Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Colony Sim on Steam.
Share of Colony Sim 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 Colony Sim 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 | 249 | approximately $4.6K | approximately 20% | approximately 8% | approximately $168.7M |
| 2025 | 225 | approximately $5.1K | approximately 26% | approximately 10% | approximately $159.8M |
| 2024 | 151 | approximately $7.6K | approximately 25% | approximately 11% | approximately $297.3M |
| 2023 | 158 | approximately $18.1K | approximately 30% | approximately 6% | approximately $83.8M |
| 2022 | 122 | approximately $14.9K | approximately 27% | approximately 8% | approximately $158.5M |
| 2021 | 102 | approximately $6.9K | approximately 27% | approximately 13% | approximately $73.3M |
| 2020 | 60 | approximately $10.8K | approximately 30% | approximately 12% | approximately $35M |
| 2019 | 36 | approximately $37K | approximately 39% | approximately 17% | approximately $111.2M |
| 2018 | 22 | approximately $430K | approximately 50% | approximately 41% | approximately $309.3M |
| 2017 | 14 | approximately $206.7K | approximately 64% | approximately 43% | approximately $44.9M |
| 2016 | 16 | approximately $188.8K | approximately 69% | approximately 31% | approximately $19M |
| 2015 | 13 | approximately $47.9K | approximately 38% | approximately 31% | approximately $80.7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Colony Sim launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RimWorldSteam | approximately $179.3M | 246.8K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 2 | Manor LordsSteam | approximately $112M | 92K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 3 | Oxygen Not IncludedSteam | approximately $71M | 135.3K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 4 | Prison ArchitectSteam | approximately $65.7M | 76.6K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 5 | Cult of the LambSteam | approximately $64.4M | 129.9K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 6 | approximately $61.2M | 68.8K | 85% | $34.99 | |
| 7 | TimberbornSteam | approximately $56.9M | 41.9K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 8 | Against the StormSteam | approximately $37.6M | 37.6K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Dwarf FortressSteam | approximately $35.3M | 29.3K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 10 | approximately $34.4M | 27.4K | 91% | $39.99 | |
| 11 | FoundationSteam | approximately $34.2M | 24.3K | 87% | $34.99 |
| 12 | Farthest FrontierSteam | approximately $33.4M | 25.6K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 13 | approximately $32.8M | 56.9K | 95% | $19.99 | |
| 14 | Frostpunk 2Steam | approximately $32.4M | 27.2K | 75% | $22.49 |
| 15 | BanishedSteam | approximately $28.9M | 43.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 16 | They Are BillionsSteam | approximately $28M | 51.5K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 17 | SPORE™Steam | approximately $25.7M | 72.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Kingdom Two CrownsSteam | approximately $22M | 39.9K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 19 | SoulmaskSteam | approximately $21.1M | 22.5K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 20 | Going MedievalSteam | approximately $20.7M | 21.5K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 21 | IXIONSteam | approximately $19.6M | 17.8K | 79% | $34.99 |
| 22 | FrostpunkSteam | approximately $19.6M | 137.6K | 93% | $5.99 |
| 23 | approximately $18.9M | 17.5K | 94% | $29.99 | |
| 24 | Kingdoms and CastlesSteam | approximately $18.6M | 31.4K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Infection Free ZoneSteam | approximately $15.1M | 16.6K | 81% | $17.49 |
| 26 | Farm TogetherSteam | approximately $13.1M | 22.1K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 27 | Captain of IndustrySteam | approximately $13M | 11.6K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 28 | Stranded: Alien DawnSteam | approximately $12.6M | 11.5K | 83% | $34.99 |
| 29 | approximately $11.1M | 12.7K | 86% | $29.99 | |
| 30 | Craft The WorldSteam | approximately $10.8M | 17.1K | 88% | $18.99 |
| 31 | The UniversimSteam | approximately $10.7M | 10.7K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 32 | StarRuptureSteam | approximately $10.3M | 13.6K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Space HavenSteam | approximately $10.3M | 10.3K | 86% | $24.99 |
| 34 | ASKASteam | approximately $9.8M | 12.2K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 35 | StationeersSteam | approximately $9.6M | 9.3K | 88% | $34.99 |
| 36 | approximately $9.6M | 8.5K | 92% | $29.99 | |
| 37 | NorlandSteam | approximately $8.9M | 10.5K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 38 | approximately $8.6M | 11.8K | 92% | $19.99 | |
| 39 | approximately $8.1M | 8.1K | 86% | $29.99 | |
| 40 | approximately $8M | 9.9K | 89% | $24.99 | |
| 41 | Sengoku DynastySteam | approximately $7.9M | 7.9K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 42 | approximately $7.8M | 21.1K | 97% | $9.99 | |
| 43 | StonehearthSteam | approximately $7.8M | 13.1K | 75% | $19.99 |
| 44 | approximately $7.6M | 19.1K | 86% | $24.99 | |
| 45 | Pioneers of PagoniaSteam | approximately $7.6M | 5.5K | 81% | $34.99 |
| 46 | Railroads OnlineSteam | approximately $7.3M | 6K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Songs of SyxSteam | approximately $7M | 9.3K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 48 | approximately $6.7M | 8.3K | 76% | $24.99 | |
| 49 | Stronghold: WarlordsSteam | approximately $6.3M | 5.3K | 65% | $39.99 |
| 50 | Kingdom: New LandsSteam | approximately $6.2M | 12.4K | 85% | $14.99 |