Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Political on Steam.
Share of Political games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
Read this as the notable end of the genre. Steam publishes user tags only on game pages we fully enrich, so this sample skews to games that got attention — its median is 2,138 reviews against roughly 19 for the catalogue. The real share of low-earning Political games is higher than shown.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Political 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 | approximately $211.6M | 134.5K | 88% | $49.99 | |
| 2 | Anno 117: Pax RomanaSteam | approximately $31.3M | 12.8K | 69% | $38.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | approximately $1.1M | approximately 100% | approximately 50% | approximately $12.1M |
| 2025 | 7 | approximately $1.7M | approximately 100% | approximately 57% | approximately $40.1M |
| 2024 | 10 | approximately $1.1M | approximately 90% | approximately 50% | approximately $39.3M |
| 2023 | 3 | approximately $286K | approximately 67% | approximately 33% | approximately $9.7M |
| 2022 | 6 | approximately $657.2K | approximately 83% | approximately 50% | approximately $16.4M |
| 2021 | 7 | approximately $759.6K | approximately 71% | approximately 29% | approximately $5.9M |
| 2020 | 8 | approximately $428.6K | approximately 63% | approximately 25% | approximately $7.5M |
| 2019 | 9 | approximately $865.8K | approximately 89% | approximately 33% | approximately $64.7M |
| 2018 | 4 | approximately $412.2K | approximately 75% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.4M |
| 2017 | 8 | approximately $520.5K | approximately 75% | approximately 25% | approximately $6.1M |
| 2016 | 7 | approximately $974K | approximately 86% | approximately 43% | approximately $10.5M |
| 2015 | 1 | approximately $1.4M | approximately 100% | approximately 100% | approximately $1.4M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Political launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
Tropico 6Steam |
| approximately $29.9M |
| 29.5K |
| 88% |
| $39.99 |
| 4 | Imperator: RomeSteam | approximately $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 5 | approximately $26M | 20.7K | 90% | $69.99 |
| 6 | BioShock™Steam | approximately $15.9M | 32.2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Papers, PleaseSteam | approximately $13.7M | 80.6K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 8 | approximately $9.4M | 13.4K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Not For BroadcastSteam | approximately $7.8M | 12.7K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 10 | Democracy 3Steam | approximately $7.2M | 7.3K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 11 | Tropico 4Steam | approximately $7.1M | 12.8K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 12 | Democracy 4Steam | approximately $7M | 5.9K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 13 | Esoteric EbbSteam | approximately $5.8M | 9.7K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 14 | approximately $5.5M | 15.6K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 15 | MillenniaSteam | approximately $4.8M | 3.8K | 67% | $39.99 |
| 16 | SuzerainSteam | approximately $4.1M | 11.9K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 17 | SpaceBourne 2Steam | approximately $4.1M | 5.2K | 76% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Dune: ImperiumSteam | approximately $3.4M | 4.4K | 94% | $16.09 |
| 19 | approximately $3.1M | 2.5K | 74% | $39.99 |
| 20 | approximately $2.9M | 3.2K | 84% | $31.99 |
| 21 | Power & RevolutionSteam | approximately $2.5M | 1.3K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 22 | DetentionSteam | approximately $2.2M | 11.8K | 96% | $11.99 |
| 23 | approximately $2M | 1.2K | 59% | $49.99 |
| 24 | Solium InfernumSteam | approximately $2M | 1.7K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Road 96 🛣️Steam | approximately $1.9M | 26.3K | 92% | $4.99 |
| 26 | Urban EmpireSteam | approximately $1.8M | 1.9K | 35% | $29.99 |
| 27 | House of LegacySteam | approximately $1.7M | 4K | 83% | $11.99 |
| 28 | Beholder: ConductorSteam | approximately $1.7M | 5.4K | 91% | $4.19 |
| 29 | approximately $1.7M | 4.7K | 75% | $14.99 |
| 30 | approximately $1.6M | 2.9K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 31 | NIMBY RailsSteam | approximately $1.5M | 2.3K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 32 | ALL WILL FALLSteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.4K | 78% | $29.99 |
| 33 | Grand Ages: MedievalSteam | approximately $1.4M | 2K | 48% | $19.99 |
| 34 | approximately $1M | 4.3K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 35 | BeholderSteam | approximately $1M | 31.2K | 92% | $1.39 |
| 36 | PlutocracySteam | approximately $999.1K | 1.4K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 37 | Citystate IISteam | approximately $976.2K | 1.1K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 38 | NOT A HEROSteam | approximately $974K | 2.1K | 87% | $19.99 |
| 39 | approximately $947.7K | 2.1K | 81% | $14.99 |
| 40 | approximately $865.8K | 2.2K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 41 | ICBMSteam | approximately $835.9K | 1.9K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 42 | RIOT: Civil UnrestSteam | approximately $802.6K | 1.6K | 69% | $16.99 |
| 43 | First StrikeSteam | approximately $773.6K | 2K | 75% | $11.99 |
| 44 | The Fermi ParadoxSteam | approximately $759.6K | 1K | 77% | $18.99 |
| 45 | approximately $737K | 2.7K | 84% | $9.99 |
| 46 | approximately $723.4K | 1.4K | 76% | $17.99 |
| 47 | PhonopolisSteam | approximately $690.8K | 1.7K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 48 | approximately $659.6K | 1.4K | 78% | $19.99 |
| 49 | approximately $607.9K | 1.9K | 76% | $9.99 |
| 50 | Beholder 2Steam | approximately $586.4K | 8.2K | 87% | $2.69 |