Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Music on Steam.
Share of Music 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 Music 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 | 170 | approximately $836 | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $16M |
| 2025 | 182 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 16% | approximately 4% | approximately $107.4M |
| 2024 | 171 | approximately $578 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $831.6M |
| 2023 | 132 | approximately $901 | approximately 11% | approximately 5% | approximately $33.8M |
| 2022 | 136 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $35.9M |
| 2021 | 119 | approximately $1.8K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $20.6M |
| 2020 | 139 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $18.5M |
| 2019 | 113 | approximately $2.7K | approximately 17% | approximately 4% | approximately $33.4M |
| 2018 | 128 | approximately $3.3K | approximately 13% | approximately 3% | approximately $21.1M |
| 2017 | 89 | approximately $7.6K | approximately 20% | approximately 4% | approximately $18.4M |
| 2016 | 61 | approximately $20.2K | approximately 18% | approximately 2% | approximately $6.7M |
| 2015 | 33 | approximately $12.6K | approximately 21% | approximately 6% | approximately $12.2M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Music launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Myth: WukongSteam | approximately $813.5M | 1.2M | 96% | $59.99 |
| 2 | approximately $586.3M | 3.5M | 92% | Free | |
| 3 | approximately $472.7M | 3.4M | 86% | Free | |
| 4 | approximately $261.2M | 730.7K | 87% | Free | |
| 5 | approximately $209.1M | 727.5K | 91% | Free | |
| 6 | Real PianoPlay | approximately $137.9M | 260.7K | 74% | Free |
| 7 | approximately $132.8M | 1.7M | 90% | Free | |
| 8 | approximately $128.2M | 328.8K | 79% | Free | |
| 9 | approximately $111.2M | 1.3M | 82% | Free | |
| 10 | approximately $108M | 525.2K | 91% | Free | |
| 11 | approximately $96M | 683.5K | 63% | Free | |
| 12 | approximately $91.4M | 346.3K | 85% | Free | |
| 13 | Piano StarPlay | approximately $88M | 171.7K | 87% | Free |
| 14 | DELTARUNESteam | approximately $72.1M | 137.2K | 98% | $24.99 |
| 15 | approximately $68.8M | 121.4K | 87% | Free | |
| 16 | Beat RacingPlay | approximately $67.2M | 65.2K | 74% | Free |
| 17 | approximately $57.4M | 455.6K | 95% | Free | |
| 18 | approximately $56.9M | 326.4K | 82% | Free | |
| 19 | approximately $53.8M | 2.6M | 95% | Free | |
| 20 | Dream PianoPlay | approximately $51.6M | 680.3K | 85% | Free |
| 21 | approximately $48.1M | 388.7K | 86% | Free | |
| 22 | approximately $48.1M | 304.2K | 87% | Free | |
| 23 | approximately $47.3M | 75.5K | 91% | Free | |
| 24 | approximately $47M | 51.3K | 85% | Free | |
| 25 | approximately $44.7M | 79.8K | 90% | Free | |
| 26 | Just Dance NowPlay | approximately $43.5M | 1.1M | 77% | Free |
| 27 | approximately $39.5M | 157K | 92% | Free | |
| 28 | Geometry DashSteam | approximately $39.3M | 644.7K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 29 | approximately $38.1M | 47.6K | 96% | Free | |
| 30 | approximately $37.8M | 312.2K | 89% | Free | |
| 31 | Music Ballz HopPlay | approximately $36.7M | 46.8K | 91% | Free |
| 32 | approximately $34.8M | 44.2K | 84% | Free | |
| 33 | approximately $34.6M | 31.1K | 77% | Free | |
| 34 | approximately $32.7M | 24.7K | 84% | Free | |
| 35 | approximately $30.7M | 475.3K | 93% | Free | |
| 36 | approximately $27.4M | 184.2K | 93% | Free | |
| 37 | Hotline MiamiSteam | approximately $25.4M | 128.4K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 38 | approximately $24.9M | 94K | 85% | Free | |
| 39 | approximately $23.7M | 39.8K | 86% | Free | |
| 40 | approximately $23.5M | 22.6K | 91% | Free | |
| 41 | Like Dino!Play | approximately $22.6M | 609K | 98% | Free |
| 42 | approximately $22.1M | 131.7K | 92% | Free | |
| 43 | approximately $20.3M | 27.2K | 89% | Free | |
| 44 | approximately $20.1M | 142.8K | 90% | Free | |
| 45 | approximately $19.3M | 18.2K | 91% | Free | |
| 46 | approximately $18.8M | 110.1K | 82% | Free | |
| 47 | Hi-Fi RUSHSteam | approximately $18.6M | 36K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 48 | approximately $18.2M | 478.8K | 96% | Free | |
| 49 | approximately $18M | 34.2K | 91% | Free | |
| 50 | Beat CatsPlay | approximately $17.6M | 17.2K | 88% | Free |