Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Real-Time with Pause games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$51.8K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$5.1K–$778.4K
Top 10% earn over
$4.7M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
42%
All Steam: 10%
Games
350
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
48
$1K–10K
66
$10K–100K
88
$100K–1M
73
$1M–10M
47
$10M+
28
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$1.5K63 games
$5–10
$22.2K92 games
$10–15
$29.1K63 games
$15–20
$136.1K66 games
$20–30
$1.6M42 games
$30+
$2.5M24 games
Median revenue by release year
2005
$667.6K1 games
2006
$764.4K1 games
2007
$407.8K3 games
2008
$84.8K3 games
2009
$165.9K12 games
2010
$124.7K6 games
2011
$971.3K7 games
2012
$838.3K8 games
2013
$4.8M8 games
2014
$151.9K19 games
2015
$71.6K17 games
2016
$260.8K18 games
2017
$105.1K27 games
2018
$27.2K26 games
2019
$33.2K31 games
2020
$4K36 games
2021
$9.2K13 games
2022
$34.2K28 games
2023
$10.8K16 games
2024
$8.6K17 games
2025
$44K19 games
2026
$10.6K34 games
Top games
- 1Hearts of Iron IV$627.5M
- 2Stellaris$334.2M
- 3Cities: Skylines$315.8M
- 4Crusader Kings III$275.4M
- 5Europa Universalis IV$270.4M
- 6Frostpunk$220.2M
- 7Victoria 3$99.7M
- 8Company of Heroes 2$81.4M
- 9They Are Billions$68M
- 10Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition$42.4M
- 11Imperator: Rome$38M
- 12FTL: Faster Than Light$37.1M
- 13Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition$27.6M
- 14Pillars of Eternity$25M
- 15Mass Effect (2007)$21.9M
- 16Victoria II$16.1M
- 17Diplomacy is Not an Option$16.1M
- 18FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE$15.7M
- 19Door Kickers 2: Task Force North$15.2M
- 20Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition$15.1M
- 21Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire$14.4M
- 22STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™$14M
- 23Terra Invicta$13.1M
- 24Cossacks 3$12.2M
- 25Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$11.8M
Top developers
- Paradox Development Studio14 games · $1.7B
- Colossal Order1 games · $315.8M
- Paradox Tinto1 games · $270.4M
- 11 bit studios1 games · $220.2M
- Feral Interactive (Mac)3 games · $84.8M
- Relic Entertainment2 games · $82.5M
- Feral Interactive (Linux)1 games · $81.4M
- BioWare5 games · $80.7M
- Numantian Games1 games · $68M
- Obsidian Entertainment4 games · $61.1M
Top publishers
- Paradox Interactive19 games · $2B
- 11 bit studios1 games · $220.2M
- Feral Interactive (Mac)3 games · $84.8M
- Relic Entertainment2 games · $82.5M
- Feral Interactive (Linux)1 games · $81.4M
- Electronic Arts5 games · $71.6M
- Numantian Games1 games · $68M
- Xbox Game Studios2 games · $39.4M
- Subset Games1 games · $37.1M
- Beamdog5 games · $33.3M