Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Open World on Steam.
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.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELDEN RING | $973.5M | 824K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Black Myth: Wukong | $794.8M | 1.2M | 97% | $59.99 |
| 3 | HELLDIVERS™ 2 | $611.7M | 831.4K | 76% | $39.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 80 | $1.4M | 94% | 65% | $1.2B |
| 2025 | 159 | $2.1M | 85% | 68% | $2.1B |
| 2024 | 176 | $1.9M | 87% | 63% | $3.9B |
| 2023 | 136 | $1.4M | 82% | 60% | $1.6B |
| 2022 | 124 | $1.5M | 83% | 56% | $2.9B |
| 2021 | 119 | $1.2M | 76% | 52% | $1.2B |
| 2020 | 132 | $1.8M | 80% | 61% | $1.6B |
| 2019 | 117 | $819.6K | 68% | 46% | $1.3B |
| 2018 | 116 | $1.6M | 73% | 55% | $2B |
| 2017 | 133 | $1.7M | 71% | 56% | $1.5B |
| 2016 | 137 | $816.9K | 72% | 47% | $2.7B |
| 2015 | 123 | $769.2K | 69% | 45% | $1.3B |
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.
| Hearts of Iron IV |
| $478.1M |
| 372.4K |
| 90% |
| $49.99 |
| 5 | DARK SOULS™ III | $467M | 437.9K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 6 | 7 Days to Die | $457.9M | 275.4K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 7 | Hogwarts Legacy | $323.6M | 369.9K | 90% | $59.99 |
| 8 | Forza Horizon 5 | $317.3M | 278K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 9 | Satisfactory | $314M | 231.8K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 10 | Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | $309.5M | 293.8K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 11 | Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition | $305.9M | 352.2K | 95% | $59.99 |
| 12 | DayZ | $292.9M | 384.8K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 13 | ARC Raiders | $255.1M | 408.8K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 14 | Stardew Valley | $243.2M | 1M | 98% | $14.99 |
| 15 | Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition | $239M | 320.7K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 16 | BeamNG.drive | $236.4M | 405.2K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 17 | Crimson Desert | $235M | 164.4K | 84% | $69.99 |
| 18 | Palworld | $231.3M | 374.6K | 94% | $20.99 |
| 19 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | $231.1M | 371.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 20 | No Man's Sky | $230.9M | 412.1K | 85% | $23.99 |
| 21 | Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition | $230.2M | 162.9K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 22 | The Forest | $216.9M | 577.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 23 | Forza Horizon 6 | $203.7M | 89.1K | 84% | $69.99 |
| 24 | Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | $200.9M | 139.5K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 25 | Sons Of The Forest | $200.9M | 314.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 26 | Raft | $194.6M | 320.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 27 | Assassin's Creed® Odyssey | $194M | 185.6K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 28 | Arma 3 | $184M | 227.8K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 29 | Schedule I | $182.2M | 281.5K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 30 | Project Zomboid | $181.2M | 349.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 31 | Far Cry® 5 | $179.2M | 171.5K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 32 | RimWorld | $176.6M | 243.1K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 33 | Need for Speed™ Heat | $176.4M | 125.5K | 85% | $69.99 |
| 34 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl | $165.8M | 102.4K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 35 | Don't Starve Together | $164.6M | 539.4K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 36 | Subnautica | $162.4M | 376.9K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Starfield | $151.3M | 114.5K | 59% | $49.99 |
| 38 | Dying Light | $149.6M | 370.3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 39 | Terraria | $149.4M | 1.2M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 40 | God of War | $146.5M | 128.1K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 41 | STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ | $141.7M | 78.6K | 71% | $69.99 |
| 42 | Factorio | $140.6M | 232.2K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 43 | Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered | $140.1M | 96K | 96% | $59.99 |
| 44 | Battlefield™ 1 | $137.8M | 197.4K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 45 | Hollow Knight: Silksong | $134.4M | 415K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 46 | Fallout 4 | $132.8M | 426.7K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Monster Hunter: World | $130.6M | 314.6K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 48 | Kerbal Space Program | $126.7M | 118.6K | 96% | $39.99 |
| 49 | Assassin's Creed® Origins | $123.8M | 118.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 50 | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | $122.1M | 127.6K | 83% | $39.99 |