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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Alternate History on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Alternate History 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 | Hearts of Iron IV | $478.1M | 372.4K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 2 | Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | $200.9M | 139.5K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 3 | Europa Universalis IV | $157.8M | 93.8K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | $878.3K | 75% | 42% | $25.4M |
| 2025 | 18 | $698.3K | 78% | 44% | $402.7M |
| 2024 | 29 | $1M | 83% | 52% | $78.3M |
| 2023 | 14 | $787.6K | 64% | 50% | $16.7M |
| 2022 | 21 | $1.9M | 86% | 71% | $151.2M |
| 2021 | 16 | $825.6K | 75% | 38% | $64.8M |
| 2020 | 10 | $915.7K | 70% | 50% | $38.5M |
| 2019 | 14 | $1.4M | 79% | 64% | $64.7M |
| 2018 | 10 | $3M | 90% | 70% | $31.9M |
| 2017 | 6 | $104K | 50% | 17% | $2.5M |
| 2016 | 11 | $2.4M | 100% | 73% | $586.8M |
| 2015 | 4 | $697.9K | 75% | 50% | $11.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Alternate History launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| BioShock Infinite |
| $92.4M |
| 145K |
| 93% |
| $29.99 |
| 5 | Victoria 3 | $83M | 40.6K | 72% | $49.99 |
| 6 | Sid Meier's Civilization VII | $71.6M | 43.3K | 48% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Europa Universalis V | $61.5M | 29.9K | 67% | $59.99 |
| 8 | XCOM® 2 | $45.1M | 108.6K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 9 | HUMANKIND™ | $38.8M | 28.6K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 10 | Digimon Story Time Stranger | $35M | 21.9K | 90% | $69.99 |
| 11 | Imperator: Rome | $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 12 | Farthest Frontier | $27.3M | 25K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 13 | BioShock™ Remastered | $26.3M | 64.3K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 14 | Assassin's Creed 2 | $25.9M | 57K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 15 | Wolfenstein: The New Order | $25.2M | 61.6K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 16 | ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV | $24.1M | 15.8K | 63% | $59.99 |
| 17 | The Outlast Trials | $21M | 107.9K | 93% | $11.99 |
| 18 | Wargame: Red Dragon | $19.7M | 19.7K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 19 | BioShock™ | $16.9M | 32.1K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 20 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII | $16.7M | 7.6K | 58% | $59.99 |
| 21 | Call of Juarez: Gunslinger | $16.2M | 43.8K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 22 | Victoria II | $14.8M | 20K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 23 | Terra Invicta | $13.7M | 9.5K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 24 | BioShock™ 2 Remastered | $13.2M | 29.8K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Marauders | $12.5M | 21.4K | 67% | $29.99 |
| 26 | Assassin's Creed® III Remastered | $11.2M | 15.5K | 63% | $39.99 |
| 27 | Wolfenstein: The Old Blood | $10.3M | 23.3K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Zombie Army 4: Dead War | $10M | 11K | 86% | $49.99 |
| 29 | Not For Broadcast | $9.2M | 12.5K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 30 | Iron Harvest | $9.2M | 15.9K | 73% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Age of History II | $8.9M | 49.8K | 90% | $5.99 |
| 32 | FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED | $8.9M | 13.1K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 33 | SD GUNDAM BATTLE ALLIANCE | $7.8M | 6.1K | 63% | $59.99 |
| 34 | ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE | $7.8M | 3.9K | 50% | $59.99 |
| 35 | Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic | $7.5M | 26.6K | 91% | $9.99 |
| 36 | A Plague Tale: Requiem | $7.1M | 25.8K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 37 | Homefront | $7M | 13.3K | 62% | $19.99 |
| 38 | Gunner, HEAT, PC! | $6.5M | 7.9K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 39 | Sprocket | $6.2M | 12.6K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 40 | Wolfenstein: Youngblood | $6.1M | 15.7K | 43% | $19.99 |
| 41 | Age of History 3 | $5.6M | 18.3K | 85% | $9.99 |
| 42 | Steelrising | $5.5M | 4.4K | 73% | $49.99 |
| 43 | Call of Duty®: Vanguard | $5.1M | 4.3K | 68% | $59.99 |
| 44 | NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening | $4.9M | 2.7K | 74% | $59.99 |
| 45 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit | $4.8M | 4.1K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 46 | Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit | $4.7M | 10.9K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Empires of the Undergrowth | $4.7M | 18.4K | 94% | $8.99 |
| 48 | Singularity™ | $4.7M | 5.9K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 49 | ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game | $4.7M | 10.5K | 85% | $14.99 |
| 50 | Millennia | $4.6M | 3K | 67% | $39.99 |