Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026

How much do Early Access games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$999
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$158–$8.4K
Top 10% earn over
$96.2K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
10%
All Steam: 10%
Games
9,108
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
4,586
$1K–10K
2,379
$10K–100K
1,246
$100K–1M
486
$1M–10M
279
$10M+
132

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$2003,660 games
$5–10
$1.2K2,772 games
$10–15
$6K1,411 games
$15–20
$22.4K835 games
$20–30
$138K318 games
$30+
$673.1K112 games

Median revenue by release year

2013
$263.1K6 games
2014
$52.2K52 games
2015
$9.6K156 games
2016
$3.9K380 games
2017
$2.2K565 games
2018
$1.3K696 games
2019
$1.1K707 games
2020
$1.5K794 games
2021
$1.3K599 games
2022
$1.1K632 games
2023
$899719 games
2024
$798931 games
2025
$7181,168 games
2026
$3001,703 games

Top games

  1. 1Rust$2.3B
  2. 2Valheim$679.8M
  3. 3Phasmophobia$657.7M
  4. 4The Forest$559M
  5. 5Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord$555.9M
  6. 6BeamNG.drive$470.4M
  7. 7Satisfactory$453.5M
  8. 8Project Zomboid$442.9M
  9. 9ARK: Survival Evolved$422.9M
  10. 10Raft$311.1M
  11. 11ULTRAKILL$310.6M
  12. 12ARK: Survival Ascended$303.7M
  13. 13Risk of Rain 2$289.1M
  14. 14Schedule I$279.8M
  15. 15Path of Exile 2$242.5M
  16. 16Slay the Spire 2$223.7M
  17. 17Enshrouded$221.9M
  18. 18Lethal Company$197.5M
  19. 19Cities: Skylines II$188.4M
  20. 20Manor Lords$182.8M
  21. 21Subnautica 2$169.7M
  22. 22R.E.P.O.$165.3M
  23. 23Gray Zone Warfare$163.8M
  24. 24Scrap Mechanic$152.7M
  25. 25Slime Rancher$134.4M

Top developers

  1. Facepunch Studios1 games · $2.3B
  2. Instinct Games3 games · $781.1M
  3. Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M
  4. Iron Gate AB1 games · $679.8M
  5. Kinetic Games1 games · $657.7M
  6. Endnight Games Ltd1 games · $559M
  7. TaleWorlds Entertainment1 games · $555.9M
  8. BeamNG1 games · $470.4M
  9. Coffee Stain Studios1 games · $453.5M
  10. The Indie Stone1 games · $442.9M

Top publishers

  1. Facepunch Studios1 games · $2.3B
  2. Coffee Stain Publishing6 games · $1.2B
  3. Snail Games USA7 games · $850.5M
  4. Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M
  5. Kinetic Games1 games · $657.7M
  6. Endnight Games Ltd1 games · $559M
  7. TaleWorlds Entertainment1 games · $555.9M
  8. BeamNG1 games · $470.4M
  9. Axolot Games2 games · $463.8M
  10. The Indie Stone1 games · $442.9M

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