Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Exploration on Steam.
Share of Exploration 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 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.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4K | approximately $697 | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.8B |
| 2025 | 4.3K | approximately $1K | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.7B |
| 2024 | 3.7K | approximately $1K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $2.3B |
| 2023 | 2.7K | approximately $1K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.5B |
| 2022 | 2.1K | approximately $1.2K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2021 | 2K | approximately $1K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $1B |
| 2020 | 1K | approximately $1.5K | approximately 13% | approximately 4% | approximately $721.8M |
| 2019 | 516 | approximately $6.5K | approximately 23% | approximately 9% | approximately $487.4M |
| 2018 | 422 | approximately $7.6K | approximately 22% | approximately 10% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2017 | 332 | approximately $12.2K | approximately 27% | approximately 14% | approximately $785.3M |
| 2016 | 245 | approximately $43.2K | approximately 43% | approximately 16% | approximately $1.4B |
| 2015 | 197 | approximately $51K | approximately 38% | approximately 14% | approximately $694.9M |
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.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DARK SOULS™ IIISteam | approximately $469.4M | 440.1K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 2 | No Man's SkySteam | approximately $432.1M | 420.7K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 3 | 7 Days to DieSteam | approximately $431.8M | 401.2K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 4 | approximately $427M | 944.1K | 97% | $19.99 | |
| 5 | Forza Horizon 5Steam | approximately $396.2M | 281.8K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Hogwarts LegacySteam | approximately $344.4M | 373.9K | 90% | $59.99 |
| 7 | SatisfactorySteam | approximately $326.2M | 279.9K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 8 | ValheimSteam | approximately $276.2M | 468.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 9 | The ForestSteam | approximately $247.2M | 683.1K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 10 | PalworldSteam | approximately $247.1M | 489.8K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 11 | BeamNG.driveSteam | approximately $245M | 419.9K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 12 | Sons Of The ForestSteam | approximately $236.1M | 320.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 13 | Garry's ModSteam | approximately $231.5M | 1.3M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 14 | Forza Horizon 6Steam | approximately $229M | 99K | 82% | $69.99 |
| 15 | approximately $202.3M | 181.8K | 95% | $39.99 | |
| 16 | approximately $197.4M | 174.9K | 84% | $69.99 | |
| 17 | TerrariaSteam | approximately $189.8M | 1.6M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 18 | approximately $187.3M | 517.8K | 89% | $29.99 | |
| 19 | approximately $164.8M | 206.2K | 96% | $44.99 | |
| 20 | StarfieldSteam | approximately $160.2M | 175.5K | 57% | $49.99 |
| 21 | approximately $149.4M | 141.1K | 80% | $59.99 | |
| 22 | approximately $144.3M | 423.6K | 89% | $19.99 | |
| 23 | approximately $139.1M | 144K | 96% | $59.99 | |
| 24 | God of WarSteam | approximately $135.5M | 185K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 25 | Deep Rock GalacticSteam | approximately $134.3M | 380.3K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 26 | Fallout 4Steam | approximately $133.6M | 429.3K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 27 | SubnauticaSteam | approximately $123M | 380.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 28 | approximately $104.5M | 106.3K | 57% | $49.99 | |
| 29 | Hollow KnightSteam | approximately $101.7M | 562.4K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 30 | approximately $98.5M | 155.5K | 92% | $39.99 | |
| 31 | approximately $97.1M | 270.6K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 32 | approximately $96.9M | 224.8K | 56% | $19.99 | |
| 33 | approximately $96.8M | 96.9K | 94% | $59.99 | |
| 34 | Dune: AwakeningSteam | approximately $91M | 79.2K | 71% | $24.99 |
| 35 | EnshroudedSteam | approximately $90.1M | 105.9K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 36 | approximately $85.9M | 72K | 86% | $29.99 | |
| 37 | Lies of PSteam | approximately $85.6M | 83K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 38 | Lethal CompanySteam | approximately $84.5M | 511K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 39 | V RisingSteam | approximately $84M | 137.3K | 89% | $34.99 |
| 40 | approximately $83.5M | 156.3K | 94% | $29.99 | |
| 41 | Subnautica 2Steam | approximately $80.7M | 127.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 42 | DAVE THE DIVERSteam | approximately $80.3M | 162.7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 43 | StellarisSteam | approximately $76.8M | 198.9K | 85% | $14.99 |
| 44 | Oxygen Not IncludedSteam | approximately $75.5M | 144K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 45 | Slime RancherSteam | approximately $74.8M | 157.5K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 46 | StraySteam | approximately $68.8M | 178.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 47 | GroundedSteam | approximately $68.1M | 95.9K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 48 | approximately $67.5M | 22.6K | 60% | $69.99 | |
| 49 | approximately $66.5M | 30.4K | 81% | $53.99 | |
| 50 | Fallout 76Steam | approximately $65.4M | 140.8K | 72% | $39.99 |