Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Idler on Steam.
Share of Idler games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
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Total estimated revenue of Idler 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 $32.8M | 56.9K | 95% | $19.99 | |
| 2 | Cookie ClickerSteam | approximately $13.6M | 93.4K | 96% | $4.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.6K | approximately $563 | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $34.6M |
| 2025 | 940 | approximately $694 | approximately 8% | approximately 1% | approximately $56.1M |
| 2024 | 559 | approximately $231 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $24.3M |
| 2023 | 322 | approximately $483 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $13.2M |
| 2022 | 249 | approximately $823 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $7.5M |
| 2021 | 239 | approximately $561 | approximately 4% | approximately 2% | approximately $53.5M |
| 2020 | 83 | approximately $133 | approximately 2% | approximately 1% | approximately $2.8M |
| 2019 | 31 | approximately $415 | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $2.9M |
| 2018 | 33 | approximately $664 | approximately 6% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.6M |
| 2017 | 34 | approximately $882 | approximately 6% | approximately 0% | approximately $908.3K |
| 2016 | 11 | approximately $2.2K | approximately 18% | approximately 0% | approximately $579.9K |
| 2015 | 10 | approximately $0 | approximately 10% | approximately 0% | approximately $309.4K |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Idler launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
BALL x PITSteam |
| approximately $9.7M |
| 27.2K |
| 95% |
| $9.89 |
| 4 | approximately $6.8M | 16.8K | 98% | $11.99 |
| 5 | Cast n ChillSteam | approximately $4.8M | 8.7K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 6 | Farm Together 2Steam | approximately $4.6M | 5.5K | 94% | $25.99 |
| 7 | Scritchy ScratchySteam | approximately $4.1M | 15.9K | 94% | $6.99 |
| 8 | Rusty's RetirementSteam | approximately $3.6M | 14.9K | 97% | $6.99 |
| 9 | approximately $3.5M | 9.6K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 10 | Melvor IdleSteam | approximately $3.2M | 16.3K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 11 | Bills Must Be PaidSteam | approximately $2.5M | 10.8K | 97% | $6.99 |
| 12 | (the) Gnorp ApologueSteam | approximately $2.5M | 9.6K | 95% | $6.99 |
| 13 | THE LONGINGSteam | approximately $2.3M | 7.5K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 14 | approximately $2.2M | 3.1K | 78% | $24.90 |
| 15 | approximately $2.2M | 12.7K | 98% | $11.99 |
| 16 | approximately $2.2M | 9.3K | 96% | $6.99 |
| 17 | Fly CorpSteam | approximately $1.9M | 3.4K | 85% | $14.99 |
| 18 | ChillquariumSteam | approximately $1.8M | 8.4K | 92% | $5.99 |
| 19 | approximately $1.8M | 6.5K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 20 | approximately $1.7M | 4.3K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 21 | NodebusterSteam | approximately $1.6M | 14.1K | 97% | $2.99 |
| 22 | ShelldiverSteam | approximately $1.6M | 18.1K | 99% | $4.99 |
| 23 | Farm Manager 2021Steam | approximately $1.5M | 2.4K | 79% | $19.99 |
| 24 | Berry Bury BerrySteam | approximately $1.5M | 8.9K | 98% | $7.99 |
| 25 | BitCraft OnlineSteam | approximately $1.5M | 3.8K | 73% | $15.99 |
| 26 | Retirement SimulatorSteam | approximately $1.4M | 3.9K | 35% | $13.99 |
| 27 | Dragon CliffSteam | approximately $1.4M | 8.2K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 28 | approximately $1.2M | 17.9K | 98% | $1.99 |
| 29 | Beer FactorySteam | approximately $1.2M | 1.5K | 41% | $18.99 |
| 30 | Tiny PastureSteam | approximately $1.2M | 8.6K | 92% | $4.07 |
| 31 | approximately $1.1M | 3.7K | 96% | $7.49 |
| 32 | approximately $1.1M | 4.2K | 89% | $7.99 |
| 33 | Fortune MillSteam | approximately $1M | 3.8K | 82% | $5.99 |
| 34 | CauldronSteam | approximately $999.1K | 1.8K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 35 | Tower WizardSteam | approximately $984.6K | 8.9K | 97% | $2.99 |
| 36 | HorripilantSteam | approximately $937.1K | 3.1K | 93% | $7.99 |
| 37 | Hearth and HamletSteam | approximately $920.8K | 2.2K | 79% | $7.99 |
| 38 | Orb of CreationSteam | approximately $904.9K | 2.2K | 84% | $11.99 |
| 39 | DigseumSteam | approximately $897.6K | 8.2K | 98% | $2.99 |
| 40 | Swag and SorcerySteam | approximately $874.6K | 2.3K | 55% | $12.99 |
| 41 | MicrocivilizationSteam | approximately $862.5K | 1.5K | 79% | $17.99 |
| 42 | approximately $858.8K | 2.7K | 81% | $11.99 |
| 43 | To The CoreSteam | approximately $816.6K | 5.1K | 93% | $7.99 |
| 44 | approximately $809.4K | 1.3K | 87% | $16.99 |
| 45 | Disgaea 6 CompleteSteam | approximately $793.8K | 439 | 64% | $59.99 |
| 46 | approximately $787.2K | 4.6K | 87% | $6.99 |
| 47 | 再刷一把 PlayAgainSteam | approximately $787K | 4.5K | 66% | $8.99 |
| 48 | Gamblers TableSteam | approximately $785.6K | 3.1K | 75% | $6.99 |
| 49 | Hotel GalacticSteam | approximately $696.9K | 734 | 75% | $34.99 |
| 50 | Stone Story RPGSteam | approximately $688.5K | 995 | 91% | $29.99 |