Tags · Data as of October 12, 2026

How much do Tower Defense games make on Steam?

Median revenue
$800
All Steam: $1.1K
Middle half earn
$120–$7K
Top 10% earn over
$76.6K
All Steam: $94.4K
Earn over $100K
9%
All Steam: 10%
Games
2,933
Clear

How revenue is spread

Under $1K
1,537
$1K–10K
752
$10K–100K
390
$100K–1M
162
$1M–10M
71
$10M+
21

Median revenue by price

Under $5
$2571,460 games
$5–10
$2K883 games
$10–15
$8.8K350 games
$15–20
$60.6K148 games
$20–30
$240.8K50 games
$30+
$12.6K42 games

Median revenue by release year

2008
$864.2K2 games
2009
$184.6K4 games
2010
$25.6K2 games
2011
$199.4K13 games
2012
$42.8K11 games
2013
$121.7K20 games
2014
$26.1K50 games
2015
$15K47 games
2016
$8.1K96 games
2017
$2.4K100 games
2018
$3.1K100 games
2019
$2.1K84 games
2020
$1.1K142 games
2021
$1.2K178 games
2022
$799224 games
2023
$576294 games
2024
$559455 games
2025
$409492 games
2026
$318619 games

Top games

  1. 17 Days to Die$592.5M
  2. 2Total War: WARHAMMER III$306.3M
  3. 3Bloons TD 6$236M
  4. 4They Are Billions$68M
  5. 5Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition$34.5M
  6. 6The Riftbreaker$32.6M
  7. 7Kingdom Two Crowns$31.6M
  8. 8Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™$22.6M
  9. 9Dome Keeper$16.8M
  10. 10The Last Spell$16.3M
  11. 11Diplomacy is Not an Option$16.1M
  12. 12Orcs Must Die! 3$16.1M
  13. 13Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense$15.5M
  14. 14Night of the Dead$15.3M
  15. 15Thronefall$14.7M
  16. 16Outpost: Infinity Siege$14.3M
  17. 17Craft The World$14.1M
  18. 18Cultivation Tales$12.3M
  19. 19Mindustry$12.2M
  20. 20Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition$10.5M
  21. 21Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD$10.3M
  22. 22Starship Troopers: Terran Command$10M
  23. 23Age of Darkness: Final Stand$9.6M
  24. 24Orcs Must Die! 2$9.5M
  25. 25Bad North: Jotunn Edition$9.1M

Top developers

  1. The Fun Pimps1 games · $592.5M
  2. CREATIVE ASSEMBLY1 games · $306.3M
  3. Feral Interactive1 games · $306.3M
  4. Ninja Kiwi2 games · $241.3M
  5. Numantian Games1 games · $68M
  6. Ironhide Game Studio6 games · $37.6M
  7. EXOR Studios2 games · $35M
  8. PopCap Games, Inc.1 games · $34.5M
  9. Fury Studios2 games · $32.9M
  10. Robot Entertainment4 games · $32.4M

Top publishers

  1. The Fun Pimps Entertainment LLC2 games · $592.6M
  2. SEGA4 games · $309.1M
  3. Feral Interactive1 games · $306.3M
  4. Ninja Kiwi2 games · $241.3M
  5. Numantian Games1 games · $68M
  6. Raw Fury6 games · $67.2M
  7. Electronic Arts3 games · $62.2M
  8. Ironhide Game Studio6 games · $37.6M
  9. EXOR Studios2 games · $35M
  10. PopCap Games, Inc.1 games · $34.5M

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