Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Early Access on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Early Access 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 | Satisfactory | $314M | 231.8K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 2 | Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | $309.5M | 293.8K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 3 | BeamNG.drive | $236.4M | 405.2K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.8K | $841.1 | 10% | 3% | $774.5M |
| 2025 | 2.2K | $1.2K | 13% | 4% | $946.4M |
| 2024 | 1.7K | $914.8 | 11% | 4% | $1.2B |
| 2023 | 1.3K | $618.9 | 8% | 3% | $510.2M |
| 2022 | 1.2K | $683.6 | 9% | 4% | $828.6M |
| 2021 | 993 | $600.4 | 9% | 3% | $249.6M |
| 2020 | 867 | $458.9 | 9% | 4% | $631.5M |
| 2019 | 750 | $472.2 | 9% | 3% | $265.2M |
| 2018 | 732 | $567.8 | 8% | 4% | $520.9M |
| 2017 | 554 | $975.5 | 9% | 4% | $307.5M |
| 2016 | 376 | $2.1K | 10% | 3% | $123.4M |
| 2015 | 173 | $4.8K | 16% | 7% | $373.9M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Early Access launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Phasmophobia |
| $231.7M |
| 679.6K |
| 95% |
| $13.99 |
| 5 | Palworld | $231.3M | 374.6K | 94% | $20.99 |
| 6 | The Forest | $216.9M | 577.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Raft | $194.6M | 320.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 8 | Schedule I | $182.2M | 281.5K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Project Zomboid | $181.2M | 349.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 10 | Path of Exile 2 | $116.4M | 165.1K | 76% | $29.99 |
| 11 | Risk of Rain 2 | $113.9M | 238.3K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 12 | Cities: Skylines II | $112.5M | 90.6K | 55% | $49.99 |
| 13 | Slay the Spire 2 | $103M | 190.7K | 60% | $24.99 |
| 14 | ULTRAKILL | $101.2M | 208K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 15 | ARK: Survival Evolved | $92.2M | 773K | 83% | $9.89 |
| 16 | Gray Zone Warfare | $80.9M | 77.7K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Slime Rancher | $73.8M | 155.4K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Subnautica 2 | $71.1M | 123.1K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 19 | R.E.P.O. | $70.2M | 329.8K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 20 | Assetto Corsa | $69.3M | 134.5K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Blade and Sorcery | $68.4M | 58.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 22 | Enshrouded | $65.6M | 91.7K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 23 | Scrap Mechanic | $63.1M | 118.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 24 | The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome | $62.2M | 69.6K | 66% | $29.99 |
| 25 | Dead Cells | $61.3M | 154.9K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 26 | Manor Lords | $60.3M | 89K | 84% | $25.99 |
| 27 | The Isle | $59.9M | 116.5K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Grounded | $59.4M | 95K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 29 | Lethal Company | $58.9M | 509.7K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 30 | Abiotic Factor | $57.4M | 57.3K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 31 | No Rest for the Wicked | $55.4M | 79.8K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 32 | Valheim | $54M | 538.1K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 33 | Kerbal Space Program 2 | $51.2M | 31.9K | 26% | $49.99 |
| 34 | Assetto Corsa Competizione | $48M | 47.4K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 35 | Supermarket Simulator | $47.7M | 83.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 36 | My Summer Car | $46.4M | 115.6K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 37 | Bodycam | $44.8M | 44.2K | 76% | $33.32 |
| 38 | BattleBit Remastered | $44.4M | 127.6K | 82% | $14.99 |
| 39 | Wallpaper Engine | $42.3M | 1M | 98% | $4.99 |
| 40 | Gunfire Reborn | $41.5M | 88.3K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 41 | Black Mesa | $40.7M | 143.7K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 42 | Dyson Sphere Program | $38.6M | 91.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Undisputed | $37.7M | 22.5K | 59% | $49.99 |
| 44 | Wreckfest | $34M | 41.1K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 45 | MX Bikes | $32.2M | 36.3K | 94% | $34.99 |
| 46 | Universe Sandbox | $31.8M | 31.7K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Windrose | $31.1M | 50.4K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 48 | Path Of Wuxia | $31.1M | 30.4K | 78% | $34.99 |
| 49 | Imperator: Rome | $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 50 | Gorilla Tag | $28.4M | 84.7K | 91% | $19.99 |