Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Beat 'em up on Steam.
Share of Beat 'em up 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 Beat 'em up 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 | approximately $57.1M | 160.2K | 90% | $19.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $54.7M | 89.1K | 96% | $29.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 272 | approximately $328 | approximately 5% | approximately 3% | approximately $29.3M |
| 2025 | 345 | approximately $510 | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $31M |
| 2024 | 331 | approximately $393 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $27.5M |
| 2023 | 239 | approximately $285 | approximately 12% | approximately 3% | approximately $65.5M |
| 2022 | 235 | approximately $662 | approximately 13% | approximately 6% | approximately $106.8M |
| 2021 | 223 | approximately $597 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $49.6M |
| 2020 | 166 | approximately $834 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $34.6M |
| 2019 | 70 | approximately $5.4K | approximately 16% | approximately 3% | approximately $6M |
| 2018 | 67 | approximately $6.9K | approximately 18% | approximately 7% | approximately $37.2M |
| 2017 | 48 | approximately $22.9K | approximately 35% | approximately 13% | approximately $138M |
| 2016 | 49 | approximately $9.3K | approximately 27% | approximately 12% | approximately $67.8M |
| 2015 | 37 | approximately $31.1K | approximately 43% | approximately 22% | approximately $81.4M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Beat 'em up launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
| approximately $47.7M |
| 56.7K |
| 93% |
| $49.99 |
| 4 | TEKKEN 7Steam | approximately $46.2M | 68.1K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 5 | Castle Crashers®Steam | approximately $41.8M | 140.9K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 6 | approximately $37.1M | 87.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Gang BeastsSteam | approximately $36.8M | 67.6K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 8 | approximately $33.2M | 78.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 9 | approximately $30.4M | 79.8K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 10 | approximately $29.6M | 72.4K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 11 | approximately $27.8M | 65.6K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 12 | Injustice™ 2Steam | approximately $26.7M | 24.6K | 86% | $49.99 |
| 13 | DmC: Devil May CrySteam | approximately $24.5M | 33.1K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 14 | approximately $18.9M | 58.4K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 15 | approximately $18.7M | 45.2K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 16 | Hi-Fi RUSHSteam | approximately $18.6M | 36K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 17 | approximately $17.3M | 14.1K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 18 | approximately $17.1M | 22K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 19 | SifuSteam | approximately $15.8M | 28.9K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 20 | approximately $15.6M | 42.3K | 84% | $14.99 |
| 21 | Rivals of AetherSteam | approximately $14.8M | 33.3K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 22 | approximately $14.3M | 25.8K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 23 | Remember MeSteam | approximately $13.5M | 17.1K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 24 | DRAGON BALL FighterZSteam | approximately $13.4M | 76.9K | 90% | $9.59 |
| 25 | approximately $12.5M | 22.5K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 26 | Paint the Town RedSteam | approximately $12.1M | 29.2K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 27 | Evil WestSteam | approximately $11.8M | 13.6K | 74% | $49.99 |
| 28 | approximately $11.6M | 22K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 29 | approximately $10.6M | 20.2K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 30 | approximately $9.4M | 17.6K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 31 | Streets of Rage 4Steam | approximately $8.8M | 17.3K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 32 | Brutal LegendSteam | approximately $8.8M | 20.5K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 33 | Road RedemptionSteam | approximately $8.6M | 13.5K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 34 | JudgmentSteam | approximately $8.1M | 12.3K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 35 | approximately $7.6M | 14.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 36 | approximately $7.6M | 19.1K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 37 | approximately $7.4M | 15K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 38 | Dead as DiscoSteam | approximately $7.2M | 14.2K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 39 | Lost JudgmentSteam | approximately $6.6M | 9.8K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 40 | approximately $6.5M | 4.3K | 75% | $49.99 |
| 41 | approximately $6.5M | 12.3K | 76% | $19.99 |
| 42 | AbsolumSteam | approximately $5.9M | 10.8K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 43 | DNF DuelSteam | approximately $5.7M | 4.2K | 63% | $49.99 |
| 44 | approximately $5.5M | 4.8K | 55% | $59.99 |
| 45 | RotwoodSteam | approximately $5.4M | 7.5K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 46 | FuriSteam | approximately $5.3M | 11.3K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 47 | RWBY: Grimm EclipseSteam | approximately $4.7M | 9.8K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 48 | Lost Castle / 失落城堡Steam | approximately $4.1M | 18.4K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 49 | approximately $3.8M | 23.1K | 74% | $5.99 |
| 50 | approximately $3.6M | 2.6K | 63% | $69.99 |