Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026
How much do Survival games make on Steam?
Median revenue
$1.4K
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$200–$19.8K
Top 10% earn over
$451.3K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
15%
All Steam: 10%
Games
8,483
How revenue is spread
Under $1K
3,887
$1K–10K
2,065
$10K–100K
1,263
$100K–1M
569
$1M–10M
422
$10M+
277
Median revenue by price
Under $5
$2994,063 games
$5–10
$2.4K2,131 games
$10–15
$16K986 games
$15–20
$91.2K709 games
$20–30
$733.5K408 games
$30+
$5.7M186 games
Median revenue by release year
2000
$81.6M1 games
2004
$37.8M2 games
2006
$450.2K3 games
2007
$116.7K1 games
2008
$7M6 games
2009
$998.7K13 games
2010
$4.5M5 games
2011
$4.4M14 games
2012
$3.3M16 games
2013
$1.4M33 games
2014
$800.2K80 games
2015
$54K161 games
2016
$68K227 games
2017
$22K257 games
2018
$5.4K312 games
2019
$4.2K326 games
2020
$1.8K654 games
2021
$1.2K770 games
2022
$1.2K800 games
2023
$1.3K918 games
2024
$8981,176 games
2025
$6141,289 games
2026
$4001,417 games
Top games
- 1Rust$2.3B
- 2DayZ$932.6M
- 3No Man's Sky$915.1M
- 4Valheim$679.8M
- 5Dead by Daylight$660.4M
- 6Palworld$598M
- 7Terraria$597.3M
- 87 Days to Die$592.5M
- 9The Forest$559M
- 10Far Cry® 5$501.4M
- 11Subnautica$493.1M
- 12Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition$477.4M
- 13Satisfactory$453.5M
- 14Dying Light$449.4M
- 15Project Zomboid$442.9M
- 16Deep Rock Galactic$437.4M
- 17ARK: Survival Evolved$422.9M
- 18Sons Of The Forest$411.7M
- 19Left 4 Dead 2$393.8M
- 20Resident Evil 4$365.3M
- 21RimWorld$352.5M
- 22Factorio$323.4M
- 23Raft$311.1M
- 24S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl$310.2M
- 25ARK: Survival Ascended$303.7M
Top developers
- Facepunch Studios1 games · $2.3B
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.15 games · $1.1B
- Endnight Games Ltd2 games · $970.7M
- Techland4 games · $954.9M
- Bohemia Interactive2 games · $933.2M
- Hello Games1 games · $915.1M
- Unknown Worlds Entertainment3 games · $838.9M
- Instinct Games3 games · $781.1M
- Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M
- Iron Gate AB1 games · $679.8M
Top publishers
- Facepunch Studios1 games · $2.3B
- Coffee Stain Publishing5 games · $1.6B
- Ubisoft11 games · $1.3B
- CAPCOM Co., Ltd.15 games · $1.1B
- Bohemia Interactive3 games · $936.4M
- Techland2 games · $926.8M
- Hello Games1 games · $915.1M
- Snail Games USA10 games · $861.8M
- Unknown Worlds Entertainment3 games · $838.9M
- Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M