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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Building on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of Building 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 | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | $580.2M | 376.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 2 | 7 Days to Die | $457.9M | 275.4K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 3 | Satisfactory | $314M | 231.8K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | $1.4M | 97% | 65% | $500.2M |
| 2025 | 129 | $1.6M | 95% | 58% | $930.6M |
| 2024 | 114 | $1.2M | 89% | 52% | $1.5B |
| 2023 | 88 | $965.5K | 77% | 48% | $400.8M |
| 2022 | 76 | $1.1M | 86% | 51% | $453.9M |
| 2021 | 89 | $743.4K | 74% | 39% | $472.5M |
| 2020 | 72 | $1.3M | 82% | 58% | $383.1M |
| 2019 | 59 | $2.3M | 81% | 68% | $682.4M |
| 2018 | 50 | $1.4M | 82% | 60% | $806.8M |
| 2017 | 37 | $596.3K | 68% | 41% | $241.2M |
| 2016 | 43 | $838.1K | 74% | 49% | $1.1B |
| 2015 | 51 | $1.1M | 69% | 51% | $526.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Building launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Stardew Valley |
| $243.2M |
| 1M |
| 98% |
| $14.99 |
| 5 | Palworld | $231.3M | 374.6K | 94% | $20.99 |
| 6 | The Forest | $216.9M | 577.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Cities: Skylines | $203.5M | 290.5K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 8 | Sons Of The Forest | $200.9M | 314.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Garry's Mod | $197.4M | 1.1M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 10 | Raft | $194.6M | 320.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 11 | Schedule I | $182.2M | 281.5K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 12 | Project Zomboid | $181.2M | 349.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 13 | RimWorld | $176.6M | 243.1K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 14 | Terraria | $149.4M | 1.2M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 15 | Factorio | $140.6M | 232.2K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 16 | Kerbal Space Program | $126.7M | 118.6K | 96% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Cities: Skylines II | $112.5M | 90.6K | 55% | $49.99 |
| 18 | Planet Coaster | $109.4M | 72K | 91% | $44.99 |
| 19 | Planet Zoo | $107.4M | 96.7K | 91% | $44.99 |
| 20 | Frostpunk | $97M | 136.2K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 21 | ARK: Survival Evolved | $92.2M | 773K | 83% | $9.89 |
| 22 | ASTRONEER | $90.6M | 138.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 23 | Jurassic World Evolution 2 | $84.6M | 39.2K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 24 | Dune: Awakening | $81.5M | 77.6K | 71% | $49.99 |
| 25 | Oxygen Not Included | $74.8M | 142.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 26 | Jurassic World Evolution | $70.8M | 48.2K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 27 | Enshrouded | $65.6M | 91.7K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 28 | Scrap Mechanic | $63.1M | 118.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 29 | ICARUS | $62.8M | 53.2K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 30 | The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome | $62.2M | 69.6K | 66% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Europa Universalis V | $61.5M | 29.9K | 67% | $59.99 |
| 32 | Manor Lords | $60.3M | 89K | 84% | $25.99 |
| 33 | House Flipper | $58.4M | 91.9K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 34 | People Playground | $58.3M | 295.5K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 35 | Abiotic Factor | $57.4M | 57.3K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 36 | Valheim | $54M | 538.1K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 37 | Cult of the Lamb | $53.9M | 126.4K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 38 | Anno 1800 | $53.3M | 31.9K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 39 | Kerbal Space Program 2 | $51.2M | 31.9K | 26% | $49.99 |
| 40 | Prison Architect | $51.1M | 59.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Timberborn | $47.8M | 40.6K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 42 | Supermarket Simulator | $47.7M | 83.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 43 | My Summer Car | $46.4M | 115.6K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 44 | Slime Rancher 2 | $45.9M | 49.1K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 45 | Space Engineers | $43.6M | 100.2K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 46 | Farming Simulator 25 | $43.4M | 55.2K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 47 | HUMANKIND™ | $38.8M | 28.6K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 48 | Dyson Sphere Program | $38.6M | 91.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 49 | Medieval Dynasty | $38.2M | 51.6K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 50 | Spiritfarer®: Farewell Edition | $36M | 52.8K | 95% | $29.99 |