Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Alternate History on Steam.
Share of Alternate History 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 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 IVSteam | approximately $339M | 263.9K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 2 | approximately $211.6M | 134.5K | 88% | $49.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 287 | approximately $565 | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $38.8M |
| 2025 | 295 | approximately $605 | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $277.7M |
| 2024 | 269 | approximately $829 | approximately 14% | approximately 6% | approximately $179.6M |
| 2023 | 212 | approximately $596 | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $19.8M |
| 2022 | 180 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 14% | approximately 7% | approximately $83.5M |
| 2021 | 193 | approximately $1K | approximately 9% | approximately 4% | approximately $68.4M |
| 2020 | 91 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 20% | approximately 5% | approximately $35.8M |
| 2019 | 54 | approximately $25.5K | approximately 31% | approximately 13% | approximately $54.2M |
| 2018 | 50 | approximately $9.1K | approximately 36% | approximately 10% | approximately $22.3M |
| 2017 | 46 | approximately $17.5K | approximately 20% | approximately 4% | approximately $5.4M |
| 2016 | 30 | approximately $55.5K | approximately 43% | approximately 23% | approximately $428.6M |
| 2015 | 19 | approximately $105.2K | approximately 53% | approximately 16% | approximately $15.6M |
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.
| 3 |
| approximately $133.9M |
| 62.2K |
| 47% |
| $69.99 |
| 4 | BioShock InfiniteSteam | approximately $92.9M | 145.8K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 5 | The Outlast TrialsSteam | approximately $79.1M | 112.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 6 | Europa Universalis VSteam | approximately $52.7M | 31.7K | 64% | $59.99 |
| 7 | XCOM® 2Steam | approximately $45.6M | 109.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 8 | approximately $43M | 15.9K | 90% | $59.99 |
| 9 | HUMANKIND™Steam | approximately $35.5M | 28.8K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 10 | approximately $34.4M | 27.4K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 11 | Farthest FrontierSteam | approximately $33.4M | 25.6K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 12 | Imperator: RomeSteam | approximately $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 13 | approximately $23.8M | 62.4K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 14 | approximately $23M | 27.5K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 15 | approximately $22.7M | 13.1K | 63% | $59.99 |
| 16 | BioShock™ RemasteredSteam | approximately $21.5M | 52.5K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 17 | Wargame: Red DragonSteam | approximately $19.8M | 19.8K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 18 | approximately $18.9M | 17.5K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 19 | approximately $16.4M | 44.3K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 20 | BioShock™Steam | approximately $15.9M | 32.2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Terra InvictaSteam | approximately $14.5M | 9.9K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 22 | approximately $13.5M | 30.4K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 23 | MaraudersSteam | approximately $12M | 21.4K | 67% | $29.99 |
| 24 | Victoria IISteam | approximately $11.5M | 20.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 25 | approximately $11.1M | 12.2K | 86% | $49.99 |
| 26 | approximately $10.5M | 23.7K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 27 | SprocketSteam | approximately $8.5M | 13K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Not For BroadcastSteam | approximately $7.8M | 12.7K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 29 | Gunner, HEAT, PC!Steam | approximately $7.7M | 8.2K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 30 | approximately $7.6M | 13.2K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Old WorldSteam | approximately $7.4M | 6.9K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 32 | approximately $7.2M | 14.2K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 33 | approximately $6.8M | 4K | 50% | $35.99 |
| 34 | Age of History 3Steam | approximately $6.2M | 18.8K | 85% | $9.99 |
| 35 | approximately $5.9M | 4.2K | 67% | $59.99 |
| 36 | Assassin's Creed 2Steam | approximately $5.9M | 61.6K | 89% | $4.99 |
| 37 | approximately $5.8M | 16K | 43% | $19.99 |
| 38 | approximately $5.1M | 11K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 39 | MillenniaSteam | approximately $4.8M | 3.8K | 67% | $39.99 |
| 40 | Singularity™Steam | approximately $4.7M | 6K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Phantom DoctrineSteam | approximately $4.6M | 4.7K | 74% | $39.99 |
| 42 | approximately $4.6M | 7.6K | 58% | $17.99 |
| 43 | approximately $4.4M | 4.4K | 81% | $29.99 |
| 44 | REPLACEDSteam | approximately $4.3M | 9.9K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 45 | SuzerainSteam | approximately $4.1M | 11.9K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 46 | Dino D-DaySteam | approximately $4M | 15.1K | 84% | $9.99 |
| 47 | approximately $3.9M | 2.7K | 74% | $38.99 |
| 48 | approximately $3.9M | 4.5K | 83% | $23.99 |
| 49 | approximately $3.8M | 6.6K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 50 | approximately $3.5M | 4.1K | 92% | $39.99 |