Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Hack and Slash on Steam.
Share of Hack and Slash 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 Hack and Slash 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 | Black Myth: WukongSteam | approximately $813.5M | 1.2M | 96% | $59.99 |
| 2 | approximately $309.5M | 356.1K | 95% | $59.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 768 | approximately $622 | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $268.4M |
| 2025 | 780 | approximately $1K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $407M |
| 2024 | 732 | approximately $826 | approximately 13% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.3B |
| 2023 | 562 | approximately $799 | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $311.1M |
| 2022 | 487 | approximately $815 | approximately 14% | approximately 3% | approximately $276.8M |
| 2021 | 403 | approximately $756 | approximately 13% | approximately 6% | approximately $181.3M |
| 2020 | 250 | approximately $980 | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $98.3M |
| 2019 | 131 | approximately $5.2K | approximately 21% | approximately 10% | approximately $449.7M |
| 2018 | 105 | approximately $18.2K | approximately 34% | approximately 15% | approximately $423.6M |
| 2017 | 90 | approximately $17K | approximately 33% | approximately 13% | approximately $151.3M |
| 2016 | 62 | approximately $82.8K | approximately 45% | approximately 21% | approximately $200.7M |
| 2015 | 61 | approximately $65.5K | approximately 43% | approximately 23% | approximately $109.1M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Hack and Slash launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 | approximately $187.3M | 517.8K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 4 | God of WarSteam | approximately $135.5M | 185K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 5 | Path of Exile 2Steam | approximately $117.9M | 226.6K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 6 | approximately $104.5M | 106.3K | 57% | $49.99 |
| 7 | approximately $96.7M | 190.2K | 57% | $19.99 |
| 8 | Last EpochSteam | approximately $84.5M | 106.4K | 77% | $34.99 |
| 9 | approximately $81.8M | 87.8K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 10 | Hades IISteam | approximately $78M | 123.6K | 96% | $20.99 |
| 11 | Dead CellsSteam | approximately $72.7M | 183.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 12 | approximately $70.2M | 147.7K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 13 | Killing Floor 2Steam | approximately $69.2M | 129.5K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 14 | approximately $68.3M | 24K | 91% | $69.99 |
| 15 | approximately $68.2M | 172.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 16 | Diablo® IVSteam | approximately $63.5M | 78.2K | 65% | $49.99 |
| 17 | approximately $54.7M | 89.1K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 18 | MORDHAUSteam | approximately $52.9M | 113.3K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 19 | approximately $52.7M | 82.1K | 79% | $39.99 |
| 20 | God of War RagnarökSteam | approximately $51.8M | 50.4K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 21 | Grim DawnSteam | approximately $47.2M | 109.9K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 22 | Chivalry 2Steam | approximately $42.8M | 59.2K | 79% | $39.99 |
| 23 | Mortal Shell IISteam | approximately $42.2M | 20.8K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 24 | Castle Crashers®Steam | approximately $41.8M | 140.9K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 25 | approximately $39.5M | 65K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 26 | approximately $38.1M | 41.2K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 27 | Dying LightSteam | approximately $36M | 495.8K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 28 | approximately $35.8M | 32.7K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 29 | approximately $34.4M | 30.2K | 93% | $48.99 |
| 30 | approximately $33.6M | 50.7K | 87% | $19.99 |
| 31 | approximately $33.2M | 33.6K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 32 | approximately $32.8M | 49.2K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 33 | approximately $30.9M | 97.4K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Half SwordSteam | approximately $30.7M | 30K | 72% | $24.99 |
| 35 | Dead Island 2Steam | approximately $26.6M | 29.8K | 77% | $49.99 |
| 36 | GhostrunnerSteam | approximately $25.4M | 66.9K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 37 | DmC: Devil May CrySteam | approximately $24.5M | 33.1K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 38 | approximately $24.3M | 22.3K | 76% | $49.99 |
| 39 | MegabonkSteam | approximately $24.1M | 106.3K | 94% | $5.99 |
| 40 | Sonic FrontiersSteam | approximately $23.2M | 28.6K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 41 | HadesSteam | approximately $23.1M | 308.7K | 98% | $6.24 |
| 42 | Battle BrothersSteam | approximately $21.7M | 26.1K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 43 | Shadow WarriorSteam | approximately $21.2M | 26.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 44 | The RiftbreakerSteam | approximately $21.1M | 25K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 45 | approximately $20.4M | 175.6K | 88% | $7.99 |
| 46 | approximately $19.7M | 57.6K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Katana ZEROSteam | approximately $19M | 76.2K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 48 | Shadow Warrior 2Steam | approximately $18.8M | 28.2K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 49 | Nioh 3Steam | approximately $18.8M | 19.5K | 78% | $39.89 |
| 50 | Hi-Fi RUSHSteam | approximately $18.6M | 36K | 97% | $29.99 |