Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Crime on Steam.
Share of Crime 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 Crime 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 | 337 | approximately $817 | approximately 7% | approximately 1% | approximately $13.5M |
| 2025 | 297 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 12% | approximately 3% | approximately $272M |
| 2024 | 276 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $70.6M |
| 2023 | 187 | approximately $978 | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $352.2M |
| 2022 | 159 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 13% | approximately 6% | approximately $94.3M |
| 2021 | 150 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 15% | approximately 7% | approximately $38.9M |
| 2020 | 94 | approximately $2.6K | approximately 19% | approximately 9% | approximately $45.9M |
| 2019 | 46 | approximately $7.9K | approximately 33% | approximately 15% | approximately $40.1M |
| 2018 | 39 | approximately $6.3K | approximately 10% | approximately 5% | approximately $24.6M |
| 2017 | 23 | approximately $44.5K | approximately 39% | approximately 13% | approximately $9.6M |
| 2016 | 27 | approximately $20.5K | approximately 15% | approximately 7% | approximately $14.3M |
| 2015 | 18 | approximately $36.8K | approximately 39% | approximately 22% | approximately $14.6M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Crime launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ready or NotSteam | approximately $278.3M | 347.5K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 2 | Schedule ISteam | approximately $201.7M | 317.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 3 | PAYDAY 2Steam | approximately $101.7M | 674.9K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 4 | Persona 5 RoyalSteam | approximately $35.6M | 140.3K | 96% | $17.99 |
| 5 | Crime Scene CleanerSteam | approximately $35M | 34.5K | 98% | $29.99 |
| 6 | approximately $30.4M | 79.8K | 94% | $19.99 | |
| 7 | approximately $29.3M | 30.6K | 73% | $49.99 | |
| 8 | Gotham KnightsSteam | approximately $26.2M | 15.7K | 69% | $59.99 |
| 9 | Thief SimulatorSteam | approximately $22M | 39.9K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 10 | RoboCop: Rogue CitySteam | approximately $21.8M | 37.5K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 11 | approximately $17.9M | 13.3K | 69% | $39.99 | |
| 12 | approximately $17.1M | 45.1K | 98% | $29.99 | |
| 13 | approximately $16M | 18.7K | 79% | $24.99 | |
| 14 | approximately $15.8M | 69.7K | 96% | $9.99 | |
| 15 | SifuSteam | approximately $15.8M | 28.9K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 16 | approximately $14.6M | 204.3K | 83% | $5.99 | |
| 17 | approximately $12.9M | 21K | 86% | $19.99 | |
| 18 | PAYDAY™ The HeistSteam | approximately $10.8M | 41K | 93% | $9.99 |
| 19 | The PrecinctSteam | approximately $9.2M | 9.3K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 20 | approximately $8.6M | 12.1K | 80% | $29.99 | |
| 21 | approximately $8.3M | 17.4K | 86% | $19.99 | |
| 22 | JudgmentSteam | approximately $8.1M | 12.3K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 23 | Lost JudgmentSteam | approximately $6.6M | 9.8K | 94% | $39.99 |
| 24 | approximately $5.9M | 31K | 96% | $6.99 | |
| 25 | approximately $5.7M | 7.3K | 92% | $19.99 | |
| 26 | Police StoriesSteam | approximately $5.7M | 9.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 27 | HacknetSteam | approximately $5.6M | 16.9K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 28 | Saints Row 2Steam | approximately $5.4M | 21.8K | 76% | $9.99 |
| 29 | Empire of SinSteam | approximately $5.3M | 6.3K | 48% | $39.99 |
| 30 | approximately $4.6M | 11.5K | 91% | $19.99 | |
| 31 | Thief Simulator 2Steam | approximately $4.5M | 6.9K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 32 | The OperatorSteam | approximately $4.2M | 8.9K | 92% | $13.99 |
| 33 | approximately $4.2M | 4.6K | 78% | $44.99 | |
| 34 | approximately $4.1M | 10.6K | 68% | $19.99 | |
| 35 | approximately $4M | 8.1K | 89% | $29.99 | |
| 36 | Saints RowSteam | approximately $4M | 8.9K | 56% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Watch_Dogs® 2Steam | approximately $4M | 96K | 82% | $2.49 |
| 38 | approximately $3.9M | 8.5K | 91% | $14.99 | |
| 39 | approximately $3.8M | 23.1K | 74% | $5.99 | |
| 40 | Her StorySteam | approximately $3.7M | 10.4K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 41 | approximately $3.5M | 3.5K | 63% | $59.99 | |
| 42 | approximately $3.4M | 14K | 95% | $14.99 | |
| 43 | Party HardSteam | approximately $3.3M | 12.7K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 44 | Crime SimulatorSteam | approximately $3.2M | 7.3K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 45 | SanfuSteam | approximately $3.2M | 17.9K | 83% | $10.99 |
| 46 | approximately $3M | 6K | 62% | $29.99 | |
| 47 | approximately $2.8M | 4.8K | 85% | $29.99 | |
| 48 | approximately $2.8M | 4.5K | 88% | $49.99 | |
| 49 | approximately $2.8M | 11K | 98% | $17.99 | |
| 50 | approximately $2.7M | 2.8K | 96% | $24.99 |