Steam Revenue Calculator
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How much do Sandbox games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$5.9K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$559–$119.5K
Top 10% earn over
$2.1M
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
26%
All Steam: 10%
Games
6,514
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
2,070
$1K–10K
1,486
$10K–100K
1,257
$100K–1M
760
$1M–10M
619
$10M+
322

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$3991,941 games
$5–10
$3.5K1,759 games
$10–15
$24.6K1,132 games
$15–20
$157.1K907 games
$20–30
$1.3M539 games
$30+
$3.7M236 games

Median revenue by release year

2004
$65.1M1 games
2005
$1.2M2 games
2006
$913.8K6 games
2007
$1.2M6 games
2008
$1.9M11 games
2009
$1.3M22 games
2010
$4.5M15 games
2011
$1.2M26 games
2012
$1.4M19 games
2013
$1.6M40 games
2014
$820.6K96 games
2015
$351.4K149 games
2016
$86.1K176 games
2017
$183.1K194 games
2018
$62.5K223 games
2019
$46K273 games
2020
$15.9K344 games
2021
$3.6K545 games
2022
$4.8K525 games
2023
$3.3K696 games
2024
$4.4K813 games
2025
$2.6K1,011 games
2026
$1.2K1,320 games

Top games

  1. 1Red Dead Redemption 2$2.5B
  2. 2Rust$2.3B
  3. 3The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered$2B
  4. 4Battlefield™ 6$1B
  5. 5DayZ$932.6M
  6. 6No Man's Sky$915.1M
  7. 7Valheim$679.8M
  8. 8Stardew Valley$646.2M
  9. 9Hearts of Iron IV$627.5M
  10. 10Palworld$598M
  11. 11Terraria$597.3M
  12. 127 Days to Die$592.5M
  13. 13The Forest$559M
  14. 14Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord$555.9M
  15. 15Garry's Mod$525.9M
  16. 16Subnautica$493.1M
  17. 17BeamNG.drive$470.4M
  18. 18Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced$467.7M
  19. 19Satisfactory$453.5M
  20. 20Project Zomboid$442.9M
  21. 21ARK: Survival Evolved$422.9M
  22. 22Sons Of The Forest$411.7M
  23. 23Forza Horizon 6$370.7M
  24. 24RimWorld$352.5M
  25. 25Stellaris$334.2M

Top developers

  1. Facepunch Studios3 games · $2.8B
  2. Rockstar Games4 games · $2.5B
  3. CD PROJEKT RED1 games · $2B
  4. Paradox Development Studio9 games · $1.6B
  5. Bohemia Interactive9 games · $1.4B
  6. Battlefield Studios1 games · $1B
  7. Endnight Games Ltd2 games · $970.7M
  8. Hello Games1 games · $915.1M
  9. Unknown Worlds Entertainment3 games · $838.9M
  10. Instinct Games3 games · $781.1M

Top publishers

  1. Rockstar Games7 games · $3.2B
  2. Facepunch Studios2 games · $2.3B
  3. Paradox Interactive21 games · $2.2B
  4. CD PROJEKT RED2 games · $2B
  5. Bohemia Interactive10 games · $1.4B
  6. Ubisoft19 games · $1.3B
  7. Coffee Stain Publishing6 games · $1.2B
  8. Electronic Arts10 games · $1.2B
  9. Hello Games1 games · $915.1M
  10. Xbox Game Studios12 games · $847.6M

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