Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026

How much do PvE games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$499
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$99–$4.2K
Top 10% earn over
$59.5K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
8%
All Steam: 10%
Games
8,420
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
4,975
$1K–10K
1,913
$10K–100K
843
$100K–1M
358
$1M–10M
196
$10M+
135

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$1604,278 games
$5–10
$9792,197 games
$10–15
$3.9K974 games
$15–20
$26.8K478 games
$20–30
$240.9K276 games
$30+
$606.9K217 games

Median revenue by release year

2005
$187.5K1 games
2006
$310.5K1 games
2007
$116.7K1 games
2009
$455.2K1 games
2010
$2.1K1 games
2011
$364.7K3 games
2012
$19.7K2 games
2013
$1.5M7 games
2014
$61.7K11 games
2015
$26.4K27 games
2016
$15.2K40 games
2017
$10.7K66 games
2018
$6.4K86 games
2019
$5.1K111 games
2020
$915348 games
2021
$649626 games
2022
$699758 games
2023
$5391,019 games
2024
$5991,477 games
2025
$4781,765 games
2026
$2392,068 games
2027
$01 games

Top games

  1. 1HELLDIVERS™ 2$1.6B
  2. 2Valheim$679.8M
  3. 3Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition$619.7M
  4. 4Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2$494.5M
  5. 5Dying Light$449.4M
  6. 6Deep Rock Galactic$437.4M
  7. 7Crimson Desert Enhanced$392.2M
  8. 8Squad$348.4M
  9. 9God of War$312.3M
  10. 10ARK: Survival Ascended$303.7M
  11. 11ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN$249.6M
  12. 12Borderlands 4$242.9M
  13. 13The Outlast Trials$224.9M
  14. 14Enshrouded$221.9M
  15. 15Stellar Blade™$218.4M
  16. 16PAYDAY 2$213.8M
  17. 17Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$209.6M
  18. 18Dune: Awakening$202.2M
  19. 19Lethal Company$197.5M
  20. 20Back 4 Blood$195.5M
  21. 21MONSTER HUNTER RISE$190.3M
  22. 22V Rising$186.1M
  23. 23Dragon's Dogma 2$182.7M
  24. 24Diablo® IV$180.8M
  25. 25Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$171.2M

Top developers

  1. Arrowhead Game Studios1 games · $1.6B
  2. Iron Gate AB1 games · $679.8M
  3. Rare Ltd1 games · $619.7M
  4. Saber Interactive5 games · $590.6M
  5. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.15 games · $509.5M
  6. Ghost Ship Games2 games · $458.3M
  7. Techland1 games · $449.4M
  8. Pearl Abyss1 games · $392.2M
  9. Offworld2 games · $392.1M
  10. Fatshark3 games · $370.8M

Top publishers

  1. PlayStation Publishing LLC2 games · $1.9B
  2. Coffee Stain Publishing5 games · $1.2B
  3. Xbox Game Studios5 games · $827M
  4. Focus Entertainment6 games · $617.7M
  5. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.15 games · $509.5M
  6. Techland1 games · $449.4M
  7. Bandai Namco Entertainment7 games · $425.2M
  8. 2K7 games · $401.6M
  9. Pearl Abyss1 games · $392.2M
  10. Offworld2 games · $392.1M

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