Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Programming on Steam.
Share of Programming games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
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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 | approximately $48.5M | 60.1K | 91% | $24.99 | |
| 2 | StarbaseSteam | approximately $9.1M | 6.8K | 55% | $34.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 131 | approximately $863 | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $6.3M |
| 2025 | 91 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 14% | approximately 1% | approximately $7.4M |
| 2024 | 85 | approximately $1K | approximately 7% | approximately 1% | approximately $4.4M |
| 2023 | 57 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 9% | approximately 4% | approximately $10.9M |
| 2022 | 55 | approximately $3.7K | approximately 16% | approximately 0% | approximately $2.4M |
| 2021 | 87 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 11% | approximately 5% | approximately $16.6M |
| 2020 | 52 | approximately $967 | approximately 6% | approximately 4% | approximately $50.2M |
| 2019 | 23 | approximately $4.3K | approximately 35% | approximately 17% | approximately $12.1M |
| 2018 | 23 | approximately $10.6K | approximately 17% | approximately 4% | approximately $2.7M |
| 2017 | 23 | approximately $8.3K | approximately 35% | approximately 9% | approximately $6.9M |
| 2016 | 15 | approximately $95.1K | approximately 47% | approximately 27% | approximately $9.2M |
| 2015 | 9 | approximately $1.1M | approximately 78% | approximately 67% | approximately $18.7M |
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.
| 3 |
Mad Games Tycoon 2Steam |
| approximately $6.9M |
| 7.8K |
| 94% |
| $24.99 |
| 4 | Software Inc.Steam | approximately $5.8M | 7.6K | 94% | $22.99 |
| 5 | HacknetSteam | approximately $5.6M | 16.9K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 6 | Baba Is YouSteam | approximately $5M | 24.6K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 7 | Opus MagnumSteam | approximately $4.3M | 7.3K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 8 | approximately $3.5M | 9.6K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 9 | Turing CompleteSteam | approximately $3.2M | 5.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 10 | AutonautsSteam | approximately $2.7M | 5K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 11 | Juno: New OriginsSteam | approximately $2.4M | 3.6K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 12 | approximately $2.4M | 4.7K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 13 | SHENZHEN I/OSteam | approximately $2.3M | 4.5K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 14 | InfinifactorySteam | approximately $2.2M | 2.5K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 15 | Arctic EggsSteam | approximately $2M | 6.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 16 | SpaceChemSteam | approximately $2M | 5.1K | 92% | $9.99 |
| 17 | Mad Games TycoonSteam | approximately $2M | 3.7K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 18 | DesyncedSteam | approximately $1.9M | 2.1K | 80% | $20.99 |
| 19 | DuskersSteam | approximately $1.9M | 2.8K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 20 | while True: learn()Steam | approximately $1.7M | 8.2K | 91% | $7.79 |
| 21 | Screeps: WorldSteam | approximately $1.5M | 2.1K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 22 | approximately $1.3M | 2.2K | 79% | $19.99 |
| 23 | approximately $1.2M | 1.9K | 92% | $10.99 |
| 24 | EXAPUNKSSteam | approximately $1.2M | 1.9K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 25 | Grey HackSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.9K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 26 | SimplePlanes 2Steam | approximately $1.1M | 1.4K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 27 | Drunken Wrestlers 2Steam | approximately $1.1M | 18.8K | 87% | $3.99 |
| 28 | Hacker SimulatorSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.3K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 29 | The Magic CircleSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.5K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 30 | TIS-100Steam | approximately $1M | 4.1K | 97% | $6.99 |
| 31 | 7 Billion HumansSteam | approximately $952.5K | 2.1K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 32 | UplinkSteam | approximately $900.9K | 2.4K | 91% | $11.99 |
| 33 | approximately $766.8K | 1.9K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Stone Story RPGSteam | approximately $688.5K | 995 | 91% | $29.99 |
| 35 | Contraption MakerSteam | approximately $609.6K | 1.3K | 91% | $12.99 |
| 36 | hackmudSteam | approximately $573.1K | 847 | 78% | $18.99 |
| 37 | approximately $537.7K | 721 | 92% | $19.99 |
| 38 | approximately $534.6K | 792 | 86% | $19.99 |
| 39 | approximately $520.8K | 975 | 72% | $14.99 |
| 40 | Else Heart.Break()Steam | approximately $500.4K | 843 | 67% | $24.99 |
| 41 | Omega CrafterSteam | approximately $484.3K | 579 | 79% | $24.99 |
| 42 | Quadrilateral CowboySteam | approximately $482K | 1K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 43 | OnsetSteam | approximately $427.3K | 775 | 67% | $18.99 |
| 44 | Discord Bot MakerSteam | approximately $421.7K | 2.4K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 45 | The Signal StateSteam | approximately $410.6K | 696 | 87% | $19.99 |
| 46 | AutomachefSteam | approximately $402.2K | 924 | 72% | $14.99 |
| 47 | hack_meSteam | approximately $399K | 2.1K | 60% | $5.99 |
| 48 | Rogue VoltageSteam | approximately $377.2K | 657 | 93% | $15.99 |
| 49 | approximately $369.1K | 848 | 87% | $14.99 |
| 50 | approximately $366.3K | 699 | 83% | $14.99 |