Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Economy on Steam.
Share of Economy 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 Economy 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 $427M | 944.1K | 97% | $19.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $211.6M | 134.5K | 88% | $49.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.2K | approximately $1.7K | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $246.9M |
| 2025 | 767 | approximately $4.3K | approximately 20% | approximately 5% | approximately $746.3M |
| 2024 | 463 | approximately $3.1K | approximately 19% | approximately 6% | approximately $320.5M |
| 2023 | 293 | approximately $3.7K | approximately 20% | approximately 9% | approximately $291.7M |
| 2022 | 251 | approximately $4.6K | approximately 24% | approximately 10% | approximately $153.3M |
| 2021 | 244 | approximately $3.7K | approximately 26% | approximately 12% | approximately $204.7M |
| 2020 | 175 | approximately $6.6K | approximately 23% | approximately 11% | approximately $84.7M |
| 2019 | 87 | approximately $44.5K | approximately 45% | approximately 21% | approximately $178.6M |
| 2018 | 90 | approximately $13.6K | approximately 32% | approximately 20% | approximately $274.4M |
| 2017 | 49 | approximately $19K | approximately 24% | approximately 10% | approximately $52.8M |
| 2016 | 39 | approximately $355.1K | approximately 67% | approximately 36% | approximately $118.2M |
| 2015 | 44 | approximately $85K | approximately 48% | approximately 18% | approximately $305.9M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Economy launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
EA SPORTS FC™ 26Steam |
| approximately $210.5M |
| 107.8K |
| 51% |
| $69.99 |
| 4 | Cities: SkylinesSteam | approximately $206.5M | 299.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 5 | approximately $133.9M | 62.2K | 47% | $69.99 |
| 6 | approximately $127.7M | 210.9K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 7 | Cities: Skylines IISteam | approximately $116.1M | 93.3K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 8 | Manor LordsSteam | approximately $112M | 91.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 9 | Prison ArchitectSteam | approximately $64.3M | 74.9K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 10 | approximately $61.2M | 68.8K | 85% | $34.99 |
| 11 | approximately $59.6M | 84.1K | 92% | $11.99 |
| 12 | Europa Universalis VSteam | approximately $52.7M | 31.7K | 64% | $59.99 |
| 13 | Farming Simulator 25Steam | approximately $48.5M | 58.6K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 14 | Farming Simulator 22Steam | approximately $47.1M | 92.9K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 15 | X4: FoundationsSteam | approximately $45.9M | 30.3K | 80% | $49.99 |
| 16 | approximately $39.4M | 50.1K | 96% | $16.99 |
| 17 | Against the StormSteam | approximately $37.6M | 37.6K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 18 | House FlipperSteam | approximately $37M | 112.1K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 19 | Dwarf FortressSteam | approximately $35.4M | 31.5K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 20 | Farming Simulator 19Steam | approximately $34.9M | 76.3K | 94% | $17.99 |
| 21 | approximately $34.4M | 27.4K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 22 | FoundationSteam | approximately $34.2M | 24.3K | 87% | $34.99 |
| 23 | Farthest FrontierSteam | approximately $33.4M | 25.6K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 24 | Transport Fever 2Steam | approximately $33.3M | 32.9K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 25 | approximately $31.7M | 48.6K | 79% | $24.99 |
| 26 | Anno 117: Pax RomanaSteam | approximately $31.3M | 12.8K | 69% | $38.99 |
| 27 | approximately $30.2M | 11.4K | 93% | $40.19 |
| 28 | Tropico 6Steam | approximately $29.9M | 29.5K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 29 | Planet ZooSteam | approximately $29.6M | 97.8K | 91% | $13.49 |
| 30 | Imperator: RomeSteam | approximately $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 31 | BanishedSteam | approximately $28.9M | 43.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 32 | Planet CoasterSteam | approximately $24.9M | 72.2K | 91% | $11.24 |
| 33 | House Flipper 2Steam | approximately $24.2M | 20.1K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 34 | approximately $22.8M | 47.2K | 90% | $20.99 |
| 35 | approximately $22.7M | 196.6K | 97% | $4.99 |
| 36 | The RiftbreakerSteam | approximately $21.1M | 25K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Going MedievalSteam | approximately $20.7M | 21.5K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 38 | IXIONSteam | approximately $19.6M | 17.8K | 79% | $34.99 |
| 39 | FrostpunkSteam | approximately $19.6M | 137.6K | 93% | $5.99 |
| 40 | approximately $18.8M | 18.9K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Kingdoms and CastlesSteam | approximately $18.6M | 31.4K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 42 | approximately $18M | 18K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 43 | approximately $17M | 22.9K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 44 | approximately $17M | 55.3K | 87% | $11.24 |
| 45 | Game Dev TycoonSteam | approximately $16.7M | 45.1K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 46 | Dungeons 3Steam | approximately $16.7M | 18.7K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Last OasisSteam | approximately $15.9M | 24.2K | 62% | $29.99 |
| 48 | Big AmbitionsSteam | approximately $14.6M | 14.7K | 92% | $25.99 |
| 49 | Terra InvictaSteam | approximately $14.5M | 9.9K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 50 | approximately $14.2M | 16K | 85% | $29.99 |