Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Character Action Game on Steam.
Share of Character Action Game 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 Character Action Game 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 | 31 | approximately $3.1K | approximately 10% | approximately 10% | approximately $12.2M |
| 2025 | 29 | approximately $27.8K | approximately 31% | approximately 7% | approximately $5.9M |
| 2024 | 30 | approximately $3.3K | approximately 27% | approximately 13% | approximately $11.8M |
| 2023 | 30 | approximately $12.3K | approximately 37% | approximately 17% | approximately $27.9M |
| 2022 | 42 | approximately $1K | approximately 21% | approximately 5% | approximately $16.4M |
| 2021 | 133 | approximately $859 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $8.4M |
| 2020 | 208 | approximately $820 | approximately 3% | approximately 1% | approximately $106.9M |
| 2019 | 35 | approximately $3.9K | approximately 6% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.7M |
| 2018 | 37 | approximately $5.1K | approximately 22% | approximately 5% | approximately $25.5M |
| 2017 | 25 | approximately $9.3K | approximately 28% | approximately 4% | approximately $5.2M |
| 2016 | 13 | approximately $10.1K | approximately 23% | approximately 8% | approximately $2.5M |
| 2015 | 7 | approximately $96.9K | approximately 43% | approximately 14% | approximately $10.3M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Character Action Game launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ULTRAKILLSteam | approximately $103.5M | 244.7K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 2 | approximately $54.7M | 89.1K | 96% | $29.99 | |
| 3 | DmC: Devil May CrySteam | approximately $24.5M | 33.1K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 4 | Hi-Fi RUSHSteam | approximately $18.6M | 36K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 5 | approximately $14.3M | 25.8K | 93% | $29.99 | |
| 6 | Evil WestSteam | approximately $11.8M | 13.6K | 74% | $49.99 |
| 7 | approximately $9.5M | 17K | 87% | $24.99 | |
| 8 | MoonlighterSteam | approximately $9.1M | 24.5K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Dead as DiscoSteam | approximately $7.2M | 14.2K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 10 | SCARLET NEXUSSteam | approximately $4.3M | 18.2K | 80% | $14.39 |
| 11 | approximately $4.1M | 12.6K | 87% | $14.99 | |
| 12 | VanquishSteam | approximately $3.4M | 8K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 13 | ROMEO IS A DEAD MANSteam | approximately $3.1M | 2.2K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 14 | approximately $3M | 27.9K | 81% | $5.99 | |
| 15 | I Am Your BeastSteam | approximately $2.8M | 5.6K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 16 | EternightsSteam | approximately $2.3M | 3.5K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 17 | VLADiK BRUTALSteam | approximately $2.2M | 10.5K | 90% | $11.99 |
| 18 | Lost Soul Aside™Steam | approximately $2.1M | 2K | 59% | $59.99 |
| 19 | Moon HuntersSteam | approximately $1.9M | 5.2K | 78% | $14.99 |
| 20 | CuisineerSteam | approximately $1.8M | 1.8K | 77% | $24.99 |
| 21 | SoulsticeSteam | approximately $1.5M | 2.8K | 73% | $39.99 |
| 22 | approximately $1.5M | 3.7K | 86% | $21.99 | |
| 23 | Homura HimeSteam | approximately $1.4M | 2.8K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 24 | approximately $1.3M | 2K | 63% | $19.99 | |
| 25 | approximately $1.1M | 3.1K | 90% | $17.99 | |
| 26 | approximately $1.1M | 2.7K | 84% | $14.99 | |
| 27 | AerutaSteam | approximately $1.1M | 2.5K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Wanted: DeadSteam | approximately $1M | 1.4K | 67% | $29.99 |
| 29 | approximately $876.6K | 1.5K | 85% | $29.99 | |
| 30 | SteelrisingSteam | approximately $810.8K | 7.4K | 72% | $5.99 |
| 31 | No More Heroes 3Steam | approximately $778.8K | 1.1K | 78% | $39.99 |
| 32 | approximately $718.8K | 1K | 64% | $29.99 | |
| 33 | KIBORGSteam | approximately $711.7K | 1.4K | 85% | $16.24 |
| 34 | Kao the KangarooSteam | approximately $635.9K | 871 | 75% | $29.99 |
| 35 | Garden StorySteam | approximately $624.7K | 1.7K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Mr. ShiftySteam | approximately $547.9K | 1.7K | 88% | $14.99 |
| 37 | Dusk Diver 酉閃町Steam | approximately $510K | 753 | 84% | $34.99 |
| 38 | Shady KnightSteam | approximately $502.7K | 961 | 94% | $19.99 |
| 39 | Ocean's HeartSteam | approximately $478.5K | 1.5K | 82% | $14.99 |
| 40 | GOCCO OF WARSteam | approximately $458.7K | 966 | 89% | $19.99 |
| 41 | Assault SpySteam | approximately $450K | 1.1K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 42 | GODBREAKERSSteam | approximately $429.5K | 1K | 72% | $8.99 |
| 43 | approximately $420.2K | 1K | 65% | $18.99 | |
| 44 | Valkyrie of PhantasmSteam | approximately $403.2K | 621 | 87% | $29.99 |
| 45 | Mighty GooseSteam | approximately $402.6K | 1.1K | 87% | $19.99 |
| 46 | approximately $399.8K | 1.9K | 95% | $9.99 | |
| 47 | approximately $399.2K | 902 | 87% | $30.00 | |
| 48 | City of BrassSteam | approximately $350.8K | 831 | 78% | $19.99 |
| 49 | MySims™Steam | approximately $323K | 232 | 87% | $19.99 |
| 50 | KAKU: Ancient SealSteam | approximately $304.9K | 1.1K | 79% | $12.49 |