Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Ninja on Steam.
Share of Ninja 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 Ninja 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 | 75 | approximately $207 | approximately 1% | approximately 1% | approximately $19M |
| 2025 | 99 | approximately $357 | approximately 11% | approximately 7% | approximately $75.8M |
| 2024 | 113 | approximately $268 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $102.3M |
| 2023 | 94 | approximately $523 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $18.8M |
| 2022 | 78 | approximately $651 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $76.1M |
| 2021 | 80 | approximately $998 | approximately 8% | approximately 5% | approximately $9.4M |
| 2020 | 48 | approximately $513 | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $26.4M |
| 2019 | 21 | approximately $2.5K | approximately 24% | approximately 14% | approximately $330.4M |
| 2018 | 22 | approximately $2.2K | approximately 18% | approximately 14% | approximately $10.1M |
| 2017 | 25 | approximately $9.8K | approximately 24% | approximately 16% | approximately $13M |
| 2016 | 24 | approximately $20.8K | approximately 38% | approximately 21% | approximately $89.2M |
| 2015 | 13 | approximately $9K | approximately 8% | approximately 0% | approximately $489.2K |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Ninja launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approximately $309.5M | 356.1K | 95% | $59.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $96.8M | 96.9K | 94% | $59.99 | |
| 3 | MONSTER HUNTER RISESteam | approximately $62.1M | 80K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 4 | Total War: SHOGUN 2Steam | approximately $57.7M | 68K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 5 | approximately $55.2M | 39.9K | 75% | $27.99 | |
| 6 | approximately $54.7M | 89.1K | 96% | $29.99 | |
| 7 | approximately $32M | 30.8K | 96% | $39.99 | |
| 8 | approximately $29.6M | 72.4K | 91% | $19.99 | |
| 9 | GhostrunnerSteam | approximately $25.4M | 66.9K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Shadow WarriorSteam | approximately $21.2M | 26.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 11 | Katana ZEROSteam | approximately $19M | 76.2K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 12 | Shadow Warrior 2Steam | approximately $18.8M | 28.2K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 13 | Nioh 3Steam | approximately $18.8M | 19.5K | 78% | $39.89 |
| 14 | approximately $9.5M | 56.6K | 84% | $9.99 | |
| 15 | approximately $7.6M | 14.4K | 90% | $19.99 | |
| 16 | Ghostrunner 2Steam | approximately $7.6M | 11.6K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 17 | approximately $7.4M | 15K | 94% | $24.99 | |
| 18 | Rise of the RoninSteam | approximately $7M | 11.2K | 63% | $24.99 |
| 19 | approximately $6.4M | 9K | 84% | $29.99 | |
| 20 | AragamiSteam | approximately $6.2M | 13K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 21 | The MessengerSteam | approximately $5.2M | 13.3K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 22 | approximately $4.7M | 3.7K | 83% | $59.99 | |
| 23 | approximately $4M | 5.7K | 69% | $39.99 | |
| 24 | OvergrowthSteam | approximately $3.8M | 9.1K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 25 | approximately $3.2M | 8.2K | 85% | $19.99 | |
| 26 | approximately $3M | 7.2K | 77% | $19.99 | |
| 27 | Aragami 2Steam | approximately $2.8M | 4.6K | 76% | $34.99 |
| 28 | approximately $2.8M | 6.6K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 29 | Shogun ShowdownSteam | approximately $2.8M | 7.1K | 95% | $7.49 |
| 30 | approximately $2.5M | 4.9K | 82% | $29.99 | |
| 31 | approximately $2.1M | 4.3K | 89% | $19.99 | |
| 32 | approximately $1.9M | 4.9K | 93% | $19.99 | |
| 33 | SAMURAI WARRIORS 5Steam | approximately $1.8M | 1.6K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 34 | approximately $1.7M | 1.3K | 63% | $49.99 | |
| 35 | approximately $1.5M | 2.7K | 92% | $24.99 | |
| 36 | STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®Steam | approximately $1.5M | 4.3K | 81% | $14.99 |
| 37 | approximately $1.3M | 2K | 63% | $19.99 | |
| 38 | Onimusha: WarlordsSteam | approximately $1.3M | 3.6K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 39 | Mini NinjasSteam | approximately $1.3M | 4.8K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 40 | N++ (NPLUSPLUS)Steam | approximately $1.3M | 3.6K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 41 | Sairento VRSteam | approximately $1.3M | 1.7K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 42 | approximately $1.1M | 2.3K | 71% | $19.99 | |
| 43 | approximately $911.2K | 1.7K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 44 | Trek to YomiSteam | approximately $847.9K | 3.1K | 71% | $19.99 |
| 45 | Oblivion OverrideSteam | approximately $756.7K | 1.7K | 90% | $17.99 |
| 46 | approximately $718.8K | 1K | 64% | $29.99 | |
| 47 | Tricking 0Steam | approximately $624.3K | 1.1K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 48 | Sword With SauceSteam | approximately $613K | 6.5K | 87% | $4.99 |
| 49 | Boomerang XSteam | approximately $598.8K | 1.4K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 50 | Cyber ShadowSteam | approximately $569.8K | 1.3K | 84% | $19.99 |