Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Open World on Steam.
Share of Open World 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 Open World 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 | 1.2K | approximately $1.9K | approximately 17% | approximately 7% | approximately $2.1B |
| 2025 | 1.2K | approximately $1.5K | approximately 17% | approximately 9% | approximately $2B |
| 2024 | 1.2K | approximately $1.4K | approximately 19% | approximately 10% | approximately $4.1B |
| 2023 | 967 | approximately $1K | approximately 17% | approximately 9% | approximately $1.6B |
| 2022 | 785 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 20% | approximately 10% | approximately $2.6B |
| 2021 | 758 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 17% | approximately 9% | approximately $1.2B |
| 2020 | 544 | approximately $3.2K | approximately 26% | approximately 14% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2019 | 320 | approximately $13.7K | approximately 35% | approximately 19% | approximately $1.2B |
| 2018 | 310 | approximately $13.1K | approximately 34% | approximately 21% | approximately $1.8B |
| 2017 | 269 | approximately $68.4K | approximately 46% | approximately 28% | approximately $1.3B |
| 2016 | 255 | approximately $109.7K | approximately 51% | approximately 26% | approximately $2.6B |
| 2015 | 206 | approximately $97.2K | approximately 50% | approximately 25% | approximately $1B |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Open World launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELDEN RINGSteam | approximately $938.5M | 1.2M | 93% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Black Myth: WukongSteam | approximately $813.5M | 1.2M | 96% | $59.99 |
| 3 | HELLDIVERS™ 2Steam | approximately $616.8M | 1.2M | 76% | $39.99 |
| 4 | DARK SOULS™ IIISteam | approximately $469.4M | 440.1K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 5 | Hearts of Iron IVSteam | approximately $467.9M | 364.3K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 6 | No Man's SkySteam | approximately $432.1M | 420.7K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 7 | 7 Days to DieSteam | approximately $431.8M | 401.2K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 8 | approximately $427M | 944.1K | 97% | $19.99 | |
| 9 | Forza Horizon 5Steam | approximately $396.2M | 281.8K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 10 | approximately $358.7M | 298K | 88% | $49.99 | |
| 11 | DayZSteam | approximately $357.6M | 469.9K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 12 | Hogwarts LegacySteam | approximately $344.4M | 373.9K | 90% | $59.99 |
| 13 | SatisfactorySteam | approximately $326.2M | 279.9K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 14 | approximately $309.5M | 356.1K | 95% | $59.99 | |
| 15 | Project ZomboidSteam | approximately $301.3M | 483.3K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 16 | ValheimSteam | approximately $276.2M | 468.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 17 | ARC RaidersSteam | approximately $253.1M | 416.9K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 18 | The ForestSteam | approximately $247.2M | 683.1K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 19 | PalworldSteam | approximately $247.1M | 489.8K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 20 | Stardew ValleySteam | approximately $246.9M | 1M | 98% | $14.99 |
| 21 | BeamNG.driveSteam | approximately $245M | 419.9K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 22 | Sons Of The ForestSteam | approximately $236.1M | 320.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 23 | approximately $235.4M | 378.1K | 92% | $39.99 | |
| 24 | Arma 3Steam | approximately $230.1M | 295.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 25 | Forza Horizon 6Steam | approximately $229M | 99K | 82% | $69.99 |
| 26 | FactorioSteam | approximately $205.8M | 235K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 27 | Schedule ISteam | approximately $201.7M | 317.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 28 | approximately $197.4M | 174.9K | 84% | $69.99 | |
| 29 | TerrariaSteam | approximately $189.8M | 1.6M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 30 | approximately $187.3M | 517.8K | 89% | $29.99 | |
| 31 | RimWorldSteam | approximately $179.3M | 246.8K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 32 | WARDOGSSteam | approximately $176.8M | 83.6K | 78% | $39.99 |
| 33 | RaftSteam | approximately $169.4M | 378.9K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 34 | StarfieldSteam | approximately $160.2M | 175.5K | 57% | $49.99 |
| 35 | approximately $149.4M | 141.1K | 80% | $59.99 | |
| 36 | approximately $144.3M | 423.6K | 89% | $19.99 | |
| 37 | approximately $139.1M | 144K | 96% | $59.99 | |
| 38 | God of WarSteam | approximately $135.5M | 185K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 39 | Fallout 4Steam | approximately $133.6M | 429.3K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 40 | SubnauticaSteam | approximately $123M | 380.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Cities: Skylines IISteam | approximately $116.1M | 93.3K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 42 | approximately $114.1M | 317.8K | 95% | $19.99 | |
| 43 | Manor LordsSteam | approximately $112M | 91.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 44 | approximately $111.6M | 191.4K | 82% | $39.99 | |
| 45 | Gray Zone WarfareSteam | approximately $109M | 79.2K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 46 | Scrap MechanicSteam | approximately $108.2M | 122.9K | 92% | $28.99 |
| 47 | Borderlands 4Steam | approximately $108.1M | 58.2K | 59% | $69.99 |
| 48 | approximately $107.8M | 118K | 60% | $44.99 | |
| 49 | approximately $106.1M | 586.8K | 84% | $14.99 | |
| 50 | Hunt: Showdown 1896Steam | approximately $106.1M | 279.1K | 74% | $29.99 |