Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do RTS games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$4.5K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$318–$65.2K
Top 10% earn over
$1.2M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
21%
All Steam: 10%
Games
2,487
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
881
$1K–10K
559
$10K–100K
516
$100K–1M
266
$1M–10M
173
$10M+
92
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$297822 games
$5–10
$3.9K730 games
$10–15
$18.3K354 games
$15–20
$78.4K261 games
$20–30
$589K165 games
$30+
$922.8K155 games
Median revenue by release year
2005
$187.5K1 games
2006
$150.8K5 games
2007
$262.8K12 games
2008
$42.8K7 games
2009
$170.6K31 games
2010
$42.3K16 games
2011
$81.5K31 games
2012
$97.3K15 games
2013
$271.9K28 games
2014
$68.7K66 games
2015
$63.2K73 games
2016
$79.6K79 games
2017
$35.1K120 games
2018
$15.7K70 games
2019
$14.3K96 games
2020
$10.4K162 games
2021
$1.7K181 games
2022
$3.2K196 games
2023
$2K231 games
2024
$1.7K347 games
2025
$1K372 games
2026
$480347 games
Top games
- 1Hearts of Iron IV$627.5M
- 2Total War: WARHAMMER III$306.3M
- 3Total War: WARHAMMER II$301.3M
- 4Crusader Kings III$275.4M
- 5Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition$268.2M
- 6Frostpunk$220.2M
- 7Manor Lords$182.8M
- 8Kenshi$174.9M
- 9Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition$171.2M
- 10Total War: THREE KINGDOMS$149.3M
- 11Northgard: Definitive Edition$112.5M
- 12Age of Empires II (Retired)$100.1M
- 13Dyson Sphere Program$98.7M
- 14Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition$96.9M
- 15Total War: WARHAMMER$94.4M
- 16Anno 1800$88.5M
- 17Company of Heroes 2$81.4M
- 18Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation$78.1M
- 19Company of Heroes 3$72.6M
- 20They Are Billions$68M
- 21Broken Arrow$64.3M
- 22Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition$63.8M
- 23Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun$60.5M
- 24UBOAT$56.6M
- 25Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront$56.2M
Top developers
- CREATIVE ASSEMBLY14 games · $1.1B
- Paradox Development Studio9 games · $960M
- Feral Interactive (Mac)14 games · $735.1M
- Feral Interactive5 games · $716.5M
- Feral Interactive (Linux)12 games · $715M
- Forgotten Empires7 games · $695.2M
- World's Edge5 games · $548.3M
- Relic Entertainment17 games · $410.5M
- Tantalus Media3 games · $363M
- CaptureAge2 games · $299.2M
Top publishers
- SEGA19 games · $1.1B
- Paradox Interactive17 games · $965.5M
- Feral Interactive (Mac)14 games · $735.1M
- Xbox Game Studios10 games · $718.4M
- Feral Interactive (Linux)12 games · $715M
- Feral Interactive3 games · $429.7M
- Hooded Horse11 games · $350.5M
- 11 bit studios5 games · $220.8M
- Relic Entertainment10 games · $212.4M
- Lo-Fi Games1 games · $174.9M