Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Action RTS on Steam.
Share of Action RTS 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 RTS 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 | approximately $69M | 72.3K | 86% | $39.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $64.4M | 21.3K | 83% | $49.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 153 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $76.4M |
| 2025 | 183 | approximately $833 | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $109.4M |
| 2024 | 196 | approximately $674 | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $60.3M |
| 2023 | 111 | approximately $581 | approximately 14% | approximately 3% | approximately $48.3M |
| 2022 | 93 | approximately $367 | approximately 8% | approximately 0% | approximately $2.7M |
| 2021 | 58 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 14% | approximately 2% | approximately $71M |
| 2020 | 13 | approximately $18.8K | approximately 23% | approximately 8% | approximately $2.8M |
| 2019 | 10 | approximately $5.5K | approximately 30% | approximately 10% | approximately $1.4M |
| 2018 | 6 | approximately $2.6K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $37K |
| 2017 | 8 | approximately $50.2K | approximately 38% | approximately 13% | approximately $3.5M |
| 2016 | 8 | approximately $18.5K | approximately 38% | approximately 13% | approximately $8.2M |
| 2015 | 3 | approximately $6.7K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $19.2K |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Action RTS launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 | Broken ArrowSteam | approximately $40.5M | 35.9K | 54% | $49.99 |
| 4 | Company of Heroes 3Steam | approximately $37.2M | 40.3K | 57% | $23.99 |
| 5 | REMATCHSteam | approximately $27.7M | 53.9K | 69% | $11.99 |
| 6 | approximately $18.8M | 20.9K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 7 | approximately $12.4M | 13.6K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 8 | Tempest RisingSteam | approximately $12.4M | 9.8K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 9 | approximately $11.1M | 12.7K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 10 | MechabellumSteam | approximately $9.9M | 19.6K | 84% | $8.99 |
| 11 | ThronefallSteam | approximately $8.8M | 23.7K | 96% | $12.99 |
| 12 | approximately $8.3M | 10.7K | 74% | $13.99 |
| 13 | Cossacks 3Steam | approximately $7.8M | 16.2K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 14 | 下一站江湖ⅡSteam | approximately $5M | 9.5K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 15 | approximately $4.8M | 5.4K | 74% | $22.49 |
| 16 | Sudden Strike 4Steam | approximately $2.9M | 6.3K | 79% | $19.99 |
| 17 | Rising FrontSteam | approximately $2.5M | 4.2K | 88% | $14.99 |
| 18 | approximately $2.3M | 6K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 19 | ERA ONESteam | approximately $1.9M | 1.6K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 20 | PATAPON 1+2 REPLAYSteam | approximately $1.6M | 2.4K | 84% | $29.99 |
| 21 | Executive Assault 2Steam | approximately $1.3M | 1.8K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 22 | ZeroSpaceSteam | approximately $1.2M | 1.4K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 23 | approximately $1.2M | 2.1K | 69% | $19.99 |
| 24 | approximately $1.1M | 2.6K | 76% | $14.99 |
| 25 | Sudden Strike 5Steam | approximately $1.1M | 818 | 76% | $49.99 |
| 26 | approximately $976.8K | 788 | 89% | $39.99 |
| 27 | Kingdom EightiesSteam | approximately $944.7K | 3K | 76% | $11.99 |
| 28 | GordSteam | approximately $942.5K | 1K | 54% | $34.99 |
| 29 | approximately $911K | 1.1K | 49% | $29.99 |
| 30 | approximately $858.9K | 3.2K | 52% | $11.99 |
| 31 | Rogue CommandSteam | approximately $854.7K | 1.1K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 32 | From Glory To GooSteam | approximately $825K | 1.8K | 96% | $8.39 |
| 33 | The ScouringSteam | approximately $822.4K | 1.3K | 88% | $17.49 |
| 34 | Line WarSteam | approximately $810K | 1.2K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 35 | GodswornSteam | approximately $784K | 867 | 93% | $29.99 |
| 36 | approximately $766.8K | 944 | 81% | $19.99 |
| 37 | Tower FactorySteam | approximately $724.5K | 1.3K | 90% | $14.99 |
| 38 | The Lost VillageSteam | approximately $534.9K | 2.7K | 71% | $5.99 |
| 39 | DarfallSteam | approximately $528K | 491 | 72% | $24.99 |
| 40 | Bee IslandSteam | approximately $516K | 1.7K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 41 | approximately $414.2K | 1K | 91% | $18.99 |
| 42 | Machine MindSteam | approximately $394.6K | 599 | 73% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Space ReignSteam | approximately $384.3K | 460 | 74% | $19.99 |
| 44 | CalyxSteam | approximately $372.5K | 480 | 88% | $24.99 |
| 45 | Rise of PiracySteam | approximately $359.6K | 545 | 79% | $15.99 |
| 46 | approximately $328.9K | 1K | 25% | $15.99 |
| 47 | approximately $321.5K | 314 | 41% | $24.99 |
| 48 | approximately $321.1K | 1.5K | 74% | $7.99 |
| 49 | Mud and BloodSteam | approximately $320.4K | 892 | 87% | $12.99 |
| 50 | approximately $299.9K | 470 | 89% | $19.99 |