Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Hacking on Steam.
Share of Hacking 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 Hacking 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 | PRAGMATASteam | approximately $53.8M | 53.6K | 97% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Crime Scene CleanerSteam | approximately $35M | 34.5K | 98% | $29.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 138 | approximately $652 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $61.1M |
| 2025 | 104 | approximately $1.8K | approximately 15% | approximately 3% | approximately $11.8M |
| 2024 | 82 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 7% | approximately 4% | approximately $47.5M |
| 2023 | 53 | approximately $1.8K | approximately 13% | approximately 6% | approximately $10.8M |
| 2022 | 58 | approximately $1K | approximately 16% | approximately 0% | approximately $3.3M |
| 2021 | 65 | approximately $620 | approximately 12% | approximately 6% | approximately $9M |
| 2020 | 44 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 16% | approximately 5% | approximately $4M |
| 2019 | 21 | approximately $2.6K | approximately 10% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.1M |
| 2018 | 17 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 12% | approximately 6% | approximately $2M |
| 2017 | 23 | approximately $19.3K | approximately 30% | approximately 9% | approximately $3.5M |
| 2016 | 27 | approximately $22.1K | approximately 41% | approximately 22% | approximately $18.3M |
| 2015 | 16 | approximately $8.2K | approximately 31% | approximately 6% | approximately $7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Hacking launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
| approximately $28.6M |
| 32.1K |
| 66% |
| $39.99 |
| 4 | Shadows of DoubtSteam | approximately $9.5M | 14.7K | 82% | $24.99 |
| 5 | HacknetSteam | approximately $5.6M | 16.9K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 6 | approximately $5.5M | 15.6K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 7 | approximately $4.9M | 7K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 8 | Thief Simulator 2Steam | approximately $4.5M | 6.9K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 9 | GunpointSteam | approximately $4.1M | 13.3K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 10 | Watch_Dogs® 2Steam | approximately $4M | 96K | 82% | $2.49 |
| 11 | Turing CompleteSteam | approximately $3.2M | 5.6K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 12 | Crime SimulatorSteam | approximately $3.2M | 7.3K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 13 | PeripeteiaSteam | approximately $2.6M | 3.5K | 86% | $24.99 |
| 14 | SHENZHEN I/OSteam | approximately $2.3M | 4.5K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 15 | approximately $2.1M | 8K | 84% | $9.99 |
| 16 | Watch Dogs®: LegionSteam | approximately $2.1M | 12.6K | 56% | $8.99 |
| 17 | DeadlinkSteam | approximately $2M | 3.7K | 89% | $24.99 |
| 18 | Operation: TangoSteam | approximately $2M | 8.9K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 19 | DuskersSteam | approximately $1.9M | 2.8K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 20 | Watch_Dogs™Steam | approximately $1.8M | 53K | 80% | $1.99 |
| 21 | approximately $1.8M | 5.2K | 93% | $12.99 |
| 22 | NodebusterSteam | approximately $1.6M | 14.1K | 97% | $2.99 |
| 23 | Pony IslandSteam | approximately $1.5M | 18.2K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 24 | Screeps: WorldSteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.9K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 25 | CogmindSteam | approximately $1.2M | 2K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 26 | Cyber ManhuntSteam | approximately $1.2M | 15.7K | 92% | $3.49 |
| 27 | EXAPUNKSSteam | approximately $1.2M | 1.9K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 28 | approximately $1.2M | 2.5K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 29 | Grey HackSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.9K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 30 | Hacker SimulatorSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.3K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 31 | Beyond a Steel SkySteam | approximately $1M | 1.7K | 88% | $34.99 |
| 32 | UplinkSteam | approximately $900.9K | 2.4K | 91% | $11.99 |
| 33 | TIS-100Steam | approximately $845.1K | 3.4K | 97% | $6.99 |
| 34 | CaseCrackerSteam | approximately $750.2K | 3.5K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 35 | approximately $731.9K | 1.3K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 36 | SPRAWLSteam | approximately $676K | 2.9K | 87% | $14.99 |
| 37 | approximately $607.9K | 1.9K | 76% | $9.99 |
| 38 | ANONYMOUS;CODESteam | approximately $565.2K | 510 | 78% | $59.99 |
| 39 | approximately $534.3K | 744 | 85% | $19.99 |
| 40 | approximately $525.8K | 983 | 89% | $16.99 |
| 41 | approximately $521.6K | 1.6K | 85% | $14.99 |
| 42 | hackmudSteam | approximately $508.2K | 751 | 78% | $18.99 |
| 43 | approximately $506.2K | 650 | 78% | $19.99 |
| 44 | approximately $487.7K | 936 | 87% | $21.64 |
| 45 | Quadrilateral CowboySteam | approximately $482K | 1K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 46 | approximately $465.3K | 879 | 99% | $12.99 |
| 47 | The Signal StateSteam | approximately $410.6K | 696 | 87% | $19.99 |
| 48 | s.p.l.i.tSteam | approximately $407K | 4K | 93% | $2.99 |
| 49 | USAC: Code BreachSteam | approximately $404.5K | 1.3K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 50 | hack_meSteam | approximately $399K | 2.1K | 60% | $5.99 |