Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Historical on Steam.
Share of Historical 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 Historical games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 624 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $349.5M |
| 2025 | 541 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 14% | approximately 6% | approximately $465.4M |
| 2024 | 540 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 14% | approximately 6% | approximately $450.1M |
| 2023 | 411 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $169M |
| 2022 | 386 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 18% | approximately 6% | approximately $496.8M |
| 2021 | 357 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 16% | approximately 8% | approximately $402.8M |
| 2020 | 247 | approximately $3K | approximately 18% | approximately 6% | approximately $137.6M |
| 2019 | 112 | approximately $17.5K | approximately 32% | approximately 13% | approximately $346.1M |
| 2018 | 102 | approximately $15.7K | approximately 28% | approximately 10% | approximately $108M |
| 2017 | 134 | approximately $24.1K | approximately 31% | approximately 17% | approximately $238.3M |
| 2016 | 74 | approximately $51.1K | approximately 41% | approximately 12% | approximately $994.1M |
| 2015 | 69 | approximately $107.4K | approximately 51% | approximately 17% | approximately $73.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Historical launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hearts of Iron IVSteam | approximately $467.9M | 364.3K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 2 | approximately $454.9M | 379.4K | 86% | $59.99 | |
| 3 | approximately $358.7M | 298K | 88% | $49.99 | |
| 4 | approximately $211.6M | 134.5K | 88% | $49.99 | |
| 5 | approximately $133.9M | 62.2K | 47% | $69.99 | |
| 6 | approximately $127.7M | 210.9K | 96% | $29.99 | |
| 7 | Manor LordsSteam | approximately $112M | 91.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 8 | approximately $104.3M | 182.6K | 95% | $34.99 | |
| 9 | approximately $96.8M | 96.9K | 94% | $59.99 | |
| 10 | approximately $87.5M | 154.2K | 98% | $19.99 | |
| 11 | approximately $74.6M | 26.2K | 87% | $69.99 | |
| 12 | approximately $69.1M | 95.8K | 86% | $39.99 | |
| 13 | approximately $68.2M | 172.2K | 98% | $19.99 | |
| 14 | approximately $68M | 93.8K | 82% | $39.99 | |
| 15 | approximately $66.5M | 30.4K | 81% | $53.99 | |
| 16 | approximately $65.5M | 88.4K | 88% | $29.99 | |
| 17 | Total War: SHOGUN 2Steam | approximately $57.7M | 68K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 18 | Call of Duty®: WWIISteam | approximately $57.2M | 47.1K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 19 | approximately $55.2M | 39.9K | 75% | $27.99 | |
| 20 | MORDHAUSteam | approximately $52.9M | 113.3K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 21 | Europa Universalis VSteam | approximately $52.7M | 31.7K | 64% | $59.99 |
| 22 | Medieval DynastySteam | approximately $52.3M | 52.4K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 23 | approximately $47.8M | 78.6K | 88% | $39.99 | |
| 24 | approximately $47.5M | 102.9K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 25 | approximately $45.2M | 72.8K | 93% | $39.99 | |
| 26 | approximately $43.5M | 46.7K | 91% | $29.99 | |
| 27 | approximately $40.4M | 59.3K | 87% | $24.99 | |
| 28 | approximately $39.9M | 38.5K | 96% | $39.99 | |
| 29 | approximately $39.5M | 65K | 83% | $24.99 | |
| 30 | Against the StormSteam | approximately $37.6M | 37.6K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Company of Heroes 3Steam | approximately $37.2M | 40.3K | 57% | $23.99 |
| 32 | Hell Let LooseSteam | approximately $37.1M | 149.8K | 82% | $12.49 |
| 33 | HUMANKIND™Steam | approximately $35.5M | 28.8K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 34 | approximately $34.5M | 188.8K | 89% | $11.99 | |
| 35 | approximately $34.4M | 27.4K | 91% | $39.99 | |
| 36 | approximately $34.4M | 30.2K | 93% | $48.99 | |
| 37 | approximately $33.8M | 36.3K | 93% | $29.99 | |
| 38 | approximately $33.6M | 50.7K | 87% | $19.99 | |
| 39 | Farthest FrontierSteam | approximately $33.4M | 25.6K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 40 | approximately $33.1M | 55.1K | 86% | $34.99 | |
| 41 | Anno 117: Pax RomanaSteam | approximately $31.3M | 12.8K | 69% | $38.99 |
| 42 | Half SwordSteam | approximately $30.7M | 29.9K | 72% | $24.99 |
| 43 | approximately $29.3M | 30.6K | 73% | $49.99 | |
| 44 | UBOATSteam | approximately $29.2M | 27.3K | 84% | $29.99 |
| 45 | Imperator: RomeSteam | approximately $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 46 | BanishedSteam | approximately $28.9M | 43.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 47 | approximately $28.3M | 38.1K | 93% | $19.99 | |
| 48 | approximately $26M | 20.7K | 90% | $69.99 | |
| 49 | approximately $24.3M | 53.4K | 92% | $19.99 | |
| 50 | approximately $24.2M | 18.1K | 72% | $39.99 |