Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Exploration on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Exploration 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 | DARK SOULS™ III | $467M | 437.9K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 2 | 7 Days to Die | $457.9M | 275.4K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 3 | Hogwarts Legacy | $323.6M | 369.9K | 90% | $59.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 118 | $1.2M | 96% | 53% | $1.2B |
| 2025 | 255 | $1.1M | 88% | 54% | $1.6B |
| 2024 | 293 | $836.4K | 78% | 44% | $2.1B |
| 2023 | 215 | $672.4K | 81% | 39% | $1.5B |
| 2022 | 194 | $753.5K | 75% | 44% | $1.3B |
| 2021 | 198 | $491.1K | 72% | 33% | $997.8M |
| 2020 | 118 | $518.1K | 74% | 36% | $851.8M |
| 2019 | 106 | $678.9K | 79% | 42% | $554.7M |
| 2018 | 77 | $722.9K | 84% | 49% | $1.3B |
| 2017 | 84 | $760.4K | 79% | 44% | $850.6M |
| 2016 | 77 | $812.4K | 79% | 43% | $1.4B |
| 2015 | 84 | $557.6K | 75% | 35% | $756.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Exploration launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Forza Horizon 5 |
| $317.3M |
| 278K |
| 89% |
| $59.99 |
| 5 | Satisfactory | $314M | 231.8K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 6 | Stellaris | $277.7M | 196.1K | 86% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | $243.3M | 273.1K | 95% | $49.99 |
| 8 | Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition | $239M | 320.7K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 9 | BeamNG.drive | $236.4M | 405.2K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 10 | Crimson Desert | $235M | 164.4K | 84% | $69.99 |
| 11 | Palworld | $231.3M | 374.6K | 94% | $20.99 |
| 12 | No Man's Sky | $230.9M | 412.1K | 85% | $23.99 |
| 13 | Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition | $230.2M | 162.9K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 14 | The Forest | $216.9M | 577.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 15 | Forza Horizon 6 | $203.7M | 89.3K | 84% | $69.99 |
| 16 | Sons Of The Forest | $200.9M | 314.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 17 | Garry's Mod | $197.4M | 1.1M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 18 | Assassin's Creed® Odyssey | $194M | 185.6K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 19 | Far Cry® 5 | $179.2M | 171.5K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 20 | Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | $169.5M | 204.4K | 96% | $44.99 |
| 21 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl | $165.8M | 102.4K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 22 | Subnautica | $162.4M | 376.9K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 23 | Deep Rock Galactic | $152.2M | 301.5K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 24 | Starfield | $151.3M | 114.5K | 59% | $49.99 |
| 25 | Terraria | $149.4M | 1.2M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 26 | God of War | $146.5M | 128.1K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 27 | STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ | $141.7M | 78.6K | 71% | $69.99 |
| 28 | Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered | $140.1M | 96K | 96% | $59.99 |
| 29 | Hollow Knight: Silksong | $134.4M | 415.1K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 30 | Fallout 4 | $132.8M | 426.7K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 31 | Monster Hunter: World | $130.6M | 314.6K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 32 | Kerbal Space Program | $126.7M | 118.6K | 96% | $39.99 |
| 33 | Assassin's Creed® Origins | $123.8M | 118.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 34 | It Takes Two | $122.3M | 265.3K | 95% | $39.99 |
| 35 | WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers | $102M | 103.8K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 36 | Hollow Knight | $99.9M | 552.5K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 37 | Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT | $98.7M | 63K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 38 | Tomb Raider Game of the Year | $96.2M | 268K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 39 | ASTRONEER | $90.6M | 138.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 40 | 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal | $89.2M | 224.4K | 56% | $19.99 |
| 41 | Lies of P | $89.2M | 57K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 42 | STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ | $88.6M | 152.5K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 43 | Dying Light: The Beast | $87.7M | 69.6K | 87% | $59.99 |
| 44 | Rise of the Tomb Raider™ | $82.3M | 154.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 45 | Dune: Awakening | $81.5M | 77.6K | 71% | $49.99 |
| 46 | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | $77.7M | 135.2K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Euro Truck Simulator 2 | $75.9M | 746.6K | 97% | $4.99 |
| 48 | Oxygen Not Included | $74.8M | 142.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 49 | Slime Rancher | $73.8M | 155.4K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 50 | 007 First Light | $71.6M | 41.8K | 92% | $69.99 |