Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Grand Strategy on Steam.
Share of Grand Strategy 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 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 | approximately $454.9M | 379.4K | 86% | $59.99 | |
| 2 | Hearts of Iron IVSteam | approximately $339M | 263.9K | 91% | $49.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 228 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $62.4M |
| 2025 | 191 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 12% | approximately 3% | approximately $199.2M |
| 2024 | 168 | approximately $4.1K | approximately 18% | approximately 11% | approximately $217M |
| 2023 | 134 | approximately $3.6K | approximately 26% | approximately 6% | approximately $102.5M |
| 2022 | 116 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 19% | approximately 9% | approximately $221.8M |
| 2021 | 99 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 18% | approximately 10% | approximately $77.4M |
| 2020 | 102 | approximately $8.4K | approximately 21% | approximately 8% | approximately $50.8M |
| 2019 | 58 | approximately $8.1K | approximately 38% | approximately 17% | approximately $122.5M |
| 2018 | 37 | approximately $12.7K | approximately 38% | approximately 14% | approximately $20.1M |
| 2017 | 44 | approximately $47.5K | approximately 32% | approximately 16% | approximately $185.3M |
| 2016 | 35 | approximately $113K | approximately 54% | approximately 23% | approximately $941.9M |
| 2015 | 29 | approximately $90.1K | approximately 48% | approximately 17% | approximately $41.6M |
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.
| 3 |
| approximately $211.6M |
| 134.5K |
| 88% |
| $49.99 |
| 4 | approximately $178.5M | 149.1K | 72% | $59.99 |
| 5 | approximately $148.1M | 121.5K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 6 | approximately $133.9M | 62.2K | 47% | $69.99 |
| 7 | approximately $127.7M | 210.9K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 8 | Manor LordsSteam | approximately $112M | 92K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 9 | StellarisSteam | approximately $76.8M | 196.9K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 10 | approximately $68M | 93.8K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 11 | approximately $65.5M | 88.4K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 12 | Total War: SHOGUN 2Steam | approximately $57.7M | 68K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 13 | Total War: WARHAMMERSteam | approximately $55M | 32.1K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 14 | Europa Universalis VSteam | approximately $52.7M | 31.7K | 64% | $59.99 |
| 15 | Against the StormSteam | approximately $37.6M | 37.6K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 16 | HUMANKIND™Steam | approximately $35.5M | 28.8K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 17 | approximately $34.4M | 27.4K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 18 | Imperator: RomeSteam | approximately $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 19 | Age of Wonders 4Steam | approximately $24.4M | 23.1K | 81% | $24.99 |
| 20 | approximately $24M | 23.2K | 61% | $39.99 |
| 21 | approximately $23.2M | 43.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 22 | approximately $22.7M | 13.1K | 63% | $59.99 |
| 23 | approximately $20.5M | 38.2K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 24 | approximately $19.6M | 36.5K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 25 | approximately $18.9M | 17.5K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 26 | Total War: ATTILASteam | approximately $18.3M | 37.8K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 27 | approximately $17M | 22.9K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 28 | ENDLESS Space™ 2Steam | approximately $15.9M | 17.3K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 29 | approximately $14.8M | 27.7K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 30 | Terra InvictaSteam | approximately $14.5M | 9.9K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 31 | approximately $12.1M | 16.4K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 32 | Victoria IISteam | approximately $11.5M | 20.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 33 | approximately $10.5M | 13.8K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Age of Wonders IIISteam | approximately $10.3M | 13.3K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 35 | Kingdom Heroes 8Steam | approximately $9.9M | 14.7K | 54% | $29.99 |
| 36 | approximately $9.3M | 8K | 61% | $34.99 |
| 37 | NorlandSteam | approximately $8.9M | 10.5K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 38 | approximately $8.9M | 11.4K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 39 | Steel Division 2Steam | approximately $8.8M | 8.1K | 79% | $39.99 |
| 40 | approximately $8.1M | 10.4K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 41 | approximately $7.7M | 8.6K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 42 | Old WorldSteam | approximately $7.4M | 6.9K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 43 | Democracy 4Steam | approximately $7M | 6.4K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 44 | Songs of SyxSteam | approximately $7M | 9.3K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 45 | approximately $6.9M | 14.9K | 71% | $19.99 |
| 46 | approximately $6.8M | 4K | 50% | $35.99 |
| 47 | Age of History 3Steam | approximately $6.2M | 18.8K | 85% | $9.99 |
| 48 | ENDLESS Legend™ 2Steam | approximately $5.9M | 3.7K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 49 | Distant Worlds 2Steam | approximately $5.9M | 3.6K | 71% | $49.99 |
| 50 | Corsair CoveSteam | approximately $5.8M | 3.5K | 85% | $29.99 |