Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Automation on Steam.
Share of Automation 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 Automation 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 | 809 | approximately $1K | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $419M |
| 2025 | 451 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 15% | approximately 4% | approximately $309.2M |
| 2024 | 299 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 16% | approximately 4% | approximately $407.2M |
| 2023 | 175 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 14% | approximately 3% | approximately $15.7M |
| 2022 | 146 | approximately $2.2K | approximately 14% | approximately 1% | approximately $20.7M |
| 2021 | 127 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $68.6M |
| 2020 | 56 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 16% | approximately 16% | approximately $292.3M |
| 2019 | 27 | approximately $54.5K | approximately 48% | approximately 30% | approximately $60.1M |
| 2018 | 8 | approximately $568.2K | approximately 63% | approximately 25% | approximately $5.7M |
| 2017 | 9 | approximately $9.9K | approximately 33% | approximately 22% | approximately $14.4M |
| 2016 | 6 | approximately $380.7K | approximately 83% | approximately 33% | approximately $4.6M |
| 2015 | 13 | approximately $845.1K | approximately 69% | approximately 46% | approximately $35.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Automation launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SatisfactorySteam | approximately $326.2M | 279.9K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 2 | PalworldSteam | approximately $247.1M | 489.8K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 3 | FactorioSteam | approximately $205.8M | 235K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 4 | Schedule ISteam | approximately $201.7M | 317.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 5 | TimberbornSteam | approximately $56.9M | 41.9K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 6 | approximately $48.5M | 60.1K | 91% | $24.99 | |
| 7 | Dyson Sphere ProgramSteam | approximately $47.4M | 91.8K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 8 | ASTRONEERSteam | approximately $38.8M | 118.9K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 9 | The Planet CrafterSteam | approximately $29.6M | 74.2K | 96% | $23.99 |
| 10 | SoulmaskSteam | approximately $21.1M | 22.5K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 11 | RoadCraftSteam | approximately $19.7M | 16.4K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 12 | The Last CaretakerSteam | approximately $19.4M | 13.9K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 13 | approximately $18M | 18K | 94% | $29.99 | |
| 14 | shapez 2 - FactorySteam | approximately $16.5M | 15.4K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 15 | HydroneerSteam | approximately $13.8M | 28.5K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 16 | Captain of IndustrySteam | approximately $13M | 11.6K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 17 | CraftopiaSteam | approximately $11.2M | 20.3K | 76% | $24.99 |
| 18 | StarRuptureSteam | approximately $10.3M | 13.6K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 19 | ASKASteam | approximately $9.8M | 12.2K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 20 | StationeersSteam | approximately $9.6M | 9.3K | 88% | $34.99 |
| 21 | approximately $9.6M | 8.5K | 92% | $29.99 | |
| 22 | NecesseSteam | approximately $9.4M | 29.1K | 93% | $9.74 |
| 23 | approximately $8.2M | 13.6K | 65% | $12.49 | |
| 24 | Airport CEOSteam | approximately $7.4M | 8.4K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 25 | Software Inc.Steam | approximately $5.8M | 7.6K | 94% | $22.99 |
| 26 | approximately $5.7M | 7.3K | 92% | $19.99 | |
| 27 | MindustrySteam | approximately $5.5M | 28.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 28 | Graveyard Keeper 2Steam | approximately $5M | 3.6K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 29 | SimplePlanesSteam | approximately $4.5M | 9.8K | 94% | $12.99 |
| 30 | Pax AutocraticaSteam | approximately $4.5M | 3.5K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Per AsperaSteam | approximately $4.4M | 5.8K | 76% | $29.99 |
| 32 | The CrustSteam | approximately $4.3M | 4.3K | 76% | $20.79 |
| 33 | Opus MagnumSteam | approximately $4.3M | 7.3K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 34 | shapezSteam | approximately $4.1M | 16K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 35 | FlotsamSteam | approximately $4.1M | 4.6K | 81% | $24.99 |
| 36 | FOUNDRYSteam | approximately $4M | 3.9K | 81% | $29.99 |
| 37 | TechtonicaSteam | approximately $3.8M | 3.3K | 65% | $29.99 |
| 38 | Rise of IndustrySteam | approximately $3.7M | 4.2K | 73% | $29.99 |
| 39 | The King is WatchingSteam | approximately $3.6M | 10.6K | 89% | $9.74 |
| 40 | Rusty's RetirementSteam | approximately $3.6M | 14.9K | 97% | $6.99 |
| 41 | approximately $3.5M | 9.6K | 96% | $9.99 | |
| 42 | Melvor IdleSteam | approximately $3.2M | 16.3K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 43 | Turing CompleteSteam | approximately $3.2M | 5.6K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 44 | Solarpunk™Steam | approximately $3.2M | 4.5K | 81% | $22.99 |
| 45 | SpaceCraftSteam | approximately $3.1M | 2.8K | 64% | $29.99 |
| 46 | Go-Go Town!Steam | approximately $2.8M | 2.8K | 93% | $27.99 |
| 47 | AutonautsSteam | approximately $2.7M | 5K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 48 | MineMogulSteam | approximately $2.7M | 4.4K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 49 | Star BirdsSteam | approximately $2.6M | 3.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 50 | approximately $2.5M | 3.5K | 82% | $24.99 |