Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Aliens on Steam.
Share of Aliens 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 Aliens 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 | 446 | approximately $283 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $38.6M |
| 2025 | 516 | approximately $378 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $93.9M |
| 2024 | 485 | approximately $433 | approximately 5% | approximately 2% | approximately $93M |
| 2023 | 370 | approximately $273 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $135.6M |
| 2022 | 348 | approximately $333 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $27.5M |
| 2021 | 293 | approximately $422 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $137.3M |
| 2020 | 208 | approximately $294 | approximately 7% | approximately 3% | approximately $170.1M |
| 2019 | 71 | approximately $2.4K | approximately 17% | approximately 8% | approximately $147.6M |
| 2018 | 74 | approximately $4.2K | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $160.3M |
| 2017 | 66 | approximately $7.2K | approximately 23% | approximately 5% | approximately $37M |
| 2016 | 50 | approximately $6.3K | approximately 16% | approximately 2% | approximately $4.2M |
| 2015 | 34 | approximately $10.5K | approximately 21% | approximately 12% | approximately $18.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Aliens launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approximately $133.3M | 262.8K | 92% | $39.99 | |
| 2 | Half-Life: AlyxSteam | approximately $123.2M | 105.5K | 98% | $59.99 |
| 3 | SubnauticaSteam | approximately $123M | 380.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 4 | Lethal CompanySteam | approximately $84.4M | 411.6K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 5 | Abiotic FactorSteam | approximately $56.1M | 42.2K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 6 | Alien: IsolationSteam | approximately $54.8M | 67K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 7 | Half-Life 2Steam | approximately $50.2M | 279.7K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 8 | approximately $49.1M | 45.4K | 94% | $59.99 | |
| 9 | approximately $47M | 108.5K | 90% | $29.99 | |
| 10 | approximately $35.3M | 77.6K | 88% | $19.99 | |
| 11 | Half-LifeSteam | approximately $32.5M | 164.3K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 12 | PreySteam | approximately $29.8M | 54.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 13 | The Planet CrafterSteam | approximately $29.6M | 74.2K | 96% | $23.99 |
| 14 | Among UsSteam | approximately $26.8M | 659.5K | 92% | $4.99 |
| 15 | SPORE™Steam | approximately $25.7M | 72.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 16 | approximately $24M | 23.2K | 61% | $39.99 | |
| 17 | approximately $23M | 33.4K | 79% | $29.99 | |
| 18 | XCOM: Enemy UnknownSteam | approximately $21.8M | 58.7K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 19 | Serious Sam 3: BFESteam | approximately $21.3M | 28.7K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 20 | Black MesaSteam | approximately $19.1M | 134.8K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 21 | Aliens: Dark DescentSteam | approximately $17.6M | 18.9K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 22 | Dead SpaceSteam | approximately $16.7M | 71.2K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 23 | approximately $15.7M | 48.3K | 86% | $12.99 | |
| 24 | approximately $15.4M | 27.2K | 80% | $29.99 | |
| 25 | approximately $14.5M | 13.7K | 61% | $39.99 | |
| 26 | approximately $13.2M | 100.2K | 88% | $9.99 | |
| 27 | approximately $11M | 13.9K | 85% | $29.99 | |
| 28 | The UniversimSteam | approximately $10.7M | 10.7K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 29 | CrysisSteam | approximately $10.6M | 13.4K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 30 | BreathedgeSteam | approximately $10.4M | 18.5K | 81% | $24.99 |
| 31 | approximately $9.1M | 12.2K | 62% | $29.99 | |
| 32 | approximately $8.1M | 10.4K | 77% | $29.99 | |
| 33 | Aliens vs. Predator™Steam | approximately $8M | 21.7K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 34 | approximately $8M | 12K | 87% | $16.49 | |
| 35 | Crysis RemasteredSteam | approximately $7.9M | 17.8K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 36 | approximately $7.6M | 7.8K | 24% | $35.01 | |
| 37 | approximately $6.5M | 10.9K | 72% | $29.99 | |
| 38 | approximately $6.4M | 12.1K | 70% | $19.99 | |
| 39 | approximately $6.1M | 3.8K | 62% | $49.99 | |
| 40 | XCOM®: Chimera SquadSteam | approximately $6M | 20.6K | 71% | $9.99 |
| 41 | Dead Space (2008)Steam | approximately $5.8M | 29.2K | 92% | $7.99 |
| 42 | approximately $5.1M | 11.5K | 94% | $24.59 | |
| 43 | approximately $5.1M | 4.7K | 79% | $34.99 | |
| 44 | The InvincibleSteam | approximately $5M | 13.7K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 45 | ROUTINESteam | approximately $4.8M | 8.5K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 46 | Crysis 2 RemasteredSteam | approximately $4.6M | 9.6K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 47 | XenonautsSteam | approximately $4.5M | 5.1K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 48 | Half-Life: SourceSteam | approximately $4.4M | 16.7K | 69% | $9.99 |
| 49 | approximately $4.2M | 6.7K | 79% | $29.99 | |
| 50 | Crysis 3 RemasteredSteam | approximately $4M | 8.3K | 88% | $29.99 |