Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Crafting on Steam.
Share of Crafting 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 Crafting 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 | 1.1K | approximately $1.9K | approximately 14% | approximately 5% | approximately $985.5M |
| 2025 | 1K | approximately $2.1K | approximately 17% | approximately 7% | approximately $1B |
| 2024 | 763 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 18% | approximately 6% | approximately $1.2B |
| 2023 | 647 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 17% | approximately 5% | approximately $388M |
| 2022 | 490 | approximately $2K | approximately 19% | approximately 8% | approximately $548.2M |
| 2021 | 423 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 18% | approximately 6% | approximately $353.2M |
| 2020 | 256 | approximately $3.2K | approximately 20% | approximately 10% | approximately $449.5M |
| 2019 | 153 | approximately $9.1K | approximately 35% | approximately 20% | approximately $290.8M |
| 2018 | 137 | approximately $7.4K | approximately 28% | approximately 18% | approximately $600.2M |
| 2017 | 101 | approximately $7.6K | approximately 27% | approximately 14% | approximately $273.3M |
| 2016 | 86 | approximately $42.1K | approximately 42% | approximately 17% | approximately $905.7M |
| 2015 | 64 | approximately $71.4K | approximately 42% | approximately 23% | approximately $71.7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Crafting launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Man's SkySteam | approximately $432.1M | 420.7K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 2 | SatisfactorySteam | approximately $326.2M | 279.9K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 3 | Project ZomboidSteam | approximately $301.3M | 483.3K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 4 | ValheimSteam | approximately $276.2M | 468.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 5 | Stardew ValleySteam | approximately $262.8M | 895K | 99% | $14.99 |
| 6 | ARC RaidersSteam | approximately $253.1M | 416.9K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 7 | The ForestSteam | approximately $247.2M | 683.1K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 8 | PalworldSteam | approximately $247.1M | 489.8K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Sons Of The ForestSteam | approximately $236.1M | 320.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 10 | FactorioSteam | approximately $205.2M | 192K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 11 | Schedule ISteam | approximately $201.7M | 317.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 12 | TerrariaSteam | approximately $189.8M | 1.6M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 13 | RaftSteam | approximately $169.4M | 378.9K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 14 | SubnauticaSteam | approximately $123M | 380.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 15 | Path of Exile 2Steam | approximately $117.9M | 226.6K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 16 | Scrap MechanicSteam | approximately $108M | 109.4K | 92% | $28.99 |
| 17 | approximately $107.8M | 118K | 60% | $44.99 | |
| 18 | approximately $106.1M | 586.8K | 84% | $14.99 | |
| 19 | approximately $98M | 139.3K | 72% | $39.99 | |
| 20 | approximately $92.2M | 543.4K | 95% | $14.99 | |
| 21 | Dune: AwakeningSteam | approximately $91M | 79.2K | 71% | $24.99 |
| 22 | EnshroudedSteam | approximately $90.1M | 105.9K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 23 | V RisingSteam | approximately $84M | 137.3K | 89% | $34.99 |
| 24 | KenshiSteam | approximately $83.3M | 116.9K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 25 | DAVE THE DIVERSteam | approximately $80.3M | 162.7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 26 | GroundedSteam | approximately $68.1M | 95.9K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 27 | Days GoneSteam | approximately $63.8M | 117.2K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 28 | ICARUSSteam | approximately $62.1M | 68.7K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 29 | The Long DarkSteam | approximately $58.8M | 123.9K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 30 | Abiotic FactorSteam | approximately $56.1M | 42.2K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 31 | This War of MineSteam | approximately $55.9M | 97.8K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 32 | Green HellSteam | approximately $53.9M | 102.8K | 85% | $24.99 |
| 33 | Medieval DynastySteam | approximately $52.3M | 52.4K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 34 | NoitaSteam | approximately $48.5M | 81.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Grim DawnSteam | approximately $47.2M | 109.9K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 36 | approximately $47M | 108.5K | 90% | $29.99 | |
| 37 | ASTRONEERSteam | approximately $38.8M | 118.9K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 38 | FoxholeSteam | approximately $38.7M | 53.1K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 39 | Core KeeperSteam | approximately $38.1M | 66.7K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 40 | WindroseSteam | approximately $37.8M | 52.9K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 41 | approximately $36.9M | 53.4K | 95% | $29.99 | |
| 42 | Gothic 1 RemakeSteam | approximately $36.1M | 41.3K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 43 | My Time at PortiaSteam | approximately $36.1M | 44.3K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 44 | My Time at SandrockSteam | approximately $36.1M | 29.1K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 45 | Dwarf FortressSteam | approximately $35.4M | 31.5K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 46 | Don't StarveSteam | approximately $33.7M | 113.5K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 47 | StarboundSteam | approximately $32.9M | 123.3K | 90% | $14.99 |
| 48 | approximately $31.5M | 85.8K | 87% | $19.99 | |
| 49 | The Planet CrafterSteam | approximately $29.6M | 74.2K | 96% | $23.99 |
| 50 | approximately $28.8M | 56.8K | 91% | $19.99 |