Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Gaming on Steam.
Share of Gaming 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 Gaming 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 $37M | 945.9K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 2 | approximately $6.5M | 7K | 95% | $12.49 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | approximately $1K | approximately 10% | approximately 0% | approximately $526.7K |
| 2025 | 15 | approximately $230 | approximately 27% | approximately 7% | approximately $7.4M |
| 2024 | 18 | approximately $166 | approximately 6% | approximately 0% | approximately $199.1K |
| 2023 | 15 | approximately $518 | approximately 7% | approximately 0% | approximately $977.3K |
| 2022 | 10 | approximately $3.9K | approximately 30% | approximately 10% | approximately $2.3M |
| 2021 | 5 | approximately $0 | approximately 20% | approximately 20% | approximately $5.3M |
| 2020 | 12 | approximately $582 | approximately 17% | approximately 0% | approximately $422.5K |
| 2019 | 8 | approximately $299 | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $7.5K |
| 2018 | 9 | approximately $2.1K | approximately 11% | approximately 11% | approximately $37.2M |
| 2017 | 8 | approximately $992 | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $91.7K |
| 2016 | 4 | approximately $817 | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $10.2K |
| 2015 | 3 | approximately $0 | approximately 33% | approximately 33% | approximately $3.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Gaming launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
| approximately $5.3M |
| 5.8K |
| 61% |
| $20.09 |
| 4 | approximately $3.5M | 10.4K | 73% | $16.99 |
| 5 | DSXSteam | approximately $1.9M | 8.9K | 69% | $7.99 |
| 6 | Beam Eye TrackerSteam | approximately $919.3K | 1K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 7 | Echoes of ElysiumSteam | approximately $452.9K | 564 | 64% | $19.99 |
| 8 | MySims™Steam | approximately $323K | 232 | 87% | $19.99 |
| 9 | approximately $300.8K | 382 | 92% | $29.99 |
| 10 | approximately $256.6K | 3K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 11 | MySims™ KingdomSteam | approximately $203.1K | 141 | 92% | $19.99 |
| 12 | AmpersatSteam | approximately $167.7K | 861 | 83% | $9.99 |
| 13 | approximately $159.3K | 282 | 77% | $19.99 |
| 14 | approximately $125.1K | 238 | 68% | $29.99 |
| 15 | approximately $109.6K | 475 | 78% | $9.99 |
| 16 | approximately $109.4K | 593 | 83% | $5.99 |
| 17 | ShioSteam | approximately $70.6K | 1.6K | 79% | $2.39 |
| 18 | Gamestonk SimulatorSteam | approximately $64.7K | 132 | 84% | $13.49 |
| 19 | Pixel Ripped 1989Steam | approximately $63.9K | 202 | 85% | $14.99 |
| 20 | FoxusSteam | approximately $62.3K | 42 | 17% | $59.99 |
| 21 | approximately $51.9K | 73 | 52% | $29.99 |
| 22 | approximately $45.7K | 260 | 78% | $9.99 |
| 23 | Absolute InsanitySteam | approximately $23.9K | 66 | 95% | $15.99 |
| 24 | CHAQSSteam | approximately $20K | 52 | 77% | $9.90 |
| 25 | Gargoyles RemasteredSteam | approximately $18.7K | 47 | 64% | $14.99 |
| 26 | 24 Solar TermsSteam | approximately $16.9K | 190 | 88% | $6.99 |
| 27 | approximately $16K | 211 | 80% | $4.99 |
| 28 | Bem FeitoSteam | approximately $12.2K | 147 | 95% | $9.99 |
| 29 | approximately $8.5K | 45 | 76% | $7.99 |
| 30 | Software CompanySteam | approximately $7.5K | 24 | 33% | $9.99 |
| 31 | OxUSteam | approximately $6.4K | 241 | 99% | $1.99 |
| 32 | Mega Quiz GamingSteam | approximately $6.4K | 146 | 85% | $2.99 |
| 33 | SOLESteam | approximately $5.3K | 23 | 78% | $14.99 |
| 34 | Head TrackerSteam | approximately $4.2K | 31 | 52% | $4.99 |
| 35 | Farmer SurvivorsSteam | approximately $3.7K | 59 | 69% | $1.59 |
| 36 | Swing BySteam | approximately $3.1K | 14 | 93% | $9.99 |
| 37 | Photon RushSteam | approximately $2.2K | 6 | 100% | $15.99 |
| 38 | Super Star PandaSteam | approximately $2.1K | 21 | 76% | $4.99 |
| 39 | approximately $2K | 16 | 88% | $3.59 |
| 40 | Beach BassSteam | approximately $1.8K | 22 | 100% | $2.44 |
| 41 | Taskbar TitansSteam | approximately $1.7K | 16 | 81% | $4.99 |
| 42 | Marlene BetwixtSteam | approximately $1.6K | 18 | 56% | $3.99 |
| 43 | Sliding BlocksSteam | approximately $1.5K | 21 | 90% | $2.99 |
| 44 | approximately $1.4K | 7 | 86% | $9.99 |
| 45 | KansoSteam | approximately $1.3K | 19 | 100% | $4.99 |
| 46 | Jimmy JumpsSteam | approximately $1.1K | 13 | 100% | $4.99 |
| 47 | Angry ZombiesSteam | approximately $1.1K | 39 | 79% | $1.99 |
| 48 | approximately $1K | 3 | 0% | $14.99 |
| 49 | approximately $956 | 3 | 100% | $7.99 |
| 50 | approximately $949 | 17 | 100% | $2.99 |