Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026

How much do Economy games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$4.1K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$479–$50.4K
Top 10% earn over
$764.4K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
19%
All Steam: 10%
Games
3,457
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
1,166
$1K–10K
882
$10K–100K
744
$100K–1M
356
$1M–10M
230
$10M+
79

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$4991,072 games
$5–10
$3.1K1,100 games
$10–15
$17.7K606 games
$15–20
$78.4K353 games
$20–30
$573.1K220 games
$30+
$2.2M106 games

Median revenue by release year

2005
$2.2M1 games
2006
$86.8K4 games
2007
$407.8K3 games
2008
$497.5K4 games
2009
$103.3K7 games
2010
$104.6K12 games
2011
$277.5K5 games
2012
$3.2M3 games
2013
$1.9M11 games
2014
$84.8K30 games
2015
$71.1K44 games
2016
$283.4K40 games
2017
$53.2K61 games
2018
$29.9K76 games
2019
$84.9K95 games
2020
$8.1K170 games
2021
$10K206 games
2022
$6.4K216 games
2023
$6.4K262 games
2024
$4.8K375 games
2025
$3.5K668 games
2026
$8991,164 games

Top games

  1. 1Euro Truck Simulator 2$731.2M
  2. 2EA SPORTS FC™ 26$342.3M
  3. 3Cities: Skylines$315.8M
  4. 4Crusader Kings III$275.4M
  5. 5Europa Universalis IV$270.4M
  6. 6Sid Meier's Civilization VII$221.9M
  7. 7Frostpunk$220.2M
  8. 8Planet Zoo$216M
  9. 9House Flipper$208.8M
  10. 10Cities: Skylines II$188.4M
  11. 11Sid Meier's Civilization® V$184.7M
  12. 12Manor Lords$182.8M
  13. 13American Truck Simulator$160.4M
  14. 14Planet Coaster$157.9M
  15. 15Jurassic World Evolution 2$116.8M
  16. 16Northgard: Definitive Edition$112.5M
  17. 17Jurassic World Evolution$106.6M
  18. 18Prison Architect$105.7M
  19. 19Victoria 3$99.7M
  20. 20Supermarket Simulator$93.9M
  21. 21Anno 1800$88.5M
  22. 22Farming Simulator 22$82.2M
  23. 23Europa Universalis V$72.3M
  24. 24Farming Simulator 19$68.6M
  25. 25X4: Foundations$62.2M

Top developers

  1. SCS Software2 games · $891.6M
  2. Paradox Development Studio5 games · $699.7M
  3. Frontier Developments8 games · $671.5M
  4. Colossal Order4 games · $505.4M
  5. Firaxis Games6 games · $412.7M
  6. Aspyr (Mac)3 games · $348.8M
  7. Paradox Tinto2 games · $342.7M
  8. EA Canada1 games · $342.3M
  9. EA Romania1 games · $342.3M
  10. GIANTS Software5 games · $236M

Top publishers

  1. Paradox Interactive18 games · $1.4B
  2. SCS Software2 games · $891.6M
  3. Frontier Developments8 games · $671.5M
  4. 2K8 games · $413.4M
  5. Hooded Horse16 games · $406.2M
  6. Aspyr (Mac)3 games · $348.8M
  7. Electronic Arts2 games · $348.4M
  8. PlayWay S.A.94 games · $268.3M
  9. Frozen District7 games · $244.8M
  10. GIANTS Software5 games · $236M

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