Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged CRPG on Steam.
Share of CRPG 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 CRPG 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 | approximately $159.4M | 180.9K | 96% | $44.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $26.6M | 27.5K | 89% |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 295 | approximately $571 | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $52.9M |
| 2025 | 277 | approximately $668 | approximately 9% | approximately 1% | approximately $17.4M |
| 2024 | 288 | approximately $1K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $64.7M |
| 2023 | 214 | approximately $433 | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $64.2M |
| 2022 | 201 | approximately $897 | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $33M |
| 2021 | 152 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 11% | approximately 5% | approximately $33.6M |
| 2020 | 94 | approximately $829 | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $10M |
| 2019 | 33 | approximately $6.2K | approximately 21% | approximately 3% | approximately $9.8M |
| 2018 | 32 | approximately $21.6K | approximately 31% | approximately 16% | approximately $13.4M |
| 2017 | 36 | approximately $79.1K | approximately 44% | approximately 14% | approximately $172.9M |
| 2016 | 27 | approximately $39.6K | approximately 30% | approximately 7% | approximately $13M |
| 2015 | 20 | approximately $108.7K | approximately 50% | approximately 30% | approximately $47.4M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical CRPG launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| $39.99 |
| 3 | Darkest Dungeon® IISteam | approximately $25.2M | 27K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 4 | approximately $22.4M | 45.1K | 68% | $20.99 |
| 5 | MENACESteam | approximately $19.5M | 13.7K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 6 | approximately $16.1M | 22.6K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 7 | approximately $13.8M | 48.3K | 88% | $14.99 |
| 8 | Caves of QudSteam | approximately $12.1M | 12.7K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 9 | approximately $9M | 7.6K | 84% | $44.99 |
| 10 | approximately $8.9M | 18.1K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 11 | approximately $7.9M | 32.1K | 97% | $8.99 |
| 12 | Pathologic 2Steam | approximately $7.7M | 12.2K | 92% | $34.99 |
| 13 | Xenonauts 2Steam | approximately $7.1M | 5.8K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 14 | Pillars of EternitySteam | approximately $7M | 26.2K | 88% | $11.99 |
| 15 | approximately $6.7M | 8.1K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 16 | TyrannySteam | approximately $6.6M | 10K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 17 | Shadowrun ReturnsSteam | approximately $6.3M | 14K | 87% | $14.99 |
| 18 | Expeditions: RomeSteam | approximately $6.3M | 6.8K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 19 | Esoteric EbbSteam | approximately $5.8M | 9.7K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 20 | Drova - Forsaken KinSteam | approximately $5.7M | 9.8K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 21 | approximately $5.6M | 25.3K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 22 | approximately $5.6M | 9.9K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 23 | approximately $5.4M | 11K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 24 | approximately $5.4M | 6.6K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 25 | 侠客风云传(Tale of Wuxia)Steam | approximately $4.3M | 7.6K | 77% | $16.99 |
| 26 | approximately $4.3M | 17.5K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 27 | approximately $4.2M | 4.3K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 28 | approximately $3.8M | 15.5K | 97% | $11.99 |
| 29 | approximately $3.8M | 4.4K | 70% | $34.99 |
| 30 | Solasta IISteam | approximately $3.7M | 3.3K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 31 | TaleSpireSteam | approximately $3.7M | 5.2K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 32 | approximately $3.5M | 9.6K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 33 | approximately $3.5M | 8.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 34 | The ThaumaturgeSteam | approximately $3.2M | 6K | 83% | $34.99 |
| 35 | approximately $3.1M | 10.6K | 85% | $14.99 |
| 36 | Dungeon AlchemistSteam | approximately $3.1M | 3.9K | 95% | $44.99 |
| 37 | approximately $3M | 2.6K | 95% | $49.99 |
| 38 | approximately $2.9M | 3.2K | 84% | $31.99 |
| 39 | approximately $2.9M | 44.4K | 83% | $3.99 |
| 40 | approximately $2.8M | 5.3K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 41 | approximately $2.7M | 6.6K | 89% | $14.99 |
| 42 | approximately $2.7M | 4.9K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Blackthorn ArenaSteam | approximately $2.5M | 3.8K | 69% | $24.99 |
| 44 | Expeditions: VikingSteam | approximately $2.4M | 3.3K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 45 | UnderRailSteam | approximately $2.4M | 7.3K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 46 | Caribbean LegendSteam | approximately $2.3M | 3.2K | 76% | $39.99 |
| 47 | approximately $2.2M | 5.7K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 48 | Mandate Of HeavenSteam | approximately $2.2M | 6.7K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 49 | approximately $2.1M | 3.5K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 50 | Stolen RealmSteam | approximately $2.1M | 4K | 84% | $19.99 |