Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Arcade on Steam.
Share of Arcade 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 Arcade 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 | 3.3K | approximately $247 | approximately 3% | approximately 1% | approximately $395M |
| 2025 | 3K | approximately $340 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $316.2M |
| 2024 | 2.7K | approximately $311 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $203.9M |
| 2023 | 2.1K | approximately $349 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $215.1M |
| 2022 | 1.8K | approximately $435 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $134.3M |
| 2021 | 1.8K | approximately $405 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $551.1M |
| 2020 | 1.3K | approximately $405 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $96.1M |
| 2019 | 647 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 8% | approximately 1% | approximately $126.4M |
| 2018 | 600 | approximately $1.9K | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $111.9M |
| 2017 | 493 | approximately $3.6K | approximately 12% | approximately 4% | approximately $216M |
| 2016 | 364 | approximately $11K | approximately 16% | approximately 4% | approximately $65M |
| 2015 | 258 | approximately $11.9K | approximately 19% | approximately 6% | approximately $111.2M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Arcade launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subway SurfersPlay | approximately $2.1B | 41.6M | 91% | Free |
| 2 | approximately $701.6M | 5.8M | 86% | $6.99 | |
| 3 | Temple RunPlay | approximately $675.9M | 5.1M | 85% | Free |
| 4 | approximately $630.7M | 137.5K | 82% | Free | |
| 5 | approximately $563.5M | 2M | 87% | Free | |
| 6 | Fruit Ninja®Play | approximately $449M | 5.3M | 88% | Free |
| 7 | approximately $434.8M | 7.6M | 90% | Free | |
| 8 | approximately $433.3M | 7.8M | 88% | Free | |
| 9 | Zombie TsunamiPlay | approximately $404.6M | 6.1M | 92% | Free |
| 10 | approximately $399.8M | 3M | 89% | Free | |
| 11 | Forza Horizon 5Steam | approximately $396.2M | 281.8K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 12 | GrannyPlay | approximately $392.9M | 4.4M | 86% | Free |
| 13 | approximately $392.9M | 2.9M | 92% | Free | |
| 14 | approximately $368.1M | 1.1M | 89% | Free | |
| 15 | Sonic Dash RunPlay | approximately $365.5M | 6.5M | 94% | Free |
| 16 | Paper.io 2Play | approximately $331.7M | 2.5M | 82% | Free |
| 17 | Join Clash 3DPlay | approximately $284.9M | 2.1M | 85% | Free |
| 18 | approximately $281.8M | 2.3M | 90% | Free | |
| 19 | Tank StarsPlay | approximately $250.2M | 2.9M | 95% | Free |
| 20 | approximately $235.3M | 2.5M | 93% | Free | |
| 21 | Forza Horizon 6Steam | approximately $229M | 99K | 82% | $69.99 |
| 22 | Red Ball 4Play | approximately $222.3M | 3.6M | 93% | Free |
| 23 | approximately $222.1M | 731K | 93% | Free | |
| 24 | approximately $217.5M | 5M | 88% | Free | |
| 25 | approximately $214.4M | 4.3M | 96% | Free | |
| 26 | Jetpack JoyridePlay | approximately $204.7M | 4.8M | 89% | Free |
| 27 | approximately $204.4M | 3.3M | 95% | Free | |
| 28 | approximately $203.3M | 1.9M | 96% | Free | |
| 29 | Mob ControlPlay | approximately $199.9M | 989.4K | 87% | Free |
| 30 | VectorPlay | approximately $190.9M | 3.7M | 94% | Free |
| 31 | approximately $183.1M | 1.4M | 76% | Free | |
| 32 | approximately $182.8M | 775.4K | 92% | Free | |
| 33 | approximately $179.3M | 1.3M | 86% | Free | |
| 34 | Bottle Jump 3DPlay | approximately $171.7M | 385.7K | 88% | Free |
| 35 | approximately $167.1M | 328.7K | 89% | Free | |
| 36 | approximately $157.7M | 192K | 85% | Free | |
| 37 | Lep's World 2Play | approximately $150.9M | 1.1M | 92% | Free |
| 38 | approximately $146.8M | 671.9K | 87% | Free | |
| 39 | Smash HitPlay | approximately $145.5M | 4.6M | 91% | Free |
| 40 | approximately $143.3M | 1.3M | 88% | Free | |
| 41 | Crowd CityPlay | approximately $143.2M | 1.6M | 78% | Free |
| 42 | approximately $141.9M | 163.1K | 91% | Free | |
| 43 | My Perfect HotelPlay | approximately $140.2M | 1.8M | 91% | Free |
| 44 | approximately $136M | 725.7K | 91% | Free | |
| 45 | Snake Clash!Play | approximately $135.5M | 1.5M | 90% | Free |
| 46 | approximately $133.6M | 2.3M | 93% | Free | |
| 47 | approximately $132.7M | 967.8K | 90% | Free | |
| 48 | Sonic Boom DashPlay | approximately $124.3M | 764.8K | 89% | Free |
| 49 | approximately $120.3M | 1.3M | 90% | Free | |
| 50 | approximately $117M | 1.9M | 93% | Free |