Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Action RPG on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Action RPG 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 | ELDEN RING | $973.5M | 824K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Black Myth: Wukong | $794.8M | 1.2M | 97% | $59.99 |
| 3 | DARK SOULS™ III | $467M | 437.9K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | $841.7K | 77% | 44% | $138.4M |
| 2025 | 89 | $1.6M | 90% | 62% | $1.1B |
| 2024 | 101 | $1.4M | 86% | 56% | $1.8B |
| 2023 | 70 | $810.8K | 83% | 44% | $1B |
| 2022 | 66 | $1.1M | 82% | 53% | $1.7B |
| 2021 | 56 | $687.2K | 82% | 39% | $197.8M |
| 2020 | 38 | $793.9K | 63% | 47% | $238.7M |
| 2019 | 32 | $1M | 78% | 53% | $74.8M |
| 2018 | 36 | $1.2M | 83% | 56% | $329.2M |
| 2017 | 26 | $831.5K | 73% | 46% | $335.9M |
| 2016 | 28 | $971.9K | 64% | 50% | $603.2M |
| 2015 | 28 | $1.3M | 86% | 61% | $451.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Action RPG launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Hogwarts Legacy |
| $323.6M |
| 369.9K |
| 90% |
| $59.99 |
| 5 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | $243.3M | 273.1K | 95% | $49.99 |
| 6 | Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition | $230.2M | 162.9K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 7 | Starfield | $151.3M | 114.5K | 59% | $49.99 |
| 8 | Dying Light | $149.6M | 370.3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 9 | God of War | $146.5M | 128.1K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 10 | Hades | $135.1M | 283.4K | 98% | $24.99 |
| 11 | Fallout 4 | $132.8M | 426.7K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 12 | Monster Hunter: World | $130.6M | 314.6K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 13 | Assassin's Creed® Origins | $123.8M | 118.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 14 | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | $122.1M | 127.6K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 15 | Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ | $118M | 116.1K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 16 | Path of Exile 2 | $116.4M | 165.1K | 76% | $29.99 |
| 17 | WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers | $102M | 103.8K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 18 | Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT | $98.7M | 63K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 19 | DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin | $93M | 130.6K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 20 | 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal | $89.2M | 224.4K | 56% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Lies of P | $89.2M | 57K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 22 | Dying Light: The Beast | $87.7M | 69.6K | 87% | $59.99 |
| 23 | Hades II | $78.5M | 112.3K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 24 | Borderlands 2 | $75.4M | 209.9K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Dragon's Dogma 2 | $75.1M | 115.6K | 62% | $39.99 |
| 26 | Assassin's Creed® Unity | $72.5M | 84.5K | 78% | $29.99 |
| 27 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | $71.6M | 181K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Diablo® IV | $71.4M | 56.6K | 70% | $49.99 |
| 29 | MONSTER HUNTER RISE | $70.2M | 124.7K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 30 | Dragon Age™: The Veilguard | $69.6M | 44.6K | 68% | $59.99 |
| 31 | Last Epoch | $67.2M | 118.3K | 77% | $34.99 |
| 32 | DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED | $67M | 98.9K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 33 | Enshrouded | $65.6M | 91.7K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 34 | DELTARUNE | $63.5M | 112.9K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Granblue Fantasy: Relink | $56.4M | 53.9K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 36 | DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS | $55.4M | 29.7K | 93% | $69.99 |
| 37 | No Rest for the Wicked | $55.4M | 79.8K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 38 | Borderlands 4 | $54.4M | 81.4K | 59% | $34.99 |
| 39 | God of War Ragnarök | $52.6M | 31.3K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 40 | The Elder Scrolls® Online | $49.1M | 161K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 41 | Metaphor: ReFantazio | $48.7M | 24.4K | 90% | $69.99 |
| 42 | Grim Dawn | $47.6M | 107K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 43 | Street Fighter™ 6 | $46.4M | 77.1K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 44 | Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ | $43.7M | 71.8K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 45 | The First Berserker: Khazan | $43.1M | 31.4K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 46 | Gothic 1 Remake | $42.9M | 36.4K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 47 | Far Cry® 4 | $41.1M | 72K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 48 | Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™ | $39.5M | 96.5K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 49 | Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel | $38.3M | 43.1K | 79% | $39.99 |
| 50 | FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH | $38M | 33.3K | 75% | $49.99 |