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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged 2D on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of 2D 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 | Stardew Valley | $243.2M | 1M | 98% | $14.99 |
| 2 | Project Zomboid | $181.2M | 349.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 3 | RimWorld | $176.6M | 243.1K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 81 | $606.4K | 88% | 32% | $287.8M |
| 2025 | 220 | $503.1K | 82% | 31% | $434.8M |
| 2024 | 229 | $406.8K | 71% | 28% | $372.9M |
| 2023 | 192 | $374.8K | 74% | 30% | $434.4M |
| 2022 | 193 | $419.6K | 73% | 33% | $294M |
| 2021 | 200 | $409.5K | 73% | 28% | $414.9M |
| 2020 | 139 | $354.9K | 70% | 29% | $477.8M |
| 2019 | 150 | $550.7K | 76% | 34% | $534.1M |
| 2018 | 141 | $500.6K | 74% | 37% | $604.8M |
| 2017 | 130 | $338.9K | 67% | 29% | $338.9M |
| 2016 | 191 | $309.5K | 65% | 29% | $805.2M |
| 2015 | 179 | $301.4K | 67% | 25% | $311.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical 2D launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Don't Starve Together |
| $164.6M |
| 539.4K |
| 95% |
| $14.99 |
| 5 | Terraria | $149.4M | 1.2M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 6 | Factorio | $140.6M | 232.2K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 7 | Hollow Knight: Silksong | $134.4M | 415K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 8 | Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | $103.1M | 180.6K | 95% | $34.99 |
| 9 | Slay the Spire 2 | $103M | 190.7K | 60% | $24.99 |
| 10 | Hollow Knight | $99.9M | 552.5K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 11 | The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth | $96M | 429.4K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 12 | 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal | $89.2M | 224.4K | 56% | $19.99 |
| 13 | Bloons TD 6 | $88.3M | 391.1K | 97% | $13.99 |
| 14 | Darkest Dungeon® | $83.5M | 160.6K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 15 | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | $77.7M | 135.2K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 16 | Slay the Spire | $77.4M | 189.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 17 | Oxygen Not Included | $74.8M | 142.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 18 | DAVE THE DIVER | $66.9M | 158.7K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 19 | Inscryption | $65.2M | 133.6K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 20 | DELTARUNE | $63.5M | 112.9K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Cuphead | $62.3M | 217K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 22 | The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome | $62.2M | 69.6K | 66% | $29.99 |
| 23 | Dead Cells | $61.3M | 154.9K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 24 | People Playground | $58.3M | 295.5K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 25 | Balatro | $55.4M | 195.2K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 26 | Cult of the Lamb | $53.9M | 126.4K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 27 | Undertale | $53.4M | 331.2K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 28 | Prison Architect | $51.1M | 59.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 29 | Mewgenics | $47.9M | 51.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 30 | Geometry Dash | $44.3M | 623.2K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 31 | Age of Empires II (Retired) | $41.8M | 84.7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 32 | GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE- | $37.4M | 66.3K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 33 | Noita | $37.2M | 87.9K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation | $35.3M | 55.6K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 35 | Don't Starve | $33.6M | 113.2K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 36 | Castle Crashers® | $32.2M | 108.6K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 37 | Persona® 5 Strikers | $29.4M | 18K | 87% | $59.99 |
| 38 | Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition | $29.1M | 71.1K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 39 | Barotrauma | $28.5M | 60.8K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 40 | Graveyard Keeper | $27.6M | 54.4K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 41 | Papers, Please | $27.2M | 79.7K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 42 | OMORI | $26.5M | 87.6K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Enter the Gungeon | $25.5M | 89.4K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 44 | Hotline Miami | $25M | 126.3K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 45 | Among Us | $24.9M | 739.7K | 92% | $2.99 |
| 46 | Nine Sols | $24.7M | 43.7K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number | $24.3M | 79.3K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 48 | Pizza Tower | $24.2M | 72.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 49 | Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator | $24.2M | 44.2K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 50 | Core Keeper | $23.9M | 65.5K | 93% | $13.99 |