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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Grand Strategy on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Grand Strategy 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 | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | $580.2M | 376.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Hearts of Iron IV | $478.1M | 372.4K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 3 | Stellaris | $277.7M | 196.1K | 86% | $49.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | $1.7M | 100% | 67% | $46.8M |
| 2025 | 9 | $2.1M | 78% | 67% | $145.7M |
| 2024 | 21 | $2M | 90% | 81% | $116.2M |
| 2023 | 13 | $3.1M | 100% | 77% | $74M |
| 2022 | 19 | $1.1M | 89% | 63% | $273.7M |
| 2021 | 14 | $1.1M | 86% | 50% | $70.1M |
| 2020 | 20 | $1M | 75% | 55% | $223.1M |
| 2019 | 20 | $1M | 75% | 50% | $143.2M |
| 2018 | 9 | $4M | 78% | 67% | $51.1M |
| 2017 | 12 | $2M | 92% | 58% | $231.5M |
| 2016 | 11 | $5.3M | 82% | 73% | $1.5B |
| 2015 | 7 | $1.4M | 86% | 57% | $82.7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Grand Strategy launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Total War: WARHAMMER II |
| $190.4M |
| 121.4K |
| 93% |
| $59.99 |
| 5 | Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | $183.8M | 87.7K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Crusader Kings III | $167.4M | 93.1K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Total War: WARHAMMER III | $158.2M | 145.9K | 71% | $59.99 |
| 8 | Europa Universalis IV | $157.8M | 93.8K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 9 | Total War: WARHAMMER | $105.9M | 52.3K | 78% | $59.99 |
| 10 | Total War: THREE KINGDOMS | $86.9M | 93.3K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 11 | Sid Meier's Civilization® V | $85.3M | 127.8K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 12 | Victoria 3 | $83M | 40.6K | 72% | $49.99 |
| 13 | Sid Meier's Civilization VII | $71.6M | 43.3K | 48% | $49.99 |
| 14 | Europa Universalis V | $61.5M | 29.9K | 67% | $59.99 |
| 15 | Manor Lords | $60.3M | 89K | 84% | $25.99 |
| 16 | Total War: ATTILA | $57.7M | 37.5K | 82% | $44.99 |
| 17 | Total War: SHOGUN 2 | $57.2M | 67.3K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 18 | HUMANKIND™ | $38.8M | 28.6K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 19 | Age of Wonders 4 | $31.9M | 22.7K | 81% | $49.99 |
| 20 | Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition | $31.2M | 36.1K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 21 | Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ | $30.8M | 23.1K | 61% | $39.99 |
| 22 | STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack | $29.6M | 42.9K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 23 | Imperator: Rome | $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 24 | Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era | $28M | 20.8K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition | $25.4M | 37.8K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 26 | ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV | $24.1M | 15.8K | 63% | $59.99 |
| 27 | Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition | $23.6M | 27.3K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 28 | ENDLESS Space™ 2 | $21.2M | 23K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 29 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII | $16.7M | 7.6K | 58% | $59.99 |
| 30 | Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War | $15.8M | 18.4K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 31 | ENDLESS Legend™ | $14.8M | 19K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 32 | Victoria II | $14.8M | 20K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Planetary Annihilation: TITANS | $14.6M | 14.6K | 84% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Terra Invicta | $13.7M | 9.5K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 35 | A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA | $13.7M | 14.8K | 71% | $39.99 |
| 36 | Kingdom Heroes 8 | $10.9M | 14.7K | 54% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Steel Division 2 | $10.4M | 9.5K | 79% | $39.99 |
| 38 | Age of Wonders III | $10M | 12.8K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 39 | Iron Harvest | $9.2M | 15.9K | 73% | $29.99 |
| 40 | Age of History II | $8.9M | 49.8K | 90% | $5.99 |
| 41 | Against the Storm | $8.4M | 36.8K | 94% | $8.99 |
| 42 | Galactic Civilizations III | $8.1M | 10.4K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 43 | ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE | $7.8M | 3.9K | 50% | $59.99 |
| 44 | Ultimate General: Civil War | $7.6M | 8.5K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 45 | Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts | $7.6M | 7.9K | 61% | $34.99 |
| 46 | Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic | $7.5M | 26.6K | 91% | $9.99 |
| 47 | Total War: ROME REMASTERED | $7.3M | 13.6K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 48 | Democracy 4 | $5.6M | 6.4K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 49 | Age of History 3 | $5.6M | 18.3K | 85% | $9.99 |
| 50 | Legend of Heroes: Three Kingdoms | $5.3M | 8K | 89% | $19.99 |