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

Median revenue
$556
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$119–$3K
Top 10% earn over
$15.9K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
4%
All Steam: 10%
Games
10,278
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How revenue is spread

Under $1K
6,139
$1K–10K
2,787
$10K–100K
978
$100K–1M
235
$1M–10M
111
$10M+
28

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$2576,161 games
$5–10
$1.5K2,645 games
$10–15
$4.6K809 games
$15–20
$8.4K408 games
$20–30
$37.8K147 games
$30+
$9.7K108 games

Median revenue by release year

2006
$5.3M1 games
2007
$21.8M1 games
2009
$54.9K8 games
2010
$5.1M3 games
2011
$1.3M10 games
2012
$958.9K8 games
2013
$4.7M8 games
2014
$71.2K20 games
2015
$23.9K38 games
2016
$22K50 games
2017
$3.5K107 games
2018
$3.1K96 games
2019
$1.7K143 games
2020
$716395 games
2021
$7181,084 games
2022
$7981,124 games
2023
$7181,295 games
2024
$4791,799 games
2025
$3982,157 games
2026
$2391,930 games

Top games

  1. 1BioShock Infinite$158.1M
  2. 2The Callisto Protocol™$103.4M
  3. 3Max Payne 3$65.3M
  4. 4The First Berserker: Khazan$62.5M
  5. 5Hitman: Absolution™$59M
  6. 6Mafia: The Old Country$51.6M
  7. 7Call of Duty®: Black Ops$43.7M
  8. 8To the Moon$41.1M
  9. 9Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)$35.1M
  10. 10SANABI$30.8M
  11. 11Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)$30.7M
  12. 12SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS$30M
  13. 13FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster$29.4M
  14. 14Call of Duty®: Ghosts$25.6M
  15. 15Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition$21.8M
  16. 16Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007)$21.8M
  17. 17Assassin’s Creed® Rogue$21.1M
  18. 18Ryse: Son of Rome$18.8M
  19. 19The Talos Principle 2$18.5M
  20. 20Machinarium$17.3M
  21. 21Remember Me$16.4M
  22. 22Until Then$15.6M
  23. 23Call of Juarez: Gunslinger$15.4M
  24. 24FINAL FANTASY® XIII$12.8M
  25. 25A Little to the Left$12.5M

Top developers

  1. Irrational Games1 games · $158.1M
  2. Virtual Programming (Linux)1 games · $158.1M
  3. Infinity Ward5 games · $118.4M
  4. Striking Distance Studios1 games · $103.4M
  5. Rockstar Studios1 games · $65.3M
  6. Neople1 games · $62.5M
  7. Io-Interactive A/S1 games · $59M
  8. Freebird Games4 games · $57M
  9. Square Enix7 games · $53.8M
  10. Sledgehammer Games2 games · $52.5M

Top publishers

  1. 2K3 games · $214.3M
  2. Activision7 games · $184M
  3. KRAFTON, Inc.2 games · $107.5M
  4. Rockstar Games2 games · $71.6M
  5. NEXON1 games · $62.5M
  6. Io-Interactive A/S1 games · $59M
  7. Freebird Games4 games · $57M
  8. Square Enix8 games · $54M
  9. Serenity Forge3 games · $51M
  10. Devolver Digital9 games · $31.5M

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