Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Politics on Steam.
Share of Politics 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 2,164 reviews against roughly 19 for the catalogue. The real share of low-earning Politics games is higher than shown.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Politics 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 | 2 | approximately $1.2M | approximately 100% | approximately 50% | approximately $2.5M |
| 2025 | 3 | approximately $646.7K | approximately 100% | approximately 33% | approximately $9.3M |
| 2024 | 6 | approximately $12.2M | approximately 83% | approximately 83% | approximately $83.9M |
| 2023 | 4 | approximately $833.4K | approximately 75% | approximately 50% | approximately $3.9M |
| 2022 | 10 | approximately $1.2M | approximately 80% | approximately 60% | approximately $23.3M |
| 2021 | 4 | approximately $1.5M | approximately 100% | approximately 75% | approximately $36.7M |
| 2020 | 3 | approximately $928.8K | approximately 100% | approximately 33% | approximately $5.5M |
| 2019 | 9 | approximately $865.8K | approximately 89% | approximately 33% | approximately $64.7M |
| 2018 | 6 | approximately $412.2K | approximately 67% | approximately 0% | approximately $2.3M |
| 2017 | 4 | approximately $333.9K | approximately 75% | approximately 25% | approximately $2.5M |
| 2016 | 6 | approximately $1.9M | approximately 67% | approximately 67% | approximately $12.9M |
| 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 Politics launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | approximately $32.8M | 56.9K | 95% | $19.99 | |
| 2 | Frostpunk 2Steam | approximately $32.4M | 27.2K | 75% | $22.49 |
| 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 | approximately $22.4M | 45.1K | 68% | $20.99 | |
| 7 | Victoria IISteam | approximately $11.5M | 20.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 8 | Tropico 5Steam | approximately $9.6M | 14.4K | 79% | $19.99 |
| 9 | approximately $8.3M | 5.1K | 95% | $59.99 | |
| 10 | The Guild 3Steam | approximately $8M | 8K | 60% | $29.99 |
| 11 | Democracy 3Steam | approximately $7.2M | 7.3K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 12 | Tropico 4Steam | approximately $7.1M | 12.8K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 13 | Democracy 4Steam | approximately $7M | 5.9K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 14 | approximately $5.5M | 15.6K | 90% | $9.99 | |
| 15 | SuzerainSteam | approximately $4.1M | 11.9K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 16 | Gremlins, Inc.Steam | approximately $3.4M | 6.6K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 17 | approximately $3.1M | 2.5K | 74% | $39.99 | |
| 18 | Long Live The QueenSteam | approximately $2.8M | 7.2K | 95% | $9.99 |
| 19 | Power & RevolutionSteam | approximately $2.5M | 1.3K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 20 | TRIANGLE STRATEGYSteam | approximately $2.5M | 3.8K | 80% | $23.99 |
| 21 | approximately $2.2M | 9.3K | 96% | $6.99 | |
| 22 | approximately $2M | 1.2K | 59% | $49.99 | |
| 23 | Solium InfernumSteam | approximately $2M | 1.7K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 24 | Hearts of Iron IIISteam | approximately $1.9M | 6.3K | 74% | $9.99 |
| 25 | approximately $1.8M | 969 | 59% | $49.99 | |
| 26 | Urban EmpireSteam | approximately $1.8M | 1.9K | 35% | $29.99 |
| 27 | NIMBY RailsSteam | approximately $1.5M | 2.3K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 28 | approximately $1.5M | 1.5K | 58% | $49.99 | |
| 29 | RuinarchSteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.4K | 63% | $24.99 |
| 30 | Grand Ages: MedievalSteam | approximately $1.4M | 2K | 48% | $19.99 |
| 31 | City of GangstersSteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.3K | 73% | $29.99 |
| 32 | DummynationSteam | approximately $1.3M | 3.1K | 88% | $11.99 |
| 33 | Home BehindSteam | approximately $1.2M | 6.2K | 84% | $5.99 |
| 34 | SuperPower 3Steam | approximately $1.1M | 1.2K | 10% | $29.99 |
| 35 | approximately $1.1M | 4.4K | 89% | $7.99 | |
| 36 | PlutocracySteam | approximately $999.1K | 1.4K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 37 | approximately $984.4K | 11.2K | 95% | $4.99 | |
| 38 | Citystate IISteam | approximately $976.2K | 1.1K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 39 | approximately $964.1K | 2.1K | 90% | $11.69 | |
| 40 | approximately $928.8K | 2K | 70% | $19.99 | |
| 41 | approximately $894K | 1.3K | 77% | $19.99 | |
| 42 | approximately $865.8K | 2.2K | 95% | $14.99 | |
| 43 | Through the AgesSteam | approximately $865.5K | 2.3K | 91% | $15.99 |
| 44 | RIOT: Civil UnrestSteam | approximately $802.6K | 1.6K | 69% | $16.99 |
| 45 | Tropico 3Steam | approximately $771.3K | 2K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 46 | approximately $723.4K | 1.4K | 76% | $17.99 | |
| 47 | approximately $646.7K | 1.4K | 70% | $19.99 | |
| 48 | approximately $607.9K | 1.9K | 76% | $9.99 | |
| 49 | Beholder 2Steam | approximately $586.4K | 8.2K | 87% | $2.69 |
| 50 | Internet GenerationSteam | approximately $464.1K | 1.5K | 83% | $19.99 |