Steam Revenue Calculator
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How much do Life Sim games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$3.4K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$399–$32K
Top 10% earn over
$224.7K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
14%
All Steam: 10%
Games
3,883
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How revenue is spread

Under $1K
1,367
$1K–10K
1,035
$10K–100K
924
$100K–1M
345
$1M–10M
171
$10M+
41

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$4381,480 games
$5–10
$4.4K1,163 games
$10–15
$24.6K634 games
$15–20
$76.2K362 games
$20–30
$232.7K169 games
$30+
$65.1K75 games

Median revenue by release year

2009
$129.5K1 games
2010
$700.5K2 games
2011
$30.5M1 games
2013
$140.7K6 games
2014
$52.3K8 games
2015
$20.4K12 games
2016
$60.3K23 games
2017
$53.7K26 games
2018
$4.5K43 games
2019
$47.2K55 games
2020
$4.5K172 games
2021
$3.3K235 games
2022
$5.3K338 games
2023
$5.7K454 games
2024
$4.1K602 games
2025
$3.4K876 games
2026
$1.4K1,029 games

Top games

  1. 1Stardew Valley$646.2M
  2. 2Crusader Kings III$275.4M
  3. 3Supermarket Simulator$93.9M
  4. 4MiSide$88.2M
  5. 5Crime Scene Cleaner$72.2M
  6. 6WorldBox - God Simulator$60.7M
  7. 7inZOI$59.4M
  8. 8My Time at Portia$51.2M
  9. 9My Time at Sandrock$47.4M
  10. 10TCG Card Shop Simulator$47.1M
  11. 11Disney Dreamlight Valley$43.6M
  12. 12PC Building Simulator$41.3M
  13. 13Paralives$40.2M
  14. 14Wobbly Life$38M
  15. 15Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator$37.3M
  16. 16Unpacking$34.6M
  17. 17Coral Island$32.3M
  18. 18The Sims™ 3$30.5M
  19. 19Bellwright$29.9M
  20. 20Dinkum$27.2M
  21. 21Sun Haven$27.1M
  22. 22VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action$24.9M
  23. 23Volcano Princess$24.3M
  24. 24Fields of Mistria$22.6M
  25. 25Big Ambitions$18.2M

Top developers

  1. ConcernedApe1 games · $646.2M
  2. Paradox Development Studio1 games · $275.4M
  3. Pathea Games2 games · $98.6M
  4. Nokta Games1 games · $93.9M
  5. AIHASTO1 games · $88.2M
  6. President Studio1 games · $72.2M
  7. Maxim Karpenko1 games · $60.7M
  8. inZOI Studio1 games · $59.4M
  9. OPNeon Games1 games · $47.1M
  10. Gameloft1 games · $43.6M

Top publishers

  1. ConcernedApe1 games · $646.2M
  2. Paradox Interactive1 games · $275.4M
  3. PlayWay S.A.102 games · $122.2M
  4. IndieArk6 games · $104.5M
  5. Focus Entertainment3 games · $100.7M
  6. Nokta Games1 games · $93.9M
  7. Shochiku (Japan)1 games · $88.2M
  8. KRAFTON, Inc.2 games · $86.6M
  9. President Studio1 games · $72.2M
  10. Balor Games6 games · $67.3M

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