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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged City Builder on Steam.
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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.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | $580.2M | 376.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 2 | RimWorld | $176.6M | 243.1K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 3 | Cities: Skylines | $153.3M | 218.9K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | $1.8M | 94% | 71% | $93.2M |
| 2025 | 46 | $1.7M | 98% | 59% | $266.9M |
| 2024 | 48 | $957K | 94% | 48% | $231.9M |
| 2023 | 35 | $1.1M | 89% | 60% | $166.6M |
| 2022 | 29 | $1.3M | 90% | 55% | $95.2M |
| 2021 | 34 | $1.1M | 85% | 56% | $272.8M |
| 2020 | 24 | $1.4M | 83% | 58% | $181.5M |
| 2019 | 29 | $2M | 93% | 72% | $371.5M |
| 2018 | 23 | $3.9M | 91% | 74% | $465.8M |
| 2017 | 11 | $634.4K | 82% | 45% | $35.7M |
| 2016 | 14 | $1.2M | 86% | 50% | $716.5M |
| 2015 | 17 | $790K | 59% | 41% | $249.7M |
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.
| Factorio |
| $140.6M |
| 232.2K |
| 98% |
| $35.00 |
| 5 | Cities: Skylines II | $112.5M | 90.6K | 55% | $49.99 |
| 6 | Planet Coaster | $109.4M | 72K | 91% | $44.99 |
| 7 | Planet Zoo | $107.4M | 96.7K | 91% | $44.99 |
| 8 | Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | $103.1M | 180.6K | 95% | $34.99 |
| 9 | Frostpunk | $97M | 136.2K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Jurassic World Evolution 2 | $84.6M | 39.2K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 11 | Sid Meier's Civilization VII | $71.6M | 43.3K | 48% | $49.99 |
| 12 | Jurassic World Evolution | $70.8M | 48.2K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 13 | Manor Lords | $60.3M | 89K | 84% | $25.99 |
| 14 | Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition | $60M | 94.6K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 15 | Anno 1800 | $53.3M | 31.9K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 16 | Prison Architect | $51.1M | 59.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 17 | Timberborn | $47.8M | 40.6K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 18 | Age of Empires II (Retired) | $41.8M | 84.7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 19 | HUMANKIND™ | $38.8M | 28.6K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 20 | Dyson Sphere Program | $38.6M | 91.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Frostpunk 2 | $37.3M | 26.6K | 75% | $44.99 |
| 22 | Transport Fever 2 | $32.5M | 32.1K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 23 | Train Simulator Classic | $29.3M | 29.3K | 72% | $29.99 |
| 24 | Two Point Hospital | $28.8M | 34.8K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 25 | Banished | $28.8M | 43.2K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 26 | Anno 117: Pax Romana | $27.4M | 12.4K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 27 | Farthest Frontier | $27.3M | 25K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 28 | Foundation | $26.1M | 24K | 87% | $34.99 |
| 29 | Jurassic World Evolution 3 | $25.5M | 12.4K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 30 | They Are Billions | $25M | 51.2K | 85% | $26.99 |
| 31 | Dwarf Fortress | $23.9M | 31.3K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 32 | Planet Coaster 2 | $21.8M | 14K | 74% | $49.99 |
| 33 | Bellwright | $21.4M | 19.4K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Kingdoms and Castles | $18.5M | 31.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom | $18.1M | 11.1K | 84% | $59.99 |
| 36 | Going Medieval | $17.1M | 21.2K | 89% | $23.99 |
| 37 | Northgard: Definitive Edition | $17M | 68.5K | 85% | $9.79 |
| 38 | IXION | $16.7M | 17.5K | 79% | $34.99 |
| 39 | FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time | $13.8M | 13.4K | 92% | $41.99 |
| 40 | A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA | $13.7M | 14.8K | 71% | $39.99 |
| 41 | Infection Free Zone | $12.9M | 18.2K | 81% | $24.99 |
| 42 | Two Point Museum | $12M | 12.9K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 43 | Kingdom Heroes 8 | $10.9M | 14.7K | 54% | $29.99 |
| 44 | Transport Fever | $10.8M | 10.8K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 45 | Craft The World | $10.8M | 17K | 88% | $18.99 |
| 46 | Rise of Nations: Extended Edition | $10.5M | 15.8K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Captain of Industry | $10M | 11.2K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 48 | The Universim | $9.7M | 10.6K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 49 | Anno 2070™ | $9.4M | 12.7K | 60% | $19.99 |
| 50 | Tropico 6 | $8.9M | 29.2K | 88% | $11.99 |