Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Cold War on Steam.
Share of Cold War 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 Cold War 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 | Arma ReforgerSteam | approximately $69.6M | 58.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 2 | approximately $42.8M | 43.3K | 91% | $39.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66 | approximately $934 | approximately 14% | approximately 5% | approximately $28M |
| 2025 | 49 | approximately $893 | approximately 14% | approximately 2% | approximately $21.1M |
| 2024 | 46 | approximately $2.1K | approximately 22% | approximately 13% | approximately $46.2M |
| 2023 | 47 | approximately $280 | approximately 13% | approximately 6% | approximately $74.3M |
| 2022 | 38 | approximately $964 | approximately 18% | approximately 8% | approximately $14M |
| 2021 | 40 | approximately $484 | approximately 20% | approximately 5% | approximately $11M |
| 2020 | 32 | approximately $394 | approximately 6% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.5M |
| 2019 | 16 | approximately $24.4K | approximately 31% | approximately 6% | approximately $2.9M |
| 2018 | 13 | approximately $4.1K | approximately 38% | approximately 8% | approximately $6M |
| 2017 | 15 | approximately $17.8K | approximately 40% | approximately 20% | approximately $44.6M |
| 2016 | 12 | approximately $54.8K | approximately 42% | approximately 0% | approximately $2.2M |
| 2015 | 8 | approximately $11.6K | approximately 25% | approximately 0% | approximately $538.3K |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Cold War launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
| approximately $31.4M |
| 42.4K |
| 88% |
| $24.99 |
| 4 | approximately $22.8M | 12.4K | 62% | $39.99 |
| 5 | WARNOSteam | approximately $21.2M | 16.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 6 | Wargame: Red DragonSteam | approximately $19.8M | 19.8K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 7 | approximately $19M | 19.7K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 8 | approximately $13.1M | 6.8K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 9 | SprocketSteam | approximately $8.5M | 13K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 10 | approximately $8.1M | 18.3K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 11 | Gunner, HEAT, PC!Steam | approximately $7.7M | 8.2K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 12 | Tropico 4Steam | approximately $7.1M | 12.8K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 13 | approximately $6.4M | 12.1K | 70% | $19.99 |
| 14 | Age of History 3Steam | approximately $6.2M | 18.8K | 85% | $9.99 |
| 15 | SoundpadSteam | approximately $5.9M | 104.6K | 96% | $4.99 |
| 16 | Cold WatersSteam | approximately $5.6M | 4.7K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Phantom DoctrineSteam | approximately $4.6M | 4.7K | 74% | $39.99 |
| 18 | XenonautsSteam | approximately $4.5M | 5.1K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 19 | approximately $3.5M | 4.5K | 87% | $19.99 |
| 20 | RegimentsSteam | approximately $3M | 2.9K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 21 | approximately $2.7M | 7.1K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 22 | approximately $2.4M | 6.5K | 80% | $9.99 |
| 23 | Metro AwakeningSteam | approximately $2.3M | 3.6K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 24 | approximately $2.2M | 8.3K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 25 | DEFCONSteam | approximately $1.6M | 4.3K | 87% | $11.99 |
| 26 | '83Steam | approximately $1.5M | 1.3K | 66% | $29.99 |
| 27 | Wild AssaultSteam | approximately $1.4M | 4.3K | 68% | $14.99 |
| 28 | Rule the Waves 3Steam | approximately $1.4M | 1.1K | 87% | $23.99 |
| 29 | approximately $1.3M | 3.4K | 78% | $9.99 |
| 30 | IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946Steam | approximately $1.3M | 3.2K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 31 | Tiny Combat ArenaSteam | approximately $1.2M | 1.6K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 32 | approximately $1.2M | 2.1K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 33 | ICBM: EscalationSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.5K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 34 | approximately $1.1M | 1.1K | 67% | $29.99 |
| 35 | UnMetalSteam | approximately $1M | 3.7K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 36 | approximately $957K | 1.4K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 37 | approximately $894K | 1.3K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 38 | Twilight StruggleSteam | approximately $856.8K | 2.6K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 39 | ICBMSteam | approximately $835.9K | 1.9K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 40 | Sniper EliteSteam | approximately $835.2K | 4.2K | 76% | $7.99 |
| 41 | Line WarSteam | approximately $810K | 1.2K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 42 | First StrikeSteam | approximately $773.6K | 2K | 75% | $11.99 |
| 43 | Tropico 3Steam | approximately $771.3K | 2K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 44 | approximately $747K | 1.3K | 26% | $19.99 |
| 45 | Vietnam WarSteam | approximately $732.7K | 1.8K | 85% | $14.99 |
| 46 | 60 Parsecs!Steam | approximately $721.6K | 4.1K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 47 | approximately $710.9K | 2.3K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 48 | approximately $633K | 1.2K | 78% | $14.99 |
| 49 | approximately $620.9K | 2.2K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 50 | I Expect You To DieSteam | approximately $549.7K | 2.8K | 94% | $12.49 |