Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Competitive on Steam.
Share of Competitive 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 Competitive 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 | Hearts of Iron IVSteam | approximately $467.9M | 364.3K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 2 | EA SPORTS FC™ 26Steam | approximately $210.5M | 107.8K | 51% | $69.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 183 | approximately $285 | approximately 5% | approximately 2% | approximately $21.9M |
| 2025 | 138 | approximately $1K | approximately 8% | approximately 5% | approximately $293.2M |
| 2024 | 121 | approximately $290 | approximately 12% | approximately 6% | approximately $244.5M |
| 2023 | 104 | approximately $1K | approximately 13% | approximately 2% | approximately $82.9M |
| 2022 | 107 | approximately $543 | approximately 15% | approximately 6% | approximately $26.8M |
| 2021 | 92 | approximately $1K | approximately 17% | approximately 9% | approximately $29.1M |
| 2020 | 171 | approximately $686 | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $44.4M |
| 2019 | 139 | approximately $2.1K | approximately 14% | approximately 6% | approximately $116.6M |
| 2018 | 111 | approximately $741 | approximately 12% | approximately 7% | approximately $36.6M |
| 2017 | 111 | approximately $1K | approximately 16% | approximately 9% | approximately $127.7M |
| 2016 | 65 | approximately $18.5K | approximately 28% | approximately 12% | approximately $512.8M |
| 2015 | 45 | approximately $9.4K | approximately 36% | approximately 20% | approximately $56.7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Competitive launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
Gray Zone WarfareSteam |
| approximately $109M |
| 79.2K |
| 72% |
| $39.99 |
| 4 | approximately $69.6M | 72.8K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 5 | TEKKEN 7Steam | approximately $64.7M | 95.5K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 6 | MORDHAUSteam | approximately $52.9M | 113.3K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 7 | approximately $49.1M | 48.5K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 8 | approximately $47.5M | 102.9K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Counter-StrikeSteam | approximately $45.3M | 261.9K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 10 | InsurgencySteam | approximately $41.7M | 124.6K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 11 | approximately $39.5M | 65K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 12 | Mortal Kombat 1Steam | approximately $38.9M | 49.6K | 72% | $49.99 |
| 13 | Street Fighter™ 6Steam | approximately $38.9M | 80K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 14 | approximately $38.2M | 193.4K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 15 | F1® 25Steam | approximately $34.3M | 30.1K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 16 | approximately $28.6M | 32.1K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Injustice™ 2Steam | approximately $26.7M | 24.6K | 86% | $49.99 |
| 18 | Mortal Kombat XSteam | approximately $24.9M | 60.9K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 19 | PavlovSteam | approximately $24.9M | 40.5K | 89% | $24.99 |
| 20 | approximately $22.8M | 12.1K | 89% | $69.99 |
| 21 | approximately $20M | 32.3K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 22 | approximately $18.5M | 5.9K | 53% | $69.99 |
| 23 | Rivals of AetherSteam | approximately $17M | 38.2K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 24 | AwesomenautsSteam | approximately $16.5M | 26.9K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 25 | approximately $16M | 8.8K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 26 | Left 4 DeadSteam | approximately $15.5M | 68.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 27 | approximately $15.3M | 53.6K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 28 | Homeworld 3Steam | approximately $14.5M | 8.8K | 41% | $59.99 |
| 29 | approximately $13.5M | 27.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 30 | DRAGON BALL FighterZSteam | approximately $13.4M | 76.9K | 90% | $9.59 |
| 31 | Duck GameSteam | approximately $11.3M | 39.1K | 97% | $12.99 |
| 32 | RIDE 4Steam | approximately $11M | 12.4K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 33 | approximately $10.6M | 20.2K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 34 | approximately $9.4M | 2.6K | 41% | $69.99 |
| 35 | approximately $8.8M | 15.3K | 86% | $24.99 |
| 36 | Move or DieSteam | approximately $8.3M | 23.3K | 89% | $14.99 |
| 37 | Crosshair XSteam | approximately $7.5M | 45.8K | 93% | $9.99 |
| 38 | approximately $7.4M | 11.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 39 | Quake ChampionsSteam | approximately $7.1M | 39.1K | 74% | $9.99 |
| 40 | approximately $7M | 28.4K | 91% | $9.99 |
| 41 | EZ2ON REBOOT : RSteam | approximately $6.9M | 6.3K | 91% | $44.99 |
| 42 | approximately $6.1M | 9K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 43 | Rivals of Aether IISteam | approximately $6M | 10K | 80% | $14.99 |
| 44 | Unrailed!Steam | approximately $5.7M | 19.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 45 | RIDE 3Steam | approximately $5.5M | 5.8K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 46 | approximately $5M | 14.4K | 97% | $12.99 |
| 47 | Invincible VSSteam | approximately $4.8M | 3.5K | 76% | $49.99 |
| 48 | Gremlins, Inc.Steam | approximately $4.5M | 8.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 49 | ContagionSteam | approximately $4.1M | 15.7K | 73% | $9.99 |
| 50 | approximately $4.1M | 6.8K | 72% | $39.99 |