Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Open World games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$5.4K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$438–$182.9K
Top 10% earn over
$4.9M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
28%
All Steam: 10%
Games
7,414
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
2,472
$1K–10K
1,654
$10K–100K
1,190
$100K–1M
751
$1M–10M
780
$10M+
567
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$3182,197 games
$5–10
$2.4K1,815 games
$10–15
$18.9K1,152 games
$15–20
$157.5K1,120 games
$20–30
$1.6M671 games
$30+
$12.2M459 games
Median revenue by release year
2004
$10.5M1 games
2005
$1.2M2 games
2006
$81.7K4 games
2007
$1M6 games
2008
$1.5M26 games
2009
$1.4M31 games
2010
$1.7M25 games
2011
$2.7M29 games
2012
$1.6M35 games
2013
$1.5M56 games
2014
$683.7K139 games
2015
$397.7K186 games
2016
$226.1K235 games
2017
$553.9K261 games
2018
$51K302 games
2019
$49.6K277 games
2020
$11K525 games
2021
$2.4K691 games
2022
$2.8K706 games
2023
$1.7K822 games
2024
$2.2K953 games
2025
$1.6K1,042 games
2026
$1.4K1,048 games
2027
$04 games
Top games
- 1Cyberpunk 2077$2.6B
- 2Black Myth: Wukong$2.5B
- 3Red Dead Redemption 2$2.5B
- 4ELDEN RING$2.4B
- 5Rust$2.3B
- 6The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered$2B
- 7HELLDIVERS™ 2$1.6B
- 8DayZ$932.6M
- 9No Man's Sky$915.1M
- 10DARK SOULS™ III$803.2M
- 11Hogwarts Legacy$795.8M
- 12Forza Horizon 5$753.2M
- 13Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition$749.6M
- 14Euro Truck Simulator 2$731.2M
- 15Valheim$679.8M
- 16Stardew Valley$646.2M
- 17Hearts of Iron IV$627.5M
- 18Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition$619.7M
- 19Palworld$598M
- 20Terraria$597.3M
- 217 Days to Die$592.5M
- 22Battlefield™ V$569.5M
- 23The Forest$559M
- 24Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord$555.9M
- 25Far Cry® 5$501.4M
Top developers
- CD PROJEKT RED5 games · $4.7B
- FromSoftware, Inc.5 games · $4.3B
- Rockstar Games7 games · $2.7B
- Game Science1 games · $2.5B
- Facepunch Studios1 games · $2.3B
- Ubisoft Montreal18 games · $2.2B
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.9 games · $1.6B
- Arrowhead Game Studios1 games · $1.6B
- Bethesda Game Studios11 games · $1.5B
- Bohemia Interactive10 games · $1.4B
Top publishers
- CD PROJEKT RED7 games · $4.7B
- Ubisoft59 games · $4.3B
- Bandai Namco Entertainment11 games · $3.8B
- FromSoftware, Inc.4 games · $3.5B
- Rockstar Games12 games · $3.4B
- PlayStation Publishing LLC14 games · $3.4B
- Xbox Game Studios29 games · $3.2B
- Electronic Arts37 games · $2.9B
- Game Science1 games · $2.5B
- Facepunch Studios1 games · $2.3B