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

Median revenue
$777
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$158–$4.5K
Top 10% earn over
$31.1K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
5%
All Steam: 10%
Games
3,770
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
2,067
$1K–10K
1,025
$10K–100K
496
$100K–1M
144
$1M–10M
36
$10M+
2

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$4192,631 games
$5–10
$3.8K921 games
$10–15
$21.3K149 games
$15–20
$3.4K35 games
$20–30
$41.8K18 games
$30+
$3.1K16 games

Median revenue by release year

2014
$626.7K1 games
2015
$21.9K4 games
2016
$5.9K8 games
2017
$4.8K21 games
2018
$1.9K26 games
2019
$2.3K22 games
2020
$1.1K62 games
2021
$1.1K232 games
2022
$1.3K242 games
2023
$812315 games
2024
$980440 games
2025
$837847 games
2026
$4791,550 games

Top games

  1. 1WorldBox - God Simulator$60.7M
  2. 2Cookie Clicker$26M
  3. 3Spirit City: Lofi Sessions$9M
  4. 4Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story$7.3M
  5. 5Melvor Idle$7.2M
  6. 6Scritchy Scratchy$5.7M
  7. 7Rusty's Retirement$4.8M
  8. 8Bills Must Be Paid$4.7M
  9. 9Cast n Chill$4.6M
  10. 10Farm Together 2$4.2M
  11. 11Shelldiver$4.2M
  12. 12The Farmer Was Replaced$3.4M
  13. 13Swords & Souls: Neverseen$3.3M
  14. 14THE LONGING$3.3M
  15. 15Dragon Cliff$2.8M
  16. 16Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim$2.7M
  17. 17Berry Bury Berry$2.5M
  18. 18(the) Gnorp Apologue$2.4M
  19. 19Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator$2.3M
  20. 20Farm Manager 2021$2.1M
  21. 21Nodebuster$2M
  22. 22BitCraft Online$1.9M
  23. 23Retirement Simulator$1.9M
  24. 24Placid Plastic Duck Simulator$1.7M
  25. 25Chillquarium$1.7M

Top developers

  1. Maxim Karpenko1 games · $60.7M
  2. DashNet1 games · $26M
  3. Orteil1 games · $26M
  4. Mooncube Games1 games · $9M
  5. Nestopi Inc.2 games · $7.3M
  6. Games by Malcs1 games · $7.2M
  7. Lunch Money Games1 games · $5.7M
  8. Mister Morris Games1 games · $4.8M
  9. Rike Games2 games · $4.7M
  10. Wombat Brawler1 games · $4.6M

Top publishers

  1. Maxim Karpenko1 games · $60.7M
  2. Playsaurus6 games · $26.9M
  3. Mooncube Games1 games · $9M
  4. Gamersky Games27 games · $7.5M
  5. Nestopi Inc.2 games · $7.3M
  6. Jagex Ltd1 games · $7.2M
  7. Funday Games1 games · $5.7M
  8. Mister Morris Games1 games · $4.8M
  9. Rike Games2 games · $4.7M
  10. Wombat Brawler1 games · $4.6M

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