Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Short games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$1.9K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$279–$16.7K
Top 10% earn over
$211.6K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
13%
All Steam: 10%
Games
2,380
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
969
$1K–10K
694
$10K–100K
406
$100K–1M
195
$1M–10M
93
$10M+
23
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$8971,698 games
$5–10
$10.4K462 games
$10–15
$62.7K143 games
$15–20
$1.3M53 games
$20–30
$431.8K17 games
$30+
$241.3K7 games
Median revenue by release year
2001
$4.6M1 games
2006
$408.6K1 games
2007
$83.7M1 games
2008
$113.1K1 games
2009
$126K12 games
2010
$691.8K6 games
2011
$102.7K12 games
2012
$231.6K17 games
2013
$382.2K38 games
2014
$151.8K64 games
2015
$24.4K76 games
2016
$34.7K104 games
2017
$11.3K132 games
2018
$3.3K157 games
2019
$1.6K205 games
2020
$1.4K236 games
2021
$1.9K173 games
2022
$898132 games
2023
$957143 games
2024
$736194 games
2025
$708336 games
2026
$479338 games
Top games
- 1Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition$248.6M
- 2Firewatch$110.8M
- 3Portal$83.7M
- 4Little Nightmares$61.7M
- 5What Remains of Edith Finch$46.3M
- 6To the Moon$41.1M
- 7Bright Memory: Infinite$35.5M
- 8SUPERHOT$34.1M
- 9The Stanley Parable$29.6M
- 10Transistor$27.4M
- 11LIMBO$24.9M
- 12Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons$24.8M
- 13ABZU$21.6M
- 14Ryse: Son of Rome$18.8M
- 15FAR: Lone Sails$18M
- 16Five Nights at Freddy's$15.8M
- 17Gorogoa$14.1M
- 18METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES$13.3M
- 19Layers of Fear (2016)$12.9M
- 20Murdered: Soul Suspect$11.8M
- 21Bright Memory$11.8M
- 22Unheard - Voices of Crime$10.6M
- 23Gone Home$10M
- 24The Beginner's Guide$9.8M
- 25A Story About My Uncle$8.9M
Top developers
- Asobo Studio1 games · $248.6M
- Campo Santo1 games · $110.8M
- Valve1 games · $83.7M
- Tarsier Studios1 games · $61.7M
- FYQD-Studio2 games · $47.3M
- Giant Sparrow1 games · $46.3M
- Freebird Games2 games · $42.3M
- SUPERHOT Team1 games · $34.1M
- Galactic Cafe1 games · $29.6M
- Supergiant Games1 games · $27.4M
Top publishers
- Xbox Game Studios3 games · $256.1M
- Panic2 games · $116.5M
- Campo Santo1 games · $110.8M
- Valve2 games · $88.2M
- Annapurna Interactive8 games · $84.1M
- BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment1 games · $61.7M
- 505 Games6 games · $60.3M
- Serenity Forge6 games · $54M
- PLAYISM9 games · $47.8M
- FYQD-Studio2 games · $47.3M