Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Grand Strategy games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$5.5K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$476–$84.4K
Top 10% earn over
$1.5M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
24%
All Steam: 10%
Games
1,164
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
379
$1K–10K
271
$10K–100K
239
$100K–1M
134
$1M–10M
92
$10M+
49
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$318329 games
$5–10
$2.6K275 games
$10–15
$8.9K152 games
$15–20
$27K162 games
$20–30
$320.3K125 games
$30+
$964.6K121 games
Median revenue by release year
2006
$2M3 games
2007
$44.3K3 games
2008
$484.5K2 games
2009
$193.9K10 games
2010
$67.9K13 games
2011
$80.5K7 games
2012
$161.4K9 games
2013
$1.5M6 games
2014
$156.5K27 games
2015
$85.6K27 games
2016
$69.5K36 games
2017
$58.1K45 games
2018
$80.1K35 games
2019
$18.1K54 games
2020
$14.4K99 games
2021
$3.3K78 games
2022
$2.5K102 games
2023
$3.2K112 games
2024
$3.3K134 games
2025
$1.2K160 games
2026
$799202 games
Top games
- 1Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI$797.4M
- 2Hearts of Iron IV$627.5M
- 3Stellaris$334.2M
- 4Total War: WARHAMMER III$306.3M
- 5Total War: WARHAMMER II$301.3M
- 6Crusader Kings III$275.4M
- 7Europa Universalis IV$270.4M
- 8Sid Meier's Civilization VII$221.9M
- 9Sid Meier's Civilization® V$184.7M
- 10Manor Lords$182.8M
- 11Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$149.3M
- 12Victoria 3$99.7M
- 13Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$96.9M
- 14Total War: WARHAMMER$94.4M
- 15Europa Universalis V$72.3M
- 16X4: Foundations$62.2M
- 17HUMANKIND™$54.4M
- 18Against the Storm$49.1M
- 19Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic$49.1M
- 20Age of Wonders 4$41.3M
- 21ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV$38.8M
- 22Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era$38.6M
- 23Battle Brothers$38.6M
- 24Imperator: Rome$38M
- 25STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack$35.5M
Top developers
- Paradox Development Studio17 games · $1.7B
- Firaxis Games9 games · $1.2B
- CREATIVE ASSEMBLY14 games · $1.1B
- Aspyr (Linux)3 games · $1B
- Aspyr (Mac)3 games · $1B
- Feral Interactive (Mac)8 games · $625.1M
- Feral Interactive (Linux)6 games · $604.9M
- Feral Interactive4 games · $448.3M
- Paradox Tinto2 games · $342.7M
- Slavic Magic1 games · $182.8M
Top publishers
- Paradox Interactive30 games · $1.8B
- 2K9 games · $1.2B
- SEGA15 games · $1.1B
- Aspyr (Linux)3 games · $1B
- Aspyr (Mac)3 games · $1B
- Feral Interactive (Mac)8 games · $625.1M
- Feral Interactive (Linux)6 games · $604.9M
- Hooded Horse19 games · $478.8M
- Feral Interactive3 games · $429.7M
- AMPLITUDE Studios4 games · $111.9M