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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Linear on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of Linear 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 | BioShock Infinite | $92.4M | 145K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 2 | The Callisto Protocol™ | $52.3M | 43.5K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 3 | Call of Duty®: Ghosts | $46.9M | 32K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | $543.2K | 94% | 13% | $9.4M |
| 2025 | 44 | $275.5K | 75% | 23% | $101.9M |
| 2024 | 53 | $394.6K | 72% | 21% | $55.2M |
| 2023 | 46 | $212.1K | 63% | 17% | $37.3M |
| 2022 | 32 | $161.8K | 56% | 28% | $81.8M |
| 2021 | 32 | $219.5K | 66% | 22% | $23.3M |
| 2020 | 15 | $115.1K | 53% | 13% | $5M |
| 2019 | 4 | $391.6K | 75% | 0% | $1.7M |
| 2018 | 8 | $250.5K | 75% | 0% | $2.3M |
| 2017 | 6 | $546.4K | 100% | 33% | $7.8M |
| 2016 | 9 | $415.5K | 100% | 33% | $23.2M |
| 2015 | 7 | $538.6K | 71% | 29% | $17.4M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Linear launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) |
| $44.5M |
| 39.6K |
| 89% |
| $39.99 |
| 5 | The First Berserker: Khazan | $43.1M | 31.4K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Call of Duty®: Black Ops | $42.4M | 42.9K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 7 | Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition | $40M | 25.5K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 8 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) | $39.1M | 39.6K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 9 | Mafia: The Old Country | $35.2M | 28.7K | 73% | $49.99 |
| 10 | Hitman: Absolution™ | $33.4M | 62.9K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 11 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009) | $32.2M | 60.7K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 12 | To the Moon | $19.5M | 86K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 13 | SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS | $16.9M | 15.2K | 97% | $49.99 |
| 14 | Call of Juarez: Gunslinger | $16.2M | 43.8K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 15 | Assassin’s Creed® Rogue | $14.6M | 21.9K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 16 | FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster | $14.4M | 23.2K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 17 | Call of Duty® 4: Modern Warfare® (2007) | $13.3M | 26.9K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 18 | SANABI | $12.2M | 44.5K | 97% | $14.99 |
| 19 | FINAL FANTASY® XIII | $8.2M | 19.7K | 75% | $15.99 |
| 20 | A Little to the Left | $7.6M | 18.6K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 21 | The Talos Principle 2 | $7.2M | 13.2K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 22 | Homefront | $7M | 13.3K | 62% | $19.99 |
| 23 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009) | $6.7M | 11.6K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 24 | Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs | $6.4M | 12.1K | 70% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Medal of Honor™ | $5.9M | 11.1K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 26 | Until Then | $5.5M | 18.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 27 | RWBY: Grimm Eclipse | $5.5M | 11.6K | 81% | $13.39 |
| 28 | MechWarrior 5: Clans | $5.3M | 5.8K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 29 | Word Game | $5.1M | 6.4K | 93% | $34.99 |
| 30 | RAGE | $4.8M | 18.2K | 78% | $9.99 |
| 31 | Finding Paradise | $4.3M | 20.2K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 32 | Call of Duty® (2003) | $4.1M | 7.7K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Cyber Manhunt | $3.8M | 15.6K | 92% | $9.99 |
| 34 | INDIKA | $3.5M | 8.7K | 89% | $24.99 |
| 35 | Return to Monkey Island | $3.3M | 9K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 36 | Lost Soul Aside™ | $3.2M | 2K | 59% | $59.99 |
| 37 | Chinese Online Game | $3.1M | 10.4K | 86% | $6.49 |
| 38 | Exo One | $3M | 5K | 90% | $16.99 |
| 39 | F.I.S.T.: Forged In Shadow Torch | $3M | 7.1K | 86% | $15.99 |
| 40 | Syberia: The World Before | $2.9M | 5K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 41 | My Little Puppy | $2.8M | 4.8K | 98% | $24.99 |
| 42 | FINAL FANTASY® XIII-2 | $2.8M | 6.4K | 58% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Red Faction®: Armageddon™ | $2.6M | 5K | 73% | $19.99 |
| 44 | Anomaly Agent | $2.5M | 9.8K | 95% | $11.99 |
| 45 | MindsEye | $2.5M | 3.2K | 48% | $34.99 |
| 46 | BRAVELY DEFAULT II | $2.4M | 2.1K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 47 | Impostor Factory | $2.2M | 12.8K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 48 | Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem | $2.2M | 4.6K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 49 | FAR: Changing Tides | $2.2M | 5.6K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 50 | COCOON | $2.1M | 8.8K | 95% | $12.49 |