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
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
- 1HELLDIVERS™ 2$1.6B
- 2Valheim$679.8M
- 3Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition$619.7M
- 4Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2$494.5M
- 5Dying Light$449.4M
- 6Deep Rock Galactic$437.4M
- 7Crimson Desert Enhanced$392.2M
- 8Squad$348.4M
- 9God of War$312.3M
- 10ARK: Survival Ascended$303.7M
- 11ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN$249.6M
- 12Borderlands 4$242.9M
- 13The Outlast Trials$224.9M
- 14Enshrouded$221.9M
- 15Stellar Blade™$218.4M
- 16PAYDAY 2$213.8M
- 17Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$209.6M
- 18Dune: Awakening$202.2M
- 19Lethal Company$197.5M
- 20Back 4 Blood$195.5M
- 21MONSTER HUNTER RISE$190.3M
- 22V Rising$186.1M
- 23Dragon's Dogma 2$182.7M
- 24Diablo® IV$180.8M
- 25Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$171.2M
Top developers
- Arrowhead Game Studios1 games · $1.6B
- Iron Gate AB1 games · $679.8M
- Rare Ltd1 games · $619.7M
- Saber Interactive5 games · $590.6M
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.15 games · $509.5M
- Ghost Ship Games2 games · $458.3M
- Techland1 games · $449.4M
- Pearl Abyss1 games · $392.2M
- Offworld2 games · $392.1M
- Fatshark3 games · $370.8M
Top publishers
- PlayStation Publishing LLC2 games · $1.9B
- Coffee Stain Publishing5 games · $1.2B
- Xbox Game Studios5 games · $827M
- Focus Entertainment6 games · $617.7M
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.15 games · $509.5M
- Techland1 games · $449.4M
- Bandai Namco Entertainment7 games · $425.2M
- 2K7 games · $401.6M
- Pearl Abyss1 games · $392.2M
- Offworld2 games · $392.1M