Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Shoot 'Em Up games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$777
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$119–$5.2K
Top 10% earn over
$40K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
6%
All Steam: 10%
Games
4,569
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
2,455
$1K–10K
1,232
$10K–100K
630
$100K–1M
191
$1M–10M
54
$10M+
7
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$2392,558 games
$5–10
$1.9K1,237 games
$10–15
$7.5K436 games
$15–20
$21.8K204 games
$20–30
$50.4K95 games
$30+
$42.4K39 games
Median revenue by release year
2005
$187.5K1 games
2006
$176.5K2 games
2007
$25K3 games
2008
$24.2K1 games
2009
$91.2K5 games
2010
$17.1K6 games
2011
$23.1K10 games
2012
$54.6K8 games
2013
$56.9K16 games
2014
$19.8K56 games
2015
$8.6K132 games
2016
$6.9K176 games
2017
$4.1K171 games
2018
$1.5K199 games
2019
$1.1K215 games
2020
$700357 games
2021
$479455 games
2022
$719481 games
2023
$878547 games
2024
$399561 games
2025
$299616 games
2026
$179551 games
Top games
- 1Cuphead$191.7M
- 2PAYDAY 3$72.9M
- 3Subverse$27M
- 4BALL x PIT$18.5M
- 5Nova Drift$11.5M
- 6Furi$11M
- 7POSTAL 4: No Regerts$10.7M
- 8Crysis 2 Remastered$9.8M
- 9Crysis 3 Remastered$8.4M
- 10POSTAL: Brain Damaged$6.9M
- 1120 Minutes Till Dawn$6.8M
- 12Journey To The Savage Planet$6.1M
- 13Saints Row®: The Third™ Remastered$4.3M
- 14Minishoot' Adventures$4.2M
- 15HARD BULLET$4.2M
- 16Metro Awakening$3.3M
- 17Dead Estate$3.1M
- 18HUNTDOWN$2.9M
- 19Raw Data$2.9M
- 20Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil$2.8M
- 21Touhou Tenkuushou ~ Hidden Star in Four Seasons.$2.3M
- 22Squirrel with a Gun$2.3M
- 23Guns, Gore and Cannoli 2$2.2M
- 24Out There Somewhere$2.2M
- 25Project Warlock$2M
Top developers
- Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.1 games · $191.7M
- Starbreeze Studios1 games · $72.9M
- Studio FOW Interactive1 games · $27M
- Kenny Sun and Friends1 games · $18.5M
- Crytek2 games · $18.2M
- Saber Interactive2 games · $18.2M
- Chimeric1 games · $11.5M
- The Game Bakers1 games · $11M
- Running With Scissors1 games · $10.7M
- 上海アリス幻樂団20 games · $10.4M
Top publishers
- Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.1 games · $191.7M
- Starbreeze Entertainment1 games · $72.9M
- Streembit Ltd1 games · $27M
- Devolver Digital5 games · $21.8M
- Crytek2 games · $18.2M
- Running With Scissors2 games · $17.6M
- Pixeljam3 games · $12.1M
- The Game Bakers1 games · $11M
- Mediascape Co., Ltd.18 games · $7.5M
- Hyperstrange3 games · $6.9M