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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged 1990's on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of 1990's games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half-Life | $32.2M | 162.7K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 2 | Counter-Strike | $32.2M | 168.9K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 3 | Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds | $28.1M | 16.4K | 93% | $69.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | $950.9K | 100% | 44% | $26.1M |
| 2025 | 44 | $623.4K | 91% | 36% | $78.3M |
| 2024 | 43 | $532.2K | 79% | 37% | $45.9M |
| 2023 | 34 | $445.9K | 91% | 32% | $75.5M |
| 2022 | 38 | $774.6K | 84% | 34% | $33.4M |
| 2021 | 19 | $662.3K | 79% | 47% | $34.2M |
| 2020 | 17 | $331.4K | 71% | 24% | $34.8M |
| 2019 | 16 | $569K | 75% | 44% | $23.9M |
| 2018 | 11 | $498.5K | 73% | 36% | $33.7M |
| 2017 | 9 | $553.7K | 67% | 11% | $4.3M |
| 2016 | 12 | $469.7K | 75% | 25% | $10.8M |
| 2015 | 18 | $243.6K | 67% | 22% | $36.3M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical 1990's launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number |
| $24.3M |
| 79.3K |
| 94% |
| $14.99 |
| 5 | Pizza Tower | $24.2M | 72.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 6 | Wandering Sword | $21.5M | 43.4K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 7 | Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy | $17.3M | 21.9K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 8 | Automobilista 2 | $14.4M | 15.7K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 9 | Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection | $13.4M | 34.8K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 10 | DUSK | $10.7M | 25.3K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 11 | My Winter Car | $9.3M | 18.5K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 12 | Road 96 🛣️ | $8.4M | 25.6K | 92% | $19.96 |
| 13 | DOOM + DOOM II | $7.1M | 28.6K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 14 | Age of Empires: Definitive Edition | $6.5M | 15.5K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 15 | Retro Rewind - Video Store Simulator | $6.2M | 9.3K | 96% | $19.90 |
| 16 | Punch Club | $5.6M | 15.7K | 80% | $9.99 |
| 17 | Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game | $5.5M | 24.9K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 18 | Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl | $5.5M | 5.7K | 70% | $49.99 |
| 19 | Gone Home | $5.5M | 18.4K | 77% | $14.99 |
| 20 | Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven | $5.2M | 4.7K | 93% | $49.99 |
| 21 | Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit | $4.7M | 10.9K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Worms Armageddon | $4.7M | 10.8K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 23 | Touhou Mystia's Izakaya | $4.5M | 32.3K | 99% | $5.99 |
| 24 | Lost Records: Bloom & Rage | $4.5M | 6.2K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Killer Frequency | $4.4M | 6K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 26 | Half-Life: Source | $4.4M | 16.7K | 69% | $9.99 |
| 27 | Crime Boss: Rockay City | $4.2M | 10.3K | 68% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Keep Driving | $4M | 6.2K | 94% | $17.99 |
| 29 | The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes | $4M | 10.8K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 30 | STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R | $4M | 4K | 93% | $49.99 |
| 31 | Quake | $3.9M | 15.6K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 32 | Sonic Adventure DX | $3.7M | 18.5K | 92% | $7.99 |
| 33 | Journey To The Savage Planet | $3.6M | 6.9K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Sonic Origins | $3.4M | 6.3K | 76% | $29.99 |
| 35 | The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me | $3.4M | 6.1K | 55% | $39.99 |
| 36 | Return to Monkey Island | $3.3M | 9K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 37 | Midnight Ghost Hunt | $3.3M | 7.5K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 38 | Ion Fury | $3.3M | 6.7K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 39 | Hypnospace Outlaw | $3.2M | 5.5K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 40 | UNBEATABLE | $3.2M | 6.8K | 92% | $27.99 |
| 41 | Half-Life: Opposing Force | $3.2M | 28.6K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 42 | The Roottrees are Dead | $3.1M | 9.4K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Blood West | $3M | 6.6K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 44 | AMID EVIL | $3M | 7.7K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 45 | MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics | $2.9M | 2.5K | 94% | $49.99 |
| 46 | Mixtape | $2.8M | 8.1K | 88% | $17.99 |
| 47 | FINAL FANTASY VIII | $2.8M | 9.5K | 88% | $11.99 |
| 48 | MULLET MADJACK | $2.6M | 9.4K | 98% | $12.99 |
| 49 | Quake II | $2.5M | 10.2K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 50 | Baldi's Basics Plus | $2.5M | 10.5K | 98% | $9.99 |