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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Historical on Steam.
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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.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | $580.2M | 376.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Hearts of Iron IV | $478.1M | 372.4K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 3 | Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | $309.5M | 293.8K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | $1.2M | 85% | 50% | $187M |
| 2025 | 40 | $1.9M | 98% | 73% | $581.2M |
| 2024 | 57 | $901.4K | 84% | 46% | $347.2M |
| 2023 | 40 | $937.8K | 80% | 48% | $130.4M |
| 2022 | 49 | $1.2M | 80% | 53% | $589.4M |
| 2021 | 49 | $771K | 71% | 47% | $453.4M |
| 2020 | 33 | $625.5K | 70% | 42% | $406.7M |
| 2019 | 32 | $1M | 72% | 50% | $371.6M |
| 2018 | 20 | $1.7M | 90% | 55% | $278.5M |
| 2017 | 38 | $1.1M | 84% | 53% | $269.7M |
| 2016 | 25 | $552.3K | 84% | 36% | $1.1B |
| 2015 | 22 | $1.3M | 86% | 55% | $134.6M |
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.
| Kingdom Come: Deliverance II |
| $200.9M |
| 139.5K |
| 94% |
| $59.99 |
| 5 | Assassin's Creed® Odyssey | $194M | 185.6K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | $183.8M | 87.7K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 7 | Hell Let Loose | $181.6M | 98.8K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 8 | Crusader Kings III | $167.4M | 93.1K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 9 | Europa Universalis IV | $157.8M | 93.8K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 10 | Battlefield™ 1 | $137.8M | 197.4K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 11 | Assassin's Creed® Origins | $123.8M | 118.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 12 | Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | $103.1M | 180.6K | 95% | $34.99 |
| 13 | Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT | $98.7M | 63K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 14 | Total War: THREE KINGDOMS | $86.9M | 93.3K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 15 | Sid Meier's Civilization® V | $85.3M | 127.8K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 16 | Victoria 3 | $83M | 40.6K | 72% | $49.99 |
| 17 | Assassin's Creed® Unity | $72.5M | 84.5K | 78% | $29.99 |
| 18 | Sid Meier's Civilization VII | $71.6M | 43.3K | 48% | $49.99 |
| 19 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | $60.6M | 40.1K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 20 | Call of Duty®: WWII | $60.6M | 46.5K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 21 | Manor Lords | $60.3M | 89K | 84% | $25.99 |
| 22 | Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition | $60M | 94.6K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 23 | Europa Universalis V | $59.2M | 29.9K | 67% | $59.99 |
| 24 | Total War: ATTILA | $57.7M | 37.5K | 82% | $44.99 |
| 25 | Total War: SHOGUN 2 | $57.2M | 67.3K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 26 | DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS | $55.4M | 29.7K | 93% | $69.99 |
| 27 | Mount & Blade: Warband | $53.4M | 135K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Anno 1800 | $53.3M | 31.9K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 29 | Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced | $49.1M | 20.1K | 77% | $59.99 |
| 30 | MORDHAU | $45.8M | 91.7K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™ | $43.7M | 71.8K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 32 | Company of Heroes 3 | $43.6M | 23.9K | 59% | $59.99 |
| 33 | Men of War: Assault Squad 2 | $43.3M | 46.5K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Age of Empires II (Retired) | $41.8M | 84.7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition | $39M | 50.3K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 36 | HUMANKIND™ | $38.8M | 28.6K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 37 | Medieval Dynasty | $38.2M | 51.6K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 38 | Age of Mythology: Extended Edition | $36.2M | 36.2K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 39 | Chivalry 2 | $36M | 57.6K | 79% | $39.99 |
| 40 | Mafia: The Old Country | $35.2M | 28.7K | 73% | $49.99 |
| 41 | Company of Heroes 2 | $33.9M | 68.6K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 42 | Nioh 3 | $31.9M | 18.5K | 79% | $69.99 |
| 43 | Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition | $31.2M | 36.1K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 44 | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | $31.1M | 19.9K | 90% | $69.99 |
| 45 | Chivalry: Medieval Warfare | $29.4M | 44.5K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 46 | Imperator: Rome | $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 47 | Banished | $28.8M | 43.2K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 48 | Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm | $28.2M | 38.1K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 49 | Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era | $28M | 20.8K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 50 | Anno 117: Pax Romana | $27.4M | 12.4K | 70% | $59.99 |