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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Programming on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of Programming 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 | Stormworks: Build and Rescue | $31.4M | 59.2K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 2 | Baba Is You | $7.7M | 24.3K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 3 | Software Inc. | $5.9M | 7.8K | 94% | $22.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | $1.5M | 100% | 50% | $3M |
| 2025 | 4 | $91.1K | 50% | 25% | $3.1M |
| 2024 | 4 | $490.2K | 75% | 25% | $2.9M |
| 2023 | 5 | $581K | 60% | 40% | $7.9M |
| 2022 | 1 | $384K | 100% | 0% | $384K |
| 2021 | 8 | $773.9K | 75% | 25% | $7.3M |
| 2020 | 2 | $16.2M | 100% | 100% | $32.5M |
| 2019 | 5 | $2.9M | 80% | 80% | $15.7M |
| 2018 | 2 | $1.1M | 100% | 100% | $2.2M |
| 2017 | 4 | $797K | 100% | 50% | $6.2M |
| 2016 | 6 | $1.7M | 83% | 67% | $8.7M |
| 2015 | 5 | $2.2M | 100% | 100% | $12.9M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Programming launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Mad Games Tycoon 2 |
| $5.3M |
| 7.7K |
| 94% |
| $24.99 |
| 5 | Opus Magnum | $4.2M | 7.1K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 6 | while True: learn() | $3.1M | 8.2K | 91% | $12.99 |
| 7 | The Farmer Was Replaced | $3M | 8.9K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 8 | Autonauts | $2.9M | 4.9K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 9 | Turing Complete | $2.7M | 5.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 10 | Human Resource Machine | $2.5M | 4.7K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 11 | SHENZHEN I/O | $2.4M | 4.5K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 12 | Mad Games Tycoon | $2.4M | 4.4K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 13 | Infinifactory | $2.2M | 2.5K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 14 | Desynced | $2.2M | 2K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 15 | Juno: New Origins | $2M | 3.5K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 16 | SpaceChem | $2M | 5.1K | 92% | $9.99 |
| 17 | Duskers | $2M | 2.8K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Drunken Wrestlers 2 | $1.9M | 18.7K | 87% | $3.99 |
| 19 | Arctic Eggs | $1.9M | 6K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 20 | Starbase | $1.9M | 6.7K | 56% | $10.49 |
| 21 | Screeps: World | $1.5M | 2.1K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Hacknet | $1.2M | 26K | 94% | $1.49 |
| 23 | EXAPUNKS | $1.2M | 1.9K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 24 | Grey Hack | $1.2M | 1.8K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Uplink | $1.1M | 2.4K | 91% | $11.99 |
| 26 | Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor | $1.1M | 2.2K | 79% | $19.99 |
| 27 | TIS-100 | $1M | 4.1K | 97% | $6.99 |
| 28 | 7 Billion Humans | $1M | 2.1K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 29 | City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins | $976.1K | 1.9K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 30 | SimplePlanes 2 | $838.2K | 1.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 31 | Hacker Simulator | $837.1K | 1.3K | 75% | $24.99 |
| 32 | Braid, Anniversary Edition | $786.6K | 1.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Main Assembly | $710.7K | 1.3K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Stone Story RPG | $581K | 994 | 91% | $29.99 |
| 35 | Homebrew - Patent Unknown | $518.7K | 971 | 72% | $14.99 |
| 36 | Quadrilateral Cowboy | $449.6K | 890 | 93% | $19.99 |
| 37 | hack_me | $423.9K | 2.1K | 60% | $5.99 |
| 38 | Discord Bot Maker | $423.3K | 2.4K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 39 | Game Dev Story | $384K | 1.5K | 90% | $8.99 |
| 40 | Contraption Maker | $211.8K | 916 | 93% | $6.49 |
| 41 | Talented | $193.8K | 1.5K | 92% | $5.99 |
| 42 | Stuck In Time | $186.7K | 1K | 84% | $7.99 |
| 43 | Bioprototype | $182.1K | 1.5K | 92% | $4.99 |
| 44 | Hack 'n' Slash | $135.1K | 533 | 58% | $13.37 |
| 45 | I hate this game | $68.1K | 2.6K | 93% | $1.99 |
| 46 | Crypto Mining Simulator | $53.9K | 1.5K | 64% | $1.49 |
| 47 | EXAPUNKS | — | 92 | 94% | $19.99 |
| 48 | 7 Billion Humans | — | 72 | 86% | $14.99 |
| 49 | Craftomation 101 Demo | — | 8 | 72% | Free |
| 50 | One Dreamer: Prologue | — | 16 | 76% | Free |