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
Clear

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

  1. 1Rust$2.3B
  2. 2DayZ$932.6M
  3. 3No Man's Sky$915.1M
  4. 4Valheim$679.8M
  5. 5Dead by Daylight$660.4M
  6. 6Palworld$598M
  7. 7Terraria$597.3M
  8. 87 Days to Die$592.5M
  9. 9The Forest$559M
  10. 10Far Cry® 5$501.4M
  11. 11Subnautica$493.1M
  12. 12Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition$477.4M
  13. 13Satisfactory$453.5M
  14. 14Dying Light$449.4M
  15. 15Project Zomboid$442.9M
  16. 16Deep Rock Galactic$437.4M
  17. 17ARK: Survival Evolved$422.9M
  18. 18Sons Of The Forest$411.7M
  19. 19Left 4 Dead 2$393.8M
  20. 20Resident Evil 4$365.3M
  21. 21RimWorld$352.5M
  22. 22Factorio$323.4M
  23. 23Raft$311.1M
  24. 24S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl$310.2M
  25. 25ARK: Survival Ascended$303.7M

Top developers

  1. Facepunch Studios1 games · $2.3B
  2. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.15 games · $1.1B
  3. Endnight Games Ltd2 games · $970.7M
  4. Techland4 games · $954.9M
  5. Bohemia Interactive2 games · $933.2M
  6. Hello Games1 games · $915.1M
  7. Unknown Worlds Entertainment3 games · $838.9M
  8. Instinct Games3 games · $781.1M
  9. Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M
  10. Iron Gate AB1 games · $679.8M

Top publishers

  1. Facepunch Studios1 games · $2.3B
  2. Coffee Stain Publishing5 games · $1.6B
  3. Ubisoft11 games · $1.3B
  4. CAPCOM Co., Ltd.15 games · $1.1B
  5. Bohemia Interactive3 games · $936.4M
  6. Techland2 games · $926.8M
  7. Hello Games1 games · $915.1M
  8. Snail Games USA10 games · $861.8M
  9. Unknown Worlds Entertainment3 games · $838.9M
  10. Studio Wildcard2 games · $726.5M

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