Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Mining on Steam.
Share of Mining 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 Mining 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 | ICARUSSteam | approximately $62.1M | 68.7K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 2 | My Time at PortiaSteam | approximately $36.1M | 44.3K | 91% | $29.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 313 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 11% | approximately 2% | approximately $21.4M |
| 2025 | 195 | approximately $2K | approximately 14% | approximately 2% | approximately $26M |
| 2024 | 122 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 17% | approximately 4% | approximately $22.2M |
| 2023 | 92 | approximately $1.8K | approximately 14% | approximately 4% | approximately $73.2M |
| 2022 | 69 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 12% | approximately 6% | approximately $22.5M |
| 2021 | 86 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 7% | approximately 5% | approximately $71.4M |
| 2020 | 65 | approximately $568 | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $20.4M |
| 2019 | 21 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 14% | approximately 10% | approximately $38.7M |
| 2018 | 14 | approximately $4.8K | approximately 14% | approximately 0% | approximately $844.7K |
| 2017 | 16 | approximately $7.3K | approximately 25% | approximately 19% | approximately $23.6M |
| 2016 | 11 | approximately $5.8K | approximately 27% | approximately 9% | approximately $7.6M |
| 2015 | 7 | approximately $37.9K | approximately 29% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.3M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Mining launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
My Time at SandrockSteam |
| approximately $36.1M |
| 29.1K |
| 88% |
| $39.99 |
| 4 | Coral IslandSteam | approximately $26.7M | 27.7K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 5 | HydroneerSteam | approximately $13.8M | 28.5K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 6 | Captain of IndustrySteam | approximately $13M | 11.6K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 7 | approximately $9.7M | 16.4K | 73% | $19.99 |
| 8 | StationeersSteam | approximately $9.6M | 9.3K | 88% | $34.99 |
| 9 | Luma IslandSteam | approximately $8M | 12.7K | 84% | $11.99 |
| 10 | TurmoilSteam | approximately $7M | 16.2K | 93% | $12.99 |
| 11 | Space Engineers 2Steam | approximately $6.3M | 5.6K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 12 | Sun HavenSteam | approximately $4.2M | 22.1K | 80% | $7.49 |
| 13 | SpaceBourne 2Steam | approximately $4.1M | 5.2K | 76% | $19.99 |
| 14 | UnderMineSteam | approximately $3.9M | 9.9K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 15 | SteamWorld Dig 2Steam | approximately $3.9M | 9.1K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 16 | Out of OreSteam | approximately $3.5M | 4.2K | 85% | $24.99 |
| 17 | Melvor IdleSteam | approximately $3.2M | 16.3K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 18 | CryoFallSteam | approximately $3.2M | 6.5K | 78% | $19.99 |
| 19 | SteamWorld DigSteam | approximately $2.9M | 11K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 20 | MineMogulSteam | approximately $2.7M | 4.4K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 21 | The QuinfallSteam | approximately $2.6M | 13K | 51% | $9.99 |
| 22 | (the) Gnorp ApologueSteam | approximately $2.5M | 10K | 95% | $6.99 |
| 23 | Automation EmpireSteam | approximately $2.3M | 2.6K | 66% | $29.99 |
| 24 | StarminerSteam | approximately $2.3M | 1.9K | 73% | $29.99 |
| 25 | TerraTech WorldsSteam | approximately $2.3M | 2.3K | 63% | $29.99 |
| 26 | Hidden DeepSteam | approximately $2.2M | 5.1K | 76% | $24.99 |
| 27 | Immortal LifeSteam | approximately $2M | 4.4K | 79% | $16.99 |
| 28 | Rising WorldSteam | approximately $2M | 6K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 29 | Star ValorSteam | approximately $2M | 3.5K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 30 | AETHUSSteam | approximately $1.8M | 2.1K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 31 | approximately $1.6M | 20.1K | 89% | $4.99 |
| 32 | Thriving City: SongSteam | approximately $1.6M | 3.1K | 81% | $12.34 |
| 33 | HammertingSteam | approximately $1.5M | 2.6K | 57% | $24.99 |
| 34 | KeeperRLSteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.8K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 35 | The Last StarshipSteam | approximately $1.3M | 1.7K | 75% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Ore Factory Squad ⛏️Steam | approximately $1.3M | 1.9K | 89% | $12.99 |
| 37 | Interstellar RiftSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.4K | 66% | $19.99 |
| 38 | Return from CoreSteam | approximately $944.7K | 1.8K | 76% | $16.99 |
| 39 | OreboundSteam | approximately $919.5K | 944 | 78% | $24.99 |
| 40 | approximately $912.8K | 1.4K | 88% | $14.39 |
| 41 | DigseumSteam | approximately $897.6K | 8.2K | 98% | $2.99 |
| 42 | approximately $855.5K | 1.9K | 85% | $9.74 |
| 43 | Coal LLCSteam | approximately $829.5K | 1.4K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 44 | Planet CentauriSteam | approximately $827.8K | 2.1K | 76% | $14.99 |
| 45 | To The CoreSteam | approximately $816.6K | 5.1K | 93% | $7.99 |
| 46 | Odd RealmSteam | approximately $809.4K | 1K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Keep DiggingSteam | approximately $788.8K | 3.3K | 79% | $6.99 |
| 48 | approximately $788.4K | 3.1K | 72% | $12.99 |
| 49 | The RanchersSteam | approximately $768.1K | 656 | 58% | $24.99 |
| 50 | My Little UniverseSteam | approximately $754.9K | 2.3K | 86% | $14.99 |