Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026

How much do Science games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$1.3K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$180–$14.8K
Top 10% earn over
$196.7K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
13%
All Steam: 10%
Games
1,129
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
530
$1K–10K
274
$10K–100K
177
$100K–1M
81
$1M–10M
43
$10M+
24

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$239472 games
$5–10
$2K311 games
$10–15
$9K135 games
$15–20
$35.5K109 games
$20–30
$170K65 games
$30+
$1.7M37 games

Median revenue by release year

2007
$83.7M1 games
2008
$79.1M1 games
2009
$138.9K1 games
2011
$94.3M2 games
2012
$569.9K1 games
2014
$136.6K14 games
2015
$8.8K12 games
2016
$35.2K23 games
2017
$13.7K31 games
2018
$11.4K42 games
2019
$2.9K41 games
2020
$3.8K87 games
2021
$1.5K118 games
2022
$1.6K128 games
2023
$1.2K112 games
2024
$600143 games
2025
$678160 games
2026
$319212 games

Top games

  1. 1Kerbal Space Program$233.1M
  2. 2The Outlast Trials$224.9M
  3. 3Portal 2$187.8M
  4. 4ICARUS$116.4M
  5. 5Portal$83.7M
  6. 6SPORE™$79.1M
  7. 7Abiotic Factor$72.9M
  8. 8Kerbal Space Program 2$68.5M
  9. 9Timberborn$66.6M
  10. 10The Talos Principle$43M
  11. 11Forza Motorsport$41.9M
  12. 12Universe Sandbox$41.2M
  13. 13STEINS;GATE$37.4M
  14. 14The Alters$26.5M
  15. 15Automation - The Car Company Tycoon Game$24.9M
  16. 16SpaceEngine$23.6M
  17. 17The Talos Principle 2$18.5M
  18. 18WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition$17.1M
  19. 19Eco$16.7M
  20. 20The Invincible$15.2M
  21. 21Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey$14.2M
  22. 22Liftoff®: FPV Drone Racing$13.5M
  23. 23Stationeers$10.9M
  24. 24STEINS;GATE 0$10M
  25. 25Mina the Hollower$10M

Top developers

  1. Valve2 games · $271.4M
  2. Squad1 games · $233.1M
  3. Red Barrels1 games · $224.9M
  4. RocketWerkz2 games · $127.3M
  5. Maxis™1 games · $79.1M
  6. Deep Field Games1 games · $72.9M
  7. Intercept Games1 games · $68.5M
  8. Mechanistry1 games · $66.6M
  9. Croteam2 games · $61.6M
  10. MAGES. Inc.8 games · $60.3M

Top publishers

  1. Private Division3 games · $315.8M
  2. Valve2 games · $271.4M
  3. Red Barrels1 games · $224.9M
  4. RocketWerkz2 games · $127.3M
  5. Electronic Arts1 games · $79.1M
  6. Playstack1 games · $72.9M
  7. Mechanistry1 games · $66.6M
  8. Devolver Digital2 games · $61.6M
  9. Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.8 games · $60.3M
  10. Croteam1 games · $43M

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