Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Nostalgia games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$9.9K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$959–$278.6K
Top 10% earn over
$1.8M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
31%
All Steam: 10%
Games
356
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
92
$1K–10K
87
$10K–100K
66
$100K–1M
54
$1M–10M
50
$10M+
7
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$928124 games
$5–10
$14.6K117 games
$10–15
$44.1K48 games
$15–20
$304.2K33 games
$20–30
$1M21 games
$30+
$3.8M13 games
Median revenue by release year
2000
$81.6M1 games
2006
$319.6K3 games
2007
$472K2 games
2008
$1.4M1 games
2009
$1.9M1 games
2010
$478.7K3 games
2011
$2.1M2 games
2012
$122.3K1 games
2013
$2.1M6 games
2014
$48K30 games
2015
$458.4K8 games
2016
$1.4M7 games
2017
$84.9K9 games
2018
$37.8K8 games
2019
$40.2K9 games
2020
$2.8K12 games
2021
$13.8K26 games
2022
$49.2K28 games
2023
$79843 games
2024
$1.9K46 games
2025
$3.4K55 games
2026
$3K53 games
Top games
- 1Counter-Strike$81.6M
- 2Age of Mythology: Extended Edition$46.9M
- 3Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy$32.8M
- 4Sea of Stars: Sunset Edition$20.9M
- 5Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition$14.8M
- 6Rise of Nations: Extended Edition$13.1M
- 7Gothic 1 Classic$12.9M
- 8DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake$8.7M
- 9Return to Monkey Island$7.6M
- 10Parkitect$7.4M
- 11Sonic Origins$5.8M
- 12Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown$5.3M
- 13DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined$4.7M
- 14Hidden Deep$3.9M
- 15Hot Lava$3.8M
- 16The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales$3.8M
- 17DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake$3.8M
- 18Papa's Freezeria Deluxe$3.6M
- 19DuckTales: Remastered$3.6M
- 20FINAL FANTASY$3.5M
- 21FINAL FANTASY VIII$3.4M
- 22DORAEMON STORY OF SEASONS$3.3M
- 23Space Rangers HD: A War Apart$3.2M
- 24Strike Force Heroes$3M
- 25FINAL FANTASY VI$3M
Top developers
- Valve1 games · $81.6M
- SkyBox Labs2 games · $60M
- Ensemble Studios1 games · $46.9M
- Forgotten Empires1 games · $46.9M
- Square Enix13 games · $39M
- Iron Galaxy Studios1 games · $32.8M
- Vicarious Visions1 games · $32.8M
- Sabotage Studio1 games · $20.9M
- Dotemu2 games · $16.9M
- Big Huge Games1 games · $13.1M
Top publishers
- Valve1 games · $81.6M
- Xbox Game Studios2 games · $60M
- Square Enix13 games · $39M
- Activision1 games · $32.8M
- Sabotage Studio1 games · $20.9M
- Ubisoft Entertainment1 games · $14.8M
- THQ Nordic2 games · $14.4M
- Daedalic Entertainment2 games · $9.2M
- Devolver Digital1 games · $7.6M
- Texel Raptor1 games · $7.4M