Steam Revenue Calculator
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How much do Space Sim games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$1.2K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$120–$10.8K
Top 10% earn over
$178.8K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
12%
All Steam: 10%
Games
1,238
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How revenue is spread

Under $1K
597
$1K–10K
321
$10K–100K
171
$100K–1M
75
$1M–10M
54
$10M+
20

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$160505 games
$5–10
$1.7K352 games
$10–15
$6.2K143 games
$15–20
$35.5K131 games
$20–30
$164.1K86 games
$30+
$3.8M21 games

Median revenue by release year

2006
$81.7K2 games
2008
$106.6K3 games
2009
$45.8K3 games
2010
$29.5K3 games
2011
$352K2 games
2012
$120.8K7 games
2013
$2.8M4 games
2014
$61.1K18 games
2015
$51.1K37 games
2016
$14.4K34 games
2017
$13.4K34 games
2018
$9.8K49 games
2019
$3.6K41 games
2020
$2K95 games
2021
$997124 games
2022
$1.1K133 games
2023
$909126 games
2024
$479137 games
2025
$359170 games
2026
$378216 games

Top games

  1. 1No Man's Sky$915.1M
  2. 2Starfield$277M
  3. 3Kerbal Space Program$233.1M
  4. 4Oxygen Not Included$162.9M
  5. 5Dyson Sphere Program$98.7M
  6. 6Elite Dangerous$97.5M
  7. 7Space Engineers$96.6M
  8. 8Kerbal Space Program 2$68.5M
  9. 9X4: Foundations$62.2M
  10. 10STAR WARS™: Squadrons$49.2M
  11. 11Universe Sandbox$41.2M
  12. 12FTL: Faster Than Light$37.1M
  13. 13Hardspace: Shipbreaker$33.4M
  14. 14Empyrion - Galactic Survival$28.6M
  15. 15SpaceEngine$23.6M
  16. 16Marauders$19.9M
  17. 17Avorion$15.9M
  18. 18Space Haven$12.6M
  19. 19Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander$11.8M
  20. 20Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion$10M
  21. 21Starbase$7.8M
  22. 22EVERSPACE™$7.1M
  23. 23Deliver Us The Moon$6.8M
  24. 24Void Crew$5.9M
  25. 25Space Engineers 2$5.6M

Top developers

  1. Hello Games1 games · $915.1M
  2. Bethesda Game Studios1 games · $277M
  3. Squad1 games · $233.1M
  4. Klei Entertainment1 games · $162.9M
  5. Keen Software House2 games · $102.2M
  6. Youthcat Studio1 games · $98.7M
  7. Frontier Developments1 games · $97.5M
  8. Egosoft8 games · $69.3M
  9. Intercept Games1 games · $68.5M
  10. MOTIVE1 games · $49.2M

Top publishers

  1. Hello Games1 games · $915.1M
  2. Private Division2 games · $301.6M
  3. Bethesda Softworks1 games · $277M
  4. Klei Entertainment1 games · $162.9M
  5. Keen Software House2 games · $102.2M
  6. Gamirror Games2 games · $98.8M
  7. Frontier Developments1 games · $97.5M
  8. Egosoft8 games · $69.3M
  9. Electronic Arts1 games · $49.2M
  10. Giant Army1 games · $41.2M

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