Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Education on Steam.
Share of Education 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 Education 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 $65.5M | 88.4K | 88% | $29.99 | |
| 2 | Kerbal Space ProgramSteam | approximately $39.3M | 147.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 589 | approximately $172 | approximately 3% | approximately 0% | approximately $12M |
| 2025 | 653 | approximately $295 | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $40.4M |
| 2024 | 578 | approximately $267 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $26.8M |
| 2023 | 461 | approximately $250 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $31.9M |
| 2022 | 421 | approximately $760 | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $52.7M |
| 2021 | 421 | approximately $482 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $47.8M |
| 2020 | 309 | approximately $506 | approximately 7% | approximately 1% | approximately $18.2M |
| 2019 | 140 | approximately $988 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $48.6M |
| 2018 | 172 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $77.5M |
| 2017 | 111 | approximately $2.6K | approximately 16% | approximately 6% | approximately $66.2M |
| 2016 | 78 | approximately $5.7K | approximately 18% | approximately 4% | approximately $28M |
| 2015 | 51 | approximately $14.4K | approximately 29% | approximately 14% | approximately $112.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Education launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 | House FlipperSteam | approximately $37M | 112.1K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 4 | Universe SandboxSteam | approximately $32.3M | 32.3K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 5 | approximately $28.8M | 56.8K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 6 | approximately $28M | 38.7K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 7 | approximately $26.4M | 52.8K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 8 | X-Plane 11Steam | approximately $18.1M | 20.3K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 9 | approximately $18M | 18K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 10 | City Car DrivingSteam | approximately $16.6M | 36.2K | 83% | $13.74 |
| 11 | approximately $15.7M | 13.4K | 98% | $29.99 |
| 12 | SpaceEngineSteam | approximately $13.6M | 16.6K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 13 | EcoSteam | approximately $11.7M | 14.1K | 81% | $29.99 |
| 14 | Victoria IISteam | approximately $11.5M | 20.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 15 | approximately $10.4M | 14.6K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 16 | approximately $8.3M | 14.1K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 17 | approximately $8.3M | 14.7K | 81% | $24.99 |
| 18 | approximately $7.7M | 8.6K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 19 | approximately $7.6M | 12.4K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 20 | Chinese ParentsSteam | approximately $7.5M | 27K | 91% | $9.99 |
| 21 | Democracy 3Steam | approximately $7.2M | 7.3K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 22 | Democracy 4Steam | approximately $7M | 5.9K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 23 | approximately $6.7M | 25.4K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 24 | Age of History 3Steam | approximately $6.2M | 18.8K | 85% | $9.99 |
| 25 | Project HospitalSteam | approximately $5.8M | 8.4K | 89% | $24.99 |
| 26 | Prehistoric KingdomSteam | approximately $5.8M | 6.8K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 27 | Poly BridgeSteam | approximately $5.7M | 17.1K | 91% | $9.99 |
| 28 | approximately $5.7M | 27.5K | 88% | $8.99 |
| 29 | HacknetSteam | approximately $5.6M | 16.9K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 30 | Two Point CampusSteam | approximately $5.5M | 8.2K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Clickteam Fusion 2.5Steam | approximately $4.6M | 2K | 88% | $99.99 |
| 32 | Pharaoh™: A New EraSteam | approximately $4.4M | 5.4K | 75% | $22.99 |
| 33 | approximately $4.2M | 7.5K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Poly Bridge 2Steam | approximately $4M | 8.2K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 35 | Let's SchoolSteam | approximately $3.8M | 5.9K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 36 | approximately $3.8M | 23.1K | 74% | $5.99 |
| 37 | approximately $3.5M | 9.6K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 38 | approximately $3.3M | 4.2K | 77% | $24.99 |
| 39 | Turing CompleteSteam | approximately $3.2M | 5.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 40 | approximately $3M | 5.2K | 86% | $17.99 |
| 41 | Animal ShelterSteam | approximately $2.8M | 4.2K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 42 | Barn FindersSteam | approximately $2.7M | 4.4K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Cheap Car RepairSteam | approximately $2.5M | 3.7K | 92% | $19.69 |
| 44 | approximately $2.5M | 3.5K | 82% | $24.99 |
| 45 | Ships At SeaSteam | approximately $2.5M | 2.7K | 70% | $13.74 |
| 46 | Juno: New OriginsSteam | approximately $2.4M | 3.6K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 47 | approximately $2.4M | 4.7K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 48 | SHENZHEN I/OSteam | approximately $2.3M | 4.5K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 49 | approximately $2.2M | 7.5K | 92% | $9.99 |
| 50 | Hotel RenovatorSteam | approximately $2.2M | 2.8K | 77% | $24.99 |