Steam Revenue Calculator
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How much do Old School games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$799
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$120–$5.7K
Top 10% earn over
$60.7K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
8%
All Steam: 10%
Games
6,421
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How revenue is spread

Under $1K
3,403
$1K–10K
1,729
$10K–100K
782
$100K–1M
338
$1M–10M
149
$10M+
20

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$2393,330 games
$5–10
$1.9K1,818 games
$10–15
$6K681 games
$15–20
$53.3K385 games
$20–30
$131.2K162 games
$30+
$206K45 games

Median revenue by release year

1999
$1.3M1 games
2000
$41.2M2 games
2001
$440.8K1 games
2003
$806.6K1 games
2004
$10.5M1 games
2005
$62.7K1 games
2006
$408.6K5 games
2007
$1.2M13 games
2008
$240.9K5 games
2009
$211K6 games
2010
$557.5K10 games
2011
$971.3K7 games
2012
$380.6K12 games
2013
$524.4K24 games
2014
$75.4K60 games
2015
$27.6K51 games
2016
$5.4K62 games
2017
$4.4K101 games
2018
$2K152 games
2019
$1.1K224 games
2020
$1.3K409 games
2021
$935628 games
2022
$799748 games
2023
$738796 games
2024
$719931 games
2025
$4991,063 games
2026
$3981,101 games

Top games

  1. 1ULTRAKILL$310.6M
  2. 2Counter-Strike$81.6M
  3. 3The Henry Stickmin Collection$49.6M
  4. 4Wolfenstein: The New Order$45.7M
  5. 5Serious Sam 3: BFE$32.1M
  6. 6Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove$30.1M
  7. 7Loop Hero$24.9M
  8. 8Shadow Warrior$23.5M
  9. 9MOUSE: P.I. For Hire$21.9M
  10. 10Mortal Online 2$21.8M
  11. 11DUSK$21.7M
  12. 12Firework$20.2M
  13. 13Songs of Conquest$17.9M
  14. 14Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun$17.1M
  15. 15Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition$15.1M
  16. 16DOOM + DOOM II$12.5M
  17. 17White Knuckle$11.7M
  18. 18Murders on the Yangtze River$11.7M
  19. 19Counter-Strike: Condition Zero$10.5M
  20. 20Suzerain$10.4M
  21. 21Sanfu$9.3M
  22. 22STAR WARS™: Battlefront Classic Collection$9M
  23. 23DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake$8.7M
  24. 24Touhou Mystia's Izakaya$8.7M
  25. 25The Precinct$8.6M

Top developers

  1. Arsi "Hakita" Patala1 games · $310.6M
  2. Valve6 games · $95.4M
  3. MachineGames4 games · $68.1M
  4. PuffballsUnited1 games · $49.6M
  5. Croteam6 games · $41.8M
  6. Yacht Club Games1 games · $30.1M
  7. Shiying Studio2 games · $29.5M
  8. id Software9 games · $29.3M
  9. Flying Wild Hog2 games · $25.5M
  10. Four Quarters1 games · $24.9M

Top publishers

  1. New Blood Interactive5 games · $340.9M
  2. Devolver Digital17 games · $99.3M
  3. Valve6 games · $95.4M
  4. Bethesda Softworks11 games · $76.4M
  5. Innersloth1 games · $49.6M
  6. Gamirror Games8 games · $39.2M
  7. Yacht Club Games1 games · $30.1M
  8. Beamdog3 games · $24.2M
  9. Square Enix11 games · $22M
  10. PlaySide1 games · $21.9M

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