Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Political Sim on Steam.
Share of Political Sim 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 Political Sim 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 $133.9M | 62.2K | 47% | $69.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $32.8M | 56.9K | 95% | $19.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 169 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 11% | approximately 1% | approximately $7.1M |
| 2025 | 117 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $142.6M |
| 2024 | 88 | approximately $3K | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $36.5M |
| 2023 | 80 | approximately $6.3K | approximately 23% | approximately 4% | approximately $14M |
| 2022 | 76 | approximately $2.8K | approximately 21% | approximately 7% | approximately $21.9M |
| 2021 | 52 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 21% | approximately 6% | approximately $39.9M |
| 2020 | 43 | approximately $3.1K | approximately 19% | approximately 5% | approximately $7.5M |
| 2019 | 20 | approximately $171.4K | approximately 60% | approximately 25% | approximately $67.7M |
| 2018 | 14 | approximately $78.7K | approximately 50% | approximately 7% | approximately $11.6M |
| 2017 | 10 | approximately $63.3K | approximately 40% | approximately 10% | approximately $3.3M |
| 2016 | 11 | approximately $228.2K | approximately 73% | approximately 27% | approximately $10.7M |
| 2015 | 4 | approximately $28K | approximately 0% | approximately 0% | approximately $90.7K |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Political Sim launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
Frostpunk 2Steam |
| approximately $32.4M |
| 27.2K |
| 75% |
| $22.49 |
| 4 | Tropico 6Steam | approximately $29.9M | 29.5K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 5 | Imperator: RomeSteam | approximately $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 6 | Victoria IISteam | approximately $11.5M | 20.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 7 | Tropico 5Steam | approximately $9.6M | 14.4K | 79% | $19.99 |
| 8 | EcoSteam | approximately $9.4M | 11.4K | 81% | $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 | 6.4K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 13 | approximately $5.5M | 15.6K | 90% | $9.99 |
| 14 | approximately $4.8M | 5.4K | 74% | $22.49 |
| 15 | SuzerainSteam | approximately $4.1M | 11.9K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 16 | Long Live The QueenSteam | approximately $2.8M | 7.2K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 17 | Power & RevolutionSteam | approximately $2.5M | 1.3K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 18 | MEMORIAPOLISSteam | approximately $2.3M | 1.8K | 76% | $32.00 |
| 19 | approximately $2.2M | 9.3K | 96% | $6.99 |
| 20 | approximately $2M | 1.2K | 59% | $49.99 |
| 21 | approximately $1.8M | 969 | 59% | $49.99 |
| 22 | Urban EmpireSteam | approximately $1.8M | 1.9K | 35% | $29.99 |
| 23 | Beholder: ConductorSteam | approximately $1.7M | 5.4K | 91% | $4.19 |
| 24 | NIMBY RailsSteam | approximately $1.5M | 2.3K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 25 | approximately $1.5M | 855 | 62% | $49.99 |
| 26 | approximately $1.3M | 834 | 55% | $49.99 |
| 27 | TheoTownSteam | approximately $1.3M | 4.8K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 28 | DummynationSteam | approximately $1.3M | 3.3K | 88% | $11.99 |
| 29 | approximately $1.3M | 1.7K | 76% | $24.99 |
| 30 | We. The RevolutionSteam | approximately $1.1M | 2.5K | 75% | $19.99 |
| 31 | approximately $1.1M | 713 | 33% | $59.99 |
| 32 | Urbek City BuilderSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.8K | 89% | $18.99 |
| 33 | approximately $1.1M | 649 | 57% | $49.99 |
| 34 | approximately $1.1M | 4.2K | 89% | $7.99 |
| 35 | AscensionSteam | approximately $1M | 2.7K | 60% | $16.99 |
| 36 | BeholderSteam | approximately $1M | 31.2K | 92% | $1.39 |
| 37 | PlutocracySteam | approximately $999.1K | 1.4K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 38 | Citystate IISteam | approximately $976.2K | 1.1K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 39 | approximately $947.7K | 2.1K | 81% | $14.99 |
| 40 | approximately $899.4K | 1.1K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 41 | approximately $894K | 1.3K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 42 | approximately $865.8K | 2.2K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 43 | Twilight StruggleSteam | approximately $856.8K | 2.6K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 44 | RIOT: Civil UnrestSteam | approximately $802.6K | 1.6K | 69% | $16.99 |
| 45 | Imagine EarthSteam | approximately $785.4K | 970 | 82% | $24.99 |
| 46 | approximately $779.8K | 688 | 58% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Tropico 3Steam | approximately $771.3K | 2K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 48 | approximately $764.3K | 613 | 46% | $34.99 |
| 49 | approximately $737K | 2.7K | 84% | $9.99 |
| 50 | approximately $723.4K | 1.4K | 76% | $17.99 |