Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Classic on Steam.
Share of Classic games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
Read this as the notable end of the genre. Steam publishes user tags only on game pages we fully enrich, so this sample skews to games that got attention — its median is 436 reviews against roughly 19 for the catalogue. The real share of low-earning Classic games is higher than shown.
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Total estimated revenue of Classic 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 $235.4M | 378.1K | 92% | $39.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $127.7M | 210.9K | 96% | $29.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | approximately $183 | approximately 22% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.7M |
| 2025 | 38 | approximately $417 | approximately 18% | approximately 8% | approximately $11.3M |
| 2024 | 35 | approximately $524 | approximately 29% | approximately 11% | approximately $11M |
| 2023 | 22 | approximately $277.8K | approximately 59% | approximately 41% | approximately $31.9M |
| 2022 | 25 | approximately $203K | approximately 60% | approximately 28% | approximately $23.4M |
| 2021 | 28 | approximately $70.2K | approximately 43% | approximately 21% | approximately $23.1M |
| 2020 | 130 | approximately $3.9K | approximately 17% | approximately 9% | approximately $88.8M |
| 2019 | 127 | approximately $10.4K | approximately 28% | approximately 7% | approximately $374.2M |
| 2018 | 118 | approximately $11.6K | approximately 25% | approximately 12% | approximately $102.6M |
| 2017 | 141 | approximately $26.9K | approximately 26% | approximately 9% | approximately $84.8M |
| 2016 | 121 | approximately $33.5K | approximately 31% | approximately 12% | approximately $352.1M |
| 2015 | 125 | approximately $51.7K | approximately 39% | approximately 17% | approximately $96.7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Classic launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 | approximately $121.6M | 239.6K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 4 | approximately $104.3M | 182.6K | 95% | $34.99 |
| 5 | Resident Evil 2Steam | approximately $90.9M | 156.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 6 | DOOMSteam | approximately $55.4M | 155.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Metro 2033 ReduxSteam | approximately $50.6M | 142.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 8 | Half-Life 2Steam | approximately $50.2M | 279.7K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 9 | approximately $47.5M | 102.9K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 10 | Counter-StrikeSteam | approximately $45.3M | 261.9K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 11 | approximately $43.5M | 46.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 12 | PortalSteam | approximately $42.3M | 199.4K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 13 | approximately $37.5M | 98.5K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 14 | approximately $37.1M | 87.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 15 | approximately $33.8M | 36.3K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 16 | Half-LifeSteam | approximately $32.5M | 164.3K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 17 | approximately $29.8M | 88.1K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Two Point HospitalSteam | approximately $29M | 35K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 19 | POSTAL 2Steam | approximately $27.3M | 138.1K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 20 | approximately $24.3M | 53.4K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 21 | approximately $24.2M | 18.1K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 22 | approximately $23.8M | 48.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 23 | approximately $23.2M | 43.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 24 | BioShock™ RemasteredSteam | approximately $21.5M | 52.5K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Shadow WarriorSteam | approximately $21.2M | 26.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 26 | approximately $20.5M | 38.2K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 27 | approximately $19.6M | 36.5K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Black MesaSteam | approximately $19.1M | 134.8K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 29 | approximately $18.1M | 53.1K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 30 | approximately $17.7M | 22.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 31 | approximately $17.1M | 45.1K | 98% | $29.99 |
| 32 | approximately $16.6M | 14.2K | 88% | $34.99 |
| 33 | Resident EvilSteam | approximately $16.3M | 36.6K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 34 | approximately $16.2M | 22.4K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 35 | approximately $16.2M | 156.1K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 36 | BioShock™Steam | approximately $15.9M | 32.2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 37 | approximately $15.6M | 42.3K | 84% | $14.99 |
| 38 | approximately $15.5M | 31.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 39 | approximately $14.8M | 27.7K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 40 | approximately $14.6M | 204.3K | 83% | $5.99 |
| 41 | approximately $14.3M | 25.8K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 42 | approximately $14.2M | 59.8K | 99% | $14.99 |
| 43 | approximately $13.5M | 27.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 44 | Fable AnniversarySteam | approximately $12.9M | 16.6K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 45 | approximately $12.5M | 22.5K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 46 | approximately $12.3M | 54.3K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 47 | Sonic ManiaSteam | approximately $11.4M | 28.9K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 48 | approximately $11.1M | 22.6K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 49 | DUSKSteam | approximately $10.8M | 25.5K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 50 | Serious Sam 4Steam | approximately $10.8M | 17.8K | 83% | $39.99 |