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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Open World Survival Craft on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Open World Survival Craft 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 | 7 Days to Die | $457.9M | 275.4K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 2 | Satisfactory | $314M | 231.8K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 3 | Palworld | $231.3M | 374.6K | 94% | $20.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | $1.4M | 94% | 69% | $307.2M |
| 2025 | 22 | $4M | 100% | 86% | $247.7M |
| 2024 | 27 | $2M | 93% | 78% | $901.8M |
| 2023 | 11 | $546.1K | 64% | 27% | $12.8M |
| 2022 | 13 | $1.2M | 85% | 62% | $293.1M |
| 2021 | 17 | $881.9K | 71% | 41% | $243.7M |
| 2020 | 14 | $1.4M | 79% | 57% | $79.2M |
| 2019 | 15 | $1.7M | 73% | 60% | $161.6M |
| 2018 | 14 | $1.5M | 86% | 57% | $421.2M |
| 2017 | 9 | $2.9M | 67% | 56% | $184.8M |
| 2016 | 15 | $704.8K | 73% | 40% | $413.4M |
| 2015 | 13 | $986.6K | 85% | 46% | $167.9M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Open World Survival Craft launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| No Man's Sky |
| $230.9M |
| 412.1K |
| 85% |
| $23.99 |
| 5 | The Forest | $216.9M | 577.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 6 | Raft | $194.6M | 320.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Project Zomboid | $181.2M | 349.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 8 | Don't Starve Together | $164.6M | 539.4K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 9 | Subnautica | $162.4M | 376.9K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Dying Light | $149.6M | 370.3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 11 | Terraria | $149.4M | 1.2M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 12 | ARK: Survival Evolved | $92.2M | 773K | 83% | $9.89 |
| 13 | ASTRONEER | $90.6M | 138.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 14 | Dune: Awakening | $81.5M | 77.6K | 71% | $49.99 |
| 15 | Days Gone | $67.5M | 81.7K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 16 | ICARUS | $62.8M | 53.2K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 17 | Grounded | $59.4M | 95K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 18 | The Long Dark | $58.3M | 122.9K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 19 | Abiotic Factor | $57.4M | 57.3K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 20 | Valheim | $54M | 538.1K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 21 | Subnautica: Below Zero | $42.7M | 107.8K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 22 | Don't Starve | $33.6M | 113.2K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 23 | Stormworks: Build and Rescue | $31.4M | 59.2K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 24 | Windrose | $31.1M | 50.4K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 25 | Stranded Deep | $26.1M | 47.7K | 74% | $19.99 |
| 26 | Creativerse | $24.3M | 30.7K | 78% | $24.99 |
| 27 | Core Keeper | $23.9M | 65.5K | 93% | $13.99 |
| 28 | Forager | $23.8M | 43.8K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 29 | The Planet Crafter | $22.5M | 72K | 96% | $23.99 |
| 30 | Hurtworld | $22.5M | 31K | 76% | $24.99 |
| 31 | Soulmask | $22.2M | 22K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 32 | Deadside | $20.5M | 40.4K | 76% | $24.99 |
| 33 | Miscreated | $18.8M | 31.6K | 66% | $20.09 |
| 34 | Dinkum | $18M | 29K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 35 | RuneScape: Dragonwilds | $16.9M | 27.9K | 81% | $29.99 |
| 36 | Stoneshard | $15.7M | 35K | 75% | $24.99 |
| 37 | Grounded 2 | $13.9M | 22.4K | 81% | $29.99 |
| 38 | Eco | $12.4M | 14K | 81% | $29.99 |
| 39 | Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey | $11.6M | 11.8K | 79% | $39.99 |
| 40 | Nightingale | $10.9M | 18K | 66% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Night of the Dead | $10.8M | 11.8K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 42 | MISERY | $9.1M | 24.7K | 84% | $9.74 |
| 43 | Forever Skies | $8.6M | 8.6K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 44 | Necesse | $8.6M | 27.6K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 45 | ASKA | $8.5M | 12K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 46 | Life is Feudal: Your Own | $8M | 12.1K | 66% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Sunkenland | $8M | 23.6K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 48 | DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS™ 2 | $8M | 8K | 92% | $49.99 |
| 49 | Tribes of Midgard | $7.6M | 23.2K | 76% | $19.99 |
| 50 | The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ | $7.4M | 12.2K | 81% | $29.99 |