Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Game Development on Steam.
Share of Game Development 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 Game Development 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 | Wallpaper EngineSteam | approximately $32.2M | 1M | 98% | $4.99 |
| 2 | approximately $14.8M | 36.2K | 94% | $24.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | approximately $839 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $3.6M |
| 2025 | 95 | approximately $231 | approximately 4% | approximately 2% | approximately $9.1M |
| 2024 | 76 | approximately $245 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $3.6M |
| 2023 | 61 | approximately $166 | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $9.2M |
| 2022 | 57 | approximately $495 | approximately 14% | approximately 2% | approximately $17.3M |
| 2021 | 63 | approximately $156 | approximately 2% | approximately 2% | approximately $1.8M |
| 2020 | 56 | approximately $297 | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $4.9M |
| 2019 | 26 | approximately $892 | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $415.9K |
| 2018 | 23 | approximately $5.7K | approximately 30% | approximately 13% | approximately $38.2M |
| 2017 | 7 | approximately $0 | approximately 29% | approximately 0% | approximately $648.1K |
| 2016 | 18 | approximately $58.3K | approximately 39% | approximately 6% | approximately $11.1M |
| 2015 | 20 | approximately $21.6K | approximately 35% | approximately 5% | approximately $8.3M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Game Development launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
AsepriteSteam |
| approximately $9.3M |
| 27K |
| 99% |
| $19.99 |
| 4 | Mad Games Tycoon 2Steam | approximately $6.9M | 7.8K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 5 | Assetto Corsa RallySteam | approximately $6.9M | 10.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 6 | Software Inc.Steam | approximately $5.8M | 7.6K | 94% | $22.99 |
| 7 | Clickteam Fusion 2.5Steam | approximately $4.6M | 2K | 88% | $99.99 |
| 8 | KartKraft™Steam | approximately $3.2M | 4K | 72% | $24.99 |
| 9 | MMORPG Tycoon 2Steam | approximately $2.7M | 3.2K | 86% | $24.99 |
| 10 | s&boxSteam | approximately $2.3M | 9.3K | 58% | $7.99 |
| 11 | Arctic EggsSteam | approximately $2M | 6.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 12 | Houdini IndieSteam | approximately $1.6M | 275 | 92% | $299.00 |
| 13 | approximately $1.4M | 15.1K | 81% | $5.99 |
| 14 | RPG Maker XPSteam | approximately $1.2M | 2K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 15 | approximately $1.2M | 1.9K | 92% | $10.99 |
| 16 | BrickadiaSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.4K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 17 | Beam Eye TrackerSteam | approximately $919.3K | 1K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 18 | GameGuru ClassicSteam | approximately $830.6K | 2.1K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 19 | approximately $766.8K | 1.9K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 20 | Crushed In TimeSteam | approximately $552.7K | 1.3K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 21 | approximately $520.8K | 975 | 72% | $14.99 |
| 22 | Last RemainsSteam | approximately $497.2K | 990 | 52% | $19.99 |
| 23 | approximately $489K | 2.3K | 83% | $12.99 |
| 24 | approximately $471.1K | 456 | 93% | $39.99 |
| 25 | SMILE GAME BUILDERSteam | approximately $437.4K | 286 | 85% | $69.99 |
| 26 | approximately $435.4K | 400 | 73% | $49.99 |
| 27 | approximately $433.7K | 249 | 77% | $79.99 |
| 28 | Card CreatorSteam | approximately $394.8K | 562 | 69% | $39.99 |
| 29 | approximately $390.4K | 72 | 97% | $249.00 |
| 30 | KodonSteam | approximately $380.5K | 393 | 64% | $24.99 |
| 31 | No Players OnlineSteam | approximately $376.7K | 688 | 84% | $14.99 |
| 32 | approximately $374.4K | 1.9K | 92% | $9.99 |
| 33 | RPG Maker 2003Steam | approximately $371.8K | 783 | 93% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Black InkSteam | approximately $358.8K | 518 | 81% | $34.99 |
| 35 | Game Dev StorySteam | approximately $351.4K | 1.5K | 90% | $8.99 |
| 36 | Retro GadgetsSteam | approximately $328.6K | 534 | 90% | $19.99 |
| 37 | ACTION SANDBOXSteam | approximately $326.5K | 787 | 73% | $9.99 |
| 38 | SRPG StudioSteam | approximately $314.7K | 271 | 84% | $59.99 |
| 39 | GameGuru MAXSteam | approximately $309.2K | 379 | 70% | $49.99 |
| 40 | Game Corp DXSteam | approximately $295.3K | 3.1K | 88% | $2.99 |
| 41 | Spriter ProSteam | approximately $261.3K | 200 | 70% | $59.99 |
| 42 | approximately $256.6K | 3K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 43 | RPG in a BoxSteam | approximately $244.8K | 479 | 93% | $19.99 |
| 44 | approximately $233.5K | 787 | 85% | $14.99 |
| 45 | Smack StudioSteam | approximately $223.6K | 643 | 85% | $14.99 |
| 46 | AppGameKit StudioSteam | approximately $220K | 124 | 77% | $99.99 |
| 47 | approximately $220K | 833 | 56% | $14.99 |
| 48 | approximately $219.1K | 434 | 97% | $14.00 |
| 49 | Rytmik StudioSteam | approximately $190K | 360 | 83% | $29.99 |
| 50 | 1BITDRAGONSteam | approximately $174.9K | 310 | 95% | $29.99 |