K15 games
2015
$123.6K34 games
2016
$26.7K61 games
2017
$5.4K86 games
2018
$10.2K76 games
2019
$2.9K110 games
2020
$5K116 games
2021
$9.5K57 games
2022
$5.2K68 games
2023
$1.6K64 games
2024
$1.8K78 games
2025
$1.3K91 games
2026
$489156 games

Top games

  1. 1Hearts of Iron IV$627.5M
  2. 2EA SPORTS FC™ 26$342.3M
  3. 3Mortal Kombat 11$257.2M
  4. 4DRAGON BALL FighterZ$195.4M
  5. 5Gray Zone Warfare$163.8M
  6. 6MORDHAU$162.2M
  7. 7TEKKEN 7$160.8M
  8. 8DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO$149.3M
  9. 9Street Fighter™ 6$119.3M
  10. 10Age of Empires II (Retired)$100.1M
  11. 11TEKKEN 8$90.7M
  12. 12Mortal Kombat 1$84.3M
  13. 13Counter-Strike$81.6M
  14. 14Insurgency$76.3M
  15. 15DJMAX RESPECT V$73.3M
  16. 16Assetto Corsa Competizione$66.9M
  17. 17Counter-Strike: Source$65.1M
  18. 18F1® 25$63.9M
  19. 19Chivalry: Medieval Warfare$54.5M
  20. 20Rivals of Aether$49M
  21. 21Pavlov$46.4M
  22. 22Injustice™ 2$42.8M
  23. 23Mortal Kombat X$38.7M
  24. 24INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road$38.5M
  25. 25Left 4 Dead$34.4M

Top developers

  1. Paradox Development Studio1 games · $627.5M
  2. NetherRealm Studios5 games · $430M
  3. QLOC4 games · $422.9M
  4. EA Canada1 games · $342.3M
  5. EA Romania1 games · $342.3M
  6. Shiver1 games · $257.2M
  7. Arc System Works14 games · $242.2M
  8. Valve8 games · $195.7M
  9. BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.2 games · $182M
  10. MADFINGER Games, a.s.1 games · $163.8M

Top publishers

  1. Paradox Interactive2 games · $628.1M
  2. Electronic Arts10 games · $478.3M
  3. Bandai Namco Entertainment3 games · $435.4M
  4. Warner Bros. Games4 games · $383.1M
  5. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment3 games · $302.9M
  6. Valve8 games · $195.7M
  7. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment3 games · $189.3M
  8. MADFINGER Games, a.s.1 games · $163.8M
  9. Triternion1 games · $162.2M
  10. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.2 games · $146.5M

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