Steam Revenue Calculator
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How much do Side Scroller games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$1.2K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$160–$9.1K
Top 10% earn over
$98.5K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
10%
All Steam: 10%
Games
5,972
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How revenue is spread

Under $1K
2,852
$1K–10K
1,676
$10K–100K
851
$100K–1M
361
$1M–10M
193
$10M+
39

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$2993,169 games
$5–10
$2.4K1,512 games
$10–15
$16.2K652 games
$15–20
$77.2K392 games
$20–30
$63.6K175 games
$30+
$14K72 games

Median revenue by release year

1995
$63.6K1 games
2006
$42.4K1 games
2007
$264.3K1 games
2008
$148.9K1 games
2009
$149.7K5 games
2010
$199K9 games
2011
$39.6K10 games
2012
$185.4K28 games
2013
$269.3K49 games
2014
$84.2K79 games
2015
$22.2K117 games
2016
$35.7K148 games
2017
$7K184 games
2018
$4.2K263 games
2019
$2.4K270 games
2020
$898427 games
2021
$998726 games
2022
$1.1K619 games
2023
$958683 games
2024
$719766 games
2025
$499853 games
2026
$260731 games

Top games

  1. 1Hollow Knight$363.6M
  2. 2Cuphead$191.7M
  3. 3Geometry Dash$144.4M
  4. 4Celeste$127.7M
  5. 5Blasphemous$113.6M
  6. 6Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition$74.3M
  7. 7Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night$71.9M
  8. 8Skul: The Hero Slayer$60M
  9. 9BattleBlock Theater®$49.4M
  10. 10ASTLIBRA Revision$37.3M
  11. 11Broforce$36.4M
  12. 12SANABI$30.8M
  13. 13Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove$30.1M
  14. 14Blasphemous 2$25.1M
  15. 15LIMBO$24.9M
  16. 16My Friend Pedro$24.1M
  17. 17Sonic Mania$23.9M
  18. 18Super Meat Boy$22.1M
  19. 19Streets of Rage 4$21.2M
  20. 20ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist$21.1M
  21. 21Spelunky 2$19.4M
  22. 22Kingdom Heroes 8$18.8M
  23. 23Valiant Hearts: The Great War™ / Soldats Inconnus : Mémoires de la Grande Guerre™$18.1M
  24. 24Salt and Sanctuary$17.7M
  25. 25Rogue Legacy 2$17.5M

Top developers

  1. Team Cherry1 games · $363.6M
  2. Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.1 games · $191.7M
  3. RobTop Games1 games · $144.4M
  4. The Game Kitchen3 games · $141M
  5. Extremely OK Games, Ltd.1 games · $127.7M
  6. Maddy Makes Games Inc.1 games · $127.7M
  7. Moon Studios GmbH1 games · $74.3M
  8. ArtPlay1 games · $71.9M
  9. SOUTHPAW GAMES1 games · $60M
  10. The Behemoth4 games · $50.7M

Top publishers

  1. Team Cherry1 games · $363.6M
  2. Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc.1 games · $191.7M
  3. Team176 games · $158.4M
  4. RobTop Games1 games · $144.4M
  5. Maddy Makes Games Inc.1 games · $127.7M
  6. Xbox Game Studios8 games · $94.7M
  7. NEOWIZ5 games · $93.5M
  8. Devolver Digital14 games · $74.9M
  9. 505 Games5 games · $73.8M
  10. Ubisoft12 games · $60.6M

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