Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Action Roguelike on Steam.
Share of Action Roguelike games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Action Roguelike games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.5K | approximately $370 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $105.3M |
| 2025 | 1.4K | approximately $795 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $378.8M |
| 2024 | 1.2K | approximately $930 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $132.7M |
| 2023 | 832 | approximately $832 | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $125.3M |
| 2022 | 490 | approximately $893 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $123.8M |
| 2021 | 336 | approximately $620 | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $88.3M |
| 2020 | 206 | approximately $1K | approximately 14% | approximately 6% | approximately $359.9M |
| 2019 | 99 | approximately $8K | approximately 17% | approximately 4% | approximately $26.3M |
| 2018 | 83 | approximately $12.9K | approximately 27% | approximately 10% | approximately $112.5M |
| 2017 | 72 | approximately $26.5K | approximately 31% | approximately 8% | approximately $20.4M |
| 2016 | 57 | approximately $29.9K | approximately 32% | approximately 12% | approximately $50.2M |
| 2015 | 40 | approximately $70.8K | approximately 40% | approximately 13% | approximately $18.1M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Action Roguelike launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deep Rock GalacticSteam | approximately $134.3M | 380.3K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 2 | Risk of Rain 2Steam | approximately $113.8M | 353.1K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 3 | approximately $102.8M | 457.7K | 97% | $14.99 | |
| 4 | Hades IISteam | approximately $78M | 123.6K | 96% | $20.99 |
| 5 | Dead CellsSteam | approximately $72.7M | 183.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 6 | Cult of the LambSteam | approximately $64.4M | 129.9K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 7 | R.E.P.O.Steam | approximately $62.9M | 425.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 8 | NoitaSteam | approximately $48.5M | 81.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Gunfire RebornSteam | approximately $39.6M | 103.7K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 10 | PEAKSteam | approximately $38.7M | 302.9K | 95% | $4.95 |
| 11 | Escape From DuckovSteam | approximately $29.2M | 104.5K | 84% | $17.99 |
| 12 | Enter the GungeonSteam | approximately $25.7M | 89.9K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 13 | MegabonkSteam | approximately $24.1M | 106.3K | 94% | $5.99 |
| 14 | Vampire SurvivorsSteam | approximately $23.2M | 265.9K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 15 | HadesSteam | approximately $23.1M | 308.7K | 98% | $6.24 |
| 16 | approximately $19.7M | 57.6K | 93% | $19.99 | |
| 17 | SifuSteam | approximately $15.8M | 28.9K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 18 | approximately $15.7M | 48.3K | 86% | $12.99 | |
| 19 | Content WarningSteam | approximately $12.5M | 163.6K | 94% | $7.99 |
| 20 | approximately $12.3M | 36.5K | 94% | $11.99 | |
| 21 | RoboquestSteam | approximately $12.3M | 24.4K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 22 | Returnal™Steam | approximately $10.7M | 11.1K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 23 | approximately $10.7M | 15.4K | 60% | $29.99 | |
| 24 | Risk of Rain ReturnsSteam | approximately $10.4M | 28.7K | 90% | $14.99 |
| 25 | RavenswatchSteam | approximately $10.2M | 22.8K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 26 | PlateUp!Steam | approximately $10.1M | 27.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 27 | Spelunky 2Steam | approximately $10M | 22K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Shape of DreamsSteam | approximately $9.9M | 20.7K | 90% | $17.49 |
| 29 | BrotatoSteam | approximately $9.9M | 111.6K | 96% | $4.99 |
| 30 | Soulstone SurvivorsSteam | approximately $9.8M | 26.8K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 31 | BALL x PITSteam | approximately $9.7M | 27.2K | 95% | $9.89 |
| 32 | Deadzone: RogueSteam | approximately $9.4M | 16.7K | 82% | $24.99 |
| 33 | MoonlighterSteam | approximately $9.1M | 24.6K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 34 | MISERYSteam | approximately $9.1M | 26.1K | 84% | $12.99 |
| 35 | SULFURSteam | approximately $8.8M | 10.4K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 36 | Children of MortaSteam | approximately $8.7M | 23.4K | 88% | $21.99 |
| 37 | Streets of RogueSteam | approximately $8.4M | 23.1K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 38 | Rogue Legacy 2Steam | approximately $8.3M | 15.2K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 39 | Risk of Rain (2013)Steam | approximately $7.9M | 29.8K | 93% | $9.99 |
| 40 | Hero SiegeSteam | approximately $7.6M | 47.9K | 67% | $7.99 |
| 41 | Neon AbyssSteam | approximately $7.6M | 23.6K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 42 | Crab ChampionsSteam | approximately $7.4M | 31.2K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 43 | Rogue LegacySteam | approximately $7M | 18.9K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 44 | HasteSteam | approximately $6.7M | 14.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 45 | Wizard of LegendSteam | approximately $6.7M | 21.1K | 91% | $15.99 |
| 46 | Nova DriftSteam | approximately $6.4M | 14.6K | 96% | $17.99 |
| 47 | The Binding of IsaacSteam | approximately $6.4M | 62.9K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 48 | approximately $6.4M | 14.3K | 93% | $14.99 | |
| 49 | MagicraftSteam | approximately $6M | 16.9K | 93% | $11.99 |
| 50 | AbsolumSteam | approximately $5.9M | 10.8K | 92% | $24.99 |