Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged City Builder on Steam.
Share of City Builder 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 City Builder 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 | 426 | approximately $2.4K | approximately 14% | approximately 4% | approximately $149.3M |
| 2025 | 437 | approximately $3.8K | approximately 21% | approximately 7% | approximately $399.2M |
| 2024 | 343 | approximately $3.3K | approximately 20% | approximately 7% | approximately $341M |
| 2023 | 299 | approximately $4K | approximately 23% | approximately 7% | approximately $223.3M |
| 2022 | 219 | approximately $9.2K | approximately 26% | approximately 8% | approximately $136.7M |
| 2021 | 205 | approximately $5.1K | approximately 26% | approximately 10% | approximately $250.2M |
| 2020 | 120 | approximately $3.6K | approximately 26% | approximately 13% | approximately $287.8M |
| 2019 | 94 | approximately $49.1K | approximately 41% | approximately 21% | approximately $268.2M |
| 2018 | 70 | approximately $8K | approximately 36% | approximately 26% | approximately $384.6M |
| 2017 | 49 | approximately $20.4K | approximately 29% | approximately 10% | approximately $36.9M |
| 2016 | 41 | approximately $59.4K | approximately 46% | approximately 20% | approximately $514M |
| 2015 | 36 | approximately $63.1K | approximately 47% | approximately 22% | approximately $296.7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical City Builder launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approximately $454.9M | 379.4K | 86% | $59.99 | |
| 2 | Cities: SkylinesSteam | approximately $206.5M | 299.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 3 | FactorioSteam | approximately $205.8M | 235K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 4 | RimWorldSteam | approximately $179.3M | 246.8K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 5 | approximately $133.9M | 62.2K | 47% | $69.99 | |
| 6 | Cities: Skylines IISteam | approximately $116.1M | 93.3K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Manor LordsSteam | approximately $112M | 91.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 8 | approximately $104.3M | 182.6K | 95% | $34.99 | |
| 9 | approximately $69.1M | 95.8K | 86% | $39.99 | |
| 10 | Prison ArchitectSteam | approximately $64.3M | 74.9K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 11 | approximately $61.2M | 68.8K | 85% | $34.99 | |
| 12 | TimberbornSteam | approximately $56.9M | 41.9K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 13 | approximately $47.5M | 102.9K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 14 | Dyson Sphere ProgramSteam | approximately $47.4M | 91.8K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 15 | Against the StormSteam | approximately $37.6M | 37.6K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 16 | HUMANKIND™Steam | approximately $35.5M | 28.8K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 17 | Dwarf FortressSteam | approximately $35.4M | 31.5K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 18 | approximately $34.4M | 27.4K | 91% | $39.99 | |
| 19 | FoundationSteam | approximately $34.2M | 24.3K | 87% | $34.99 |
| 20 | Farthest FrontierSteam | approximately $33.4M | 25.6K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 21 | Transport Fever 2Steam | approximately $33.3M | 32.9K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 22 | approximately $33.1M | 55.1K | 86% | $34.99 | |
| 23 | Frostpunk 2Steam | approximately $32.4M | 27.2K | 75% | $22.49 |
| 24 | Anno 117: Pax RomanaSteam | approximately $31.3M | 12.8K | 69% | $38.99 |
| 25 | approximately $30.2M | 11.4K | 93% | $40.19 | |
| 26 | Tropico 6Steam | approximately $29.9M | 29.5K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 27 | Planet ZooSteam | approximately $29.6M | 97.8K | 91% | $13.49 |
| 28 | Two Point HospitalSteam | approximately $29M | 35K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 29 | BanishedSteam | approximately $28.9M | 43.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 30 | They Are BillionsSteam | approximately $28M | 51.5K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Planet CoasterSteam | approximately $24.9M | 72.2K | 91% | $11.24 |
| 32 | approximately $24.2M | 18.1K | 72% | $39.99 | |
| 33 | approximately $22.8M | 47.2K | 90% | $20.99 | |
| 34 | BellwrightSteam | approximately $22.5M | 21.7K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 35 | Kingdom Two CrownsSteam | approximately $22M | 39.8K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 36 | approximately $20.9M | 13.6K | 91% | $59.99 | |
| 37 | Going MedievalSteam | approximately $20.7M | 21.5K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 38 | IXIONSteam | approximately $19.6M | 17.8K | 79% | $34.99 |
| 39 | FrostpunkSteam | approximately $19.6M | 137.6K | 93% | $5.99 |
| 40 | approximately $18.8M | 18.9K | 94% | $29.99 | |
| 41 | Kingdoms and CastlesSteam | approximately $18.6M | 31.4K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 42 | approximately $17M | 55.3K | 87% | $11.24 | |
| 43 | Infection Free ZoneSteam | approximately $15.1M | 18.7K | 81% | $17.49 |
| 44 | DorfromantikSteam | approximately $14.7M | 29.6K | 96% | $13.99 |
| 45 | Captain of IndustrySteam | approximately $13M | 11.6K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 46 | Transport FeverSteam | approximately $10.9M | 10.8K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Planet Coaster 2Steam | approximately $10.8M | 14.7K | 74% | $25.99 |
| 48 | Craft The WorldSteam | approximately $10.8M | 17.1K | 88% | $18.99 |
| 49 | The UniversimSteam | approximately $10.7M | 8.5K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 50 | approximately $10.6M | 15.9K | 95% | $19.99 |