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

Median revenue
$898
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$140–$6.3K
Top 10% earn over
$53.8K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
7%
All Steam: 10%
Games
65,816
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
34,127
$1K–10K
18,028
$10K–100K
8,779
$100K–1M
3,041
$1M–10M
1,396
$10M+
445

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$31737,219 games
$5–10
$2.2K16,883 games
$10–15
$10.4K6,529 games
$15–20
$44.8K3,329 games
$20–30
$157.4K1,313 games
$30+
$11.9K543 games

Median revenue by release year

2005
$94.6K2 games
2006
$537.5K10 games
2007
$61.5K7 games
2008
$43.1K23 games
2009
$46K53 games
2010
$34.6K71 games
2011
$44.4K96 games
2012
$77.3K153 games
2013
$93.8K252 games
2014
$27.7K826 games
2015
$9.1K1,677 games
2016
$5K2,690 games
2017
$2.3K3,944 games
2018
$1.2K4,961 games
2019
$1.1K4,656 games
2020
$1.2K4,925 games
2021
$9984,590 games
2022
$9994,547 games
2023
$7794,942 games
2024
$5947,062 games
2025
$4789,038 games
2026
$23911,276 games
2027
$01 games

Top games

  1. 1Rust$2.3B
  2. 2No Man's Sky$915.1M
  3. 3Euro Truck Simulator 2$731.2M
  4. 4Valheim$679.8M
  5. 5Phasmophobia$657.7M
  6. 6Stardew Valley$646.2M
  7. 7Palworld$598M
  8. 8Terraria$597.3M
  9. 9The Forest$559M
  10. 10Clair Obscur: Expedition 33$526.2M
  11. 11Garry's Mod$525.9M
  12. 12Subnautica$493.1M
  13. 13Satisfactory$453.5M
  14. 14Project Zomboid$442.9M
  15. 15ARK: Survival Evolved$422.9M
  16. 16Hollow Knight: Silksong$373.1M
  17. 17Hollow Knight$363.6M
  18. 18RimWorld$352.5M
  19. 19Hades$343.9M
  20. 20Factorio$323.4M
  21. 21Raft$311.1M
  22. 22The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth$302.3M
  23. 23Hell Let Loose$294.7M
  24. 24Risk of Rain 2$289.1M
  25. 25Schedule I$279.8M

Top developers

  1. Facepunch Studios2 games · $2.8B
  2. Hello Games4 games · $928.2M
  3. Team Cherry2 games · $736.6M
  4. SCS Software5 games · $733.3M
  5. Iron Gate AB1 games · $679.8M
  6. Unknown Worlds Entertainment3 games · $670.8M
  7. Kinetic Games1 games · $657.7M
  8. ConcernedApe1 games · $646.2M
  9. Pocketpair3 games · $621.3M
  10. Re-Logic1 games · $597.3M

Top publishers

  1. Facepunch Studios1 games · $2.3B
  2. Coffee Stain Publishing8 games · $1.2B
  3. Hello Games4 games · $928.2M
  4. Devolver Digital108 games · $874.3M
  5. Team1728 games · $743.9M
  6. Team Cherry2 games · $736.6M
  7. SCS Software5 games · $733.3M
  8. Unknown Worlds Entertainment3 games · $670.8M
  9. Kinetic Games1 games · $657.7M
  10. ConcernedApe1 games · $646.2M

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