Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Grid-Based Movement on Steam.
Share of Grid-Based Movement 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 Grid-Based Movement 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 $64.4M | 21.3K | 83% | $49.99 | |
| 2 | XCOM® 2Steam | approximately $45.6M | 109.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 403 | approximately $285 | approximately 1% | approximately 1% | approximately $73.2M |
| 2025 | 393 | approximately $597 | approximately 2% | approximately 0% | approximately $6.1M |
| 2024 | 325 | approximately $370 | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $5.6M |
| 2023 | 271 | approximately $701 | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $7.3M |
| 2022 | 233 | approximately $586 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $16.8M |
| 2021 | 247 | approximately $520 | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $4.9M |
| 2020 | 100 | approximately $506 | approximately 5% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.3M |
| 2019 | 50 | approximately $2.7K | approximately 8% | approximately 0% | approximately $1M |
| 2018 | 40 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 5% | approximately 0% | approximately $919.4K |
| 2017 | 38 | approximately $5.9K | approximately 11% | approximately 0% | approximately $2.4M |
| 2016 | 27 | approximately $7.5K | approximately 15% | approximately 4% | approximately $46.7M |
| 2015 | 15 | approximately $22.1K | approximately 27% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Grid-Based Movement launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
| approximately $9M |
| 7.6K |
| 84% |
| $44.99 |
| 4 | approximately $5.1M | 19.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 5 | Legend of GrimrockSteam | approximately $2.7M | 6.7K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 6 | Cobalt CoreSteam | approximately $2.5M | 4.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 7 | TRIANGLE STRATEGYSteam | approximately $2.5M | 3.8K | 80% | $23.99 |
| 8 | Legend of Grimrock 2Steam | approximately $2.3M | 4.1K | 91% | $23.99 |
| 9 | NEO ScavengerSteam | approximately $2.3M | 5.4K | 90% | $14.99 |
| 10 | Hard West 2Steam | approximately $2.2M | 3.2K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 11 | Sol CestoSteam | approximately $1.9M | 5.2K | 91% | $13.99 |
| 12 | approximately $1.8M | 10K | 78% | $6.99 |
| 13 | Jupiter HellSteam | approximately $1.3M | 2.1K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 14 | approximately $1.2M | 1.4K | 83% | $19.49 |
| 15 | approximately $950.3K | 1.3K | 82% | $24.99 |
| 16 | Low Magic AgeSteam | approximately $931.4K | 3.5K | 89% | $14.99 |
| 17 | Persona 5 TacticaSteam | approximately $903.7K | 2.2K | 73% | $17.99 |
| 18 | approximately $863.7K | 1K | 72% | $34.99 |
| 19 | Disgaea 6 CompleteSteam | approximately $793.8K | 439 | 64% | $59.99 |
| 20 | FIGHT KNIGHTSteam | approximately $710.4K | 1.7K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 21 | approximately $671.8K | 1.6K | 84% | $14.99 |
| 22 | Fire & ManeuverSteam | approximately $628.6K | 2.8K | 77% | $9.99 |
| 23 | Those Who RuleSteam | approximately $614.8K | 1.1K | 90% | $17.99 |
| 24 | CapesSteam | approximately $554.5K | 506 | 70% | $39.99 |
| 25 | approximately $519.9K | 765 | 94% | $29.99 |
| 26 | DungeonmansSteam | approximately $512.7K | 1.2K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 27 | approximately $494.1K | 1.6K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 28 | approximately $488.1K | 3.4K | 66% | $5.99 |
| 29 | Card-en-CielSteam | approximately $474.5K | 882 | 90% | $24.99 |
| 30 | VaporumSteam | approximately $451.2K | 1.1K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 31 | WarsideSteam | approximately $445.4K | 648 | 70% | $24.99 |
| 32 | approximately $444.6K | 843 | 73% | $19.99 |
| 33 | approximately $407.3K | 1.3K | 91% | $9.99 |
| 34 | approximately $404.6K | 990 | 77% | $29.99 |
| 35 | ShardpunkSteam | approximately $402.2K | 784 | 93% | $13.99 |
| 36 | approximately $399.5K | 585 | 77% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Dungeon DraftersSteam | approximately $395.4K | 775 | 75% | $12.49 |
| 38 | StarCrawlersSteam | approximately $379.5K | 899 | 84% | $19.99 |
| 39 | approximately $345.7K | 624 | 83% | $19.99 |
| 40 | WaywardSteam | approximately $345.1K | 1.2K | 87% | $7.99 |
| 41 | approximately $344.3K | 725 | 74% | $19.99 |
| 42 | Wizardry 8Steam | approximately $324.9K | 1.2K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 43 | approximately $315K | 742 | 76% | $19.99 |
| 44 | Mercenaries BlazeSteam | approximately $306.5K | 580 | 76% | $19.99 |
| 45 | approximately $290.4K | 268 | 78% | $59.99 |
| 46 | ArchaelundSteam | approximately $275.9K | 424 | 84% | $24.99 |
| 47 | Shattered PlanetSteam | approximately $274.2K | 660 | 68% | $14.99 |
| 48 | approximately $273.5K | 414 | 90% | $29.99 |
| 49 | approximately $256K | 633 | 90% | $19.99 |
| 50 | Möbius Front '83Steam | approximately $254.3K | 328 | 74% | $19.99 |