Steam Revenue Calculator
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How much do Difficult games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$2.8K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$400–$38.8K
Top 10% earn over
$884.4K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
19%
All Steam: 10%
Games
7,568
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How revenue is spread

Under $1K
2,707
$1K–10K
2,148
$10K–100K
1,309
$100K–1M
688
$1M–10M
489
$10M+
227

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$6373,559 games
$5–10
$4K2,004 games
$10–15
$28.3K970 games
$15–20
$212K611 games
$20–30
$1.7M282 games
$30+
$8.8M142 games

Median revenue by release year

1998
$56.6M1 games
2001
$440.8K1 games
2003
$806.6K1 games
2004
$65.1M1 games
2005
$62.7K1 games
2006
$1M8 games
2007
$679.8K15 games
2008
$693.7K13 games
2009
$198.6K19 games
2010
$200.8K17 games
2011
$657.8K21 games
2012
$527.8K44 games
2013
$588.9K78 games
2014
$193.7K172 games
2015
$41K282 games
2016
$21.2K384 games
2017
$6.1K518 games
2018
$3.3K626 games
2019
$3.3K639 games
2020
$2.1K694 games
2021
$1.7K566 games
2022
$1.8K570 games
2023
$1.6K572 games
2024
$1.6K711 games
2025
$1.3K791 games
2026
$538817 games

Top games

  1. 1Black Myth: Wukong$2.5B
  2. 2ELDEN RING$2.4B
  3. 3HELLDIVERS™ 2$1.6B
  4. 4DARK SOULS™ III$803.2M
  5. 5Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition$749.6M
  6. 6Valheim$679.8M
  7. 7Dead by Daylight$660.4M
  8. 8Monster Hunter: World$458M
  9. 9Hollow Knight: Silksong$373.1M
  10. 10Hollow Knight$363.6M
  11. 11Hades$343.9M
  12. 12STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™$332.3M
  13. 13ULTRAKILL$310.6M
  14. 14Hunt: Showdown 1896$307.8M
  15. 15Resident Evil 2$303.3M
  16. 16The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$302.3M
  17. 17Risk of Rain 2$289.1M
  18. 18Don't Starve Together$271.4M
  19. 19DOOM Eternal$270.2M
  20. 20ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™$237.7M
  21. 21Bloons TD 6$236M
  22. 22Kerbal Space Program$233.1M
  23. 23Slay the Spire$230.8M
  24. 24Slay the Spire 2$223.7M
  25. 25Frostpunk$220.2M

Top developers

  1. FromSoftware, Inc.7 games · $4.6B
  2. Game Science1 games · $2.5B
  3. Arrowhead Game Studios3 games · $1.6B
  4. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.9 games · $1.2B
  5. Team Cherry2 games · $736.6M
  6. Iron Gate AB1 games · $679.8M
  7. Behaviour Interactive Inc.1 games · $660.4M
  8. Supergiant Games2 games · $509.6M
  9. Klei Entertainment6 games · $500M
  10. Mega Crit2 games · $454.5M

Top publishers

  1. Bandai Namco Entertainment7 games · $4B
  2. FromSoftware, Inc.6 games · $3.9B
  3. Game Science1 games · $2.5B
  4. PlayStation Publishing LLC3 games · $1.7B
  5. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.8 games · $1.2B
  6. Activision (Excluding Japan and Asia)1 games · $749.6M
  7. FromSoftware, Inc. (Japan)1 games · $749.6M
  8. 方块游戏 (Asia)1 games · $749.6M
  9. Team Cherry2 games · $736.6M
  10. Coffee Stain Publishing5 games · $690.6M

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