Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged PvE on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of PvE 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 | HELLDIVERS™ 2 | $611.7M | 831.4K | 76% | $39.99 |
| 2 | ARC Raiders | $255.1M | 408.9K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 3 | Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition | $239M | 320.7K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | $845K | 87% | 40% | $526.5M |
| 2025 | 109 | $873.8K | 78% | 47% | $861.9M |
| 2024 | 101 | $963.6K | 72% | 49% | $1.4B |
| 2023 | 86 | $674.2K | 64% | 47% | $532.5M |
| 2022 | 58 | $314.4K | 59% | 36% | $399.7M |
| 2021 | 55 | $712.1K | 69% | 45% | $339.6M |
| 2020 | 35 | $645.1K | 63% | 40% | $641.7M |
| 2019 | 24 | $261.4K | 54% | 42% | $132.4M |
| 2018 | 12 | $1.9M | 58% | 50% | $66.9M |
| 2017 | 16 | $0 | 31% | 19% | $68.4M |
| 2016 | 14 | $0 | 36% | 36% | $105.9M |
| 2015 | 8 | $846.9K | 63% | 50% | $165M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical PvE launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Crimson Desert |
| $235M |
| 164.4K |
| 84% |
| $69.99 |
| 5 | Squad | $166.3M | 240.3K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 6 | Deep Rock Galactic | $152.2M | 301.5K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 7 | Dying Light | $149.6M | 370.3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 8 | God of War | $146.5M | 128.1K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 9 | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | $122.1M | 127.6K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 10 | DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO | $100.5M | 49.2K | 89% | $69.99 |
| 11 | Dune: Awakening | $81.5M | 77.6K | 71% | $49.99 |
| 12 | Gray Zone Warfare | $80.9M | 77.7K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 13 | Dragon's Dogma 2 | $75.1M | 115.6K | 62% | $39.99 |
| 14 | Diablo® IV | $71.4M | 56.6K | 70% | $49.99 |
| 15 | MONSTER HUNTER RISE | $70.2M | 124.7K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 16 | PRAGMATA | $68.4M | 50.3K | 97% | $59.99 |
| 17 | Enshrouded | $65.6M | 91.7K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 18 | REMNANT II® | $64.4M | 45.7K | 83% | $49.99 |
| 19 | ICARUS | $62.8M | 53.2K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 20 | Escape from Tarkov | $60M | 58.2K | 49% | $37.49 |
| 21 | Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition | $60M | 94.6K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 22 | Lethal Company | $58.9M | 509.7K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 23 | Abiotic Factor | $57.4M | 57.3K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 24 | Granblue Fantasy: Relink | $56.4M | 53.9K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Borderlands 4 | $54.4M | 81.4K | 59% | $34.99 |
| 26 | Valheim | $54M | 538.1K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 27 | The Callisto Protocol™ | $52.3M | 43.5K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 28 | Marathon | $51.6M | 62.5K | 77% | $39.99 |
| 29 | Killing Floor 2 | $49.7M | 86.9K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 30 | The Elder Scrolls® Online | $49.1M | 161K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 31 | Arma Reforger | $48.9M | 54.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 32 | MORDHAU | $45.8M | 91.7K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 33 | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 | $45.8M | 162.6K | 84% | $17.99 |
| 34 | XCOM® 2 | $45.1M | 108.6K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Company of Heroes 3 | $43.6M | 23.9K | 59% | $59.99 |
| 36 | Space Engineers | $43.6M | 100.2K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 37 | Far Cry® 6 | $39.2M | 35K | 71% | $59.99 |
| 38 | Undisputed | $37.7M | 22.5K | 59% | $49.99 |
| 39 | Temtem | $35.5M | 39.3K | 81% | $44.99 |
| 40 | PAYDAY 2 | $34.5M | 444.4K | 90% | $4.99 |
| 41 | Windrose | $31.1M | 50.4K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 42 | V Rising | $28M | 109.6K | 89% | $15.74 |
| 43 | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | $27.9M | 17.9K | 61% | $69.99 |
| 44 | Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront | $26.6M | 33.1K | 85% | $34.99 |
| 45 | ATLAS | $25.4M | 42.9K | 47% | $29.99 |
| 46 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® III | $25.3M | 19.4K | 44% | $69.99 |
| 47 | Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 | $22.7M | 15.6K | 44% | $69.99 |
| 48 | Soulmask | $22.2M | 22K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 49 | The Outlast Trials | $21M | 107.9K | 93% | $11.99 |
| 50 | Starship Troopers: Extermination | $20.2M | 33.2K | 80% | $29.99 |