Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged PvE on Steam.
Share of PvE 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 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™ 2Steam | approximately $616.8M | 1.2M | 76% | $39.99 |
| 2 | ValheimSteam | approximately $276.2M | 468.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.4K | approximately $285 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $936.8M |
| 2025 | 2.2K | approximately $430 | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $1B |
| 2024 | 1.9K | approximately $344 | approximately 6% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.7B |
| 2023 | 1.3K | approximately $282 | approximately 7% | approximately 3% | approximately $541.4M |
| 2022 | 893 | approximately $309 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $474M |
| 2021 | 766 | approximately $293 | approximately 7% | approximately 3% | approximately $368M |
| 2020 | 393 | approximately $431 | approximately 8% | approximately 4% | approximately $409.8M |
| 2019 | 124 | approximately $3K | approximately 19% | approximately 9% | approximately $159.3M |
| 2018 | 96 | approximately $3.6K | approximately 13% | approximately 6% | approximately $177.3M |
| 2017 | 68 | approximately $3K | approximately 13% | approximately 3% | approximately $60.8M |
| 2016 | 44 | approximately $14.6K | approximately 27% | approximately 11% | approximately $133.7M |
| 2015 | 28 | approximately $6.5K | approximately 18% | approximately 14% | approximately $52.7M |
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.
| 3 |
ARC RaidersSteam |
| approximately $253.1M |
| 416.9K |
| 82% |
| $39.99 |
| 4 | approximately $220.9M | 226.7K | 84% | $59.99 |
| 5 | approximately $197.4M | 174.9K | 84% | $69.99 |
| 6 | God of WarSteam | approximately $135.5M | 185K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Deep Rock GalacticSteam | approximately $134.3M | 380.3K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 8 | SquadSteam | approximately $129.6M | 243.8K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 9 | approximately $111.6M | 191.4K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 10 | Gray Zone WarfareSteam | approximately $109M | 79.2K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 11 | Borderlands 4Steam | approximately $108.1M | 58.2K | 59% | $69.99 |
| 12 | approximately $107.8M | 118K | 60% | $44.99 |
| 13 | PAYDAY 2Steam | approximately $101.7M | 674.9K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 14 | approximately $98M | 139.3K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 15 | Escape from TarkovSteam | approximately $93.7M | 65.3K | 49% | $49.99 |
| 16 | Dune: AwakeningSteam | approximately $91M | 79.2K | 71% | $24.99 |
| 17 | EnshroudedSteam | approximately $90.1M | 105.9K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 18 | Lethal CompanySteam | approximately $84.5M | 511K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 19 | V RisingSteam | approximately $84M | 137.3K | 89% | $34.99 |
| 20 | The Outlast TrialsSteam | approximately $79.1M | 112.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 21 | Dragon's Dogma 2Steam | approximately $73M | 117.5K | 62% | $39.99 |
| 22 | approximately $70.2M | 147.7K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 23 | approximately $69.6M | 72.8K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 24 | Arma ReforgerSteam | approximately $69.6M | 58.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Killing Floor 2Steam | approximately $69.2M | 129.5K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 26 | approximately $69.1M | 95.8K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 27 | approximately $64.4M | 21.3K | 83% | $49.99 |
| 28 | ICARUSSteam | approximately $62.1M | 68.7K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 29 | MONSTER HUNTER RISESteam | approximately $62M | 126.6K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 30 | approximately $61.2M | 68.8K | 85% | $34.99 |
| 31 | approximately $60.2M | 373.4K | 89% | $13.99 |
| 32 | Space EngineersSteam | approximately $58.6M | 134.5K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Abiotic FactorSteam | approximately $56.1M | 59.3K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 34 | PRAGMATASteam | approximately $53.8M | 53.5K | 97% | $59.99 |
| 35 | MORDHAUSteam | approximately $52.9M | 113.3K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 36 | approximately $49.3M | 161.7K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 37 | approximately $49.2M | 43.7K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 38 | MarathonSteam | approximately $49.1M | 64.3K | 77% | $39.99 |
| 39 | XCOM® 2Steam | approximately $45.6M | 109.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 40 | UndisputedSteam | approximately $42.5M | 22.8K | 59% | $49.99 |
| 41 | SnowRunnerSteam | approximately $41.7M | 56.4K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 42 | GTFOSteam | approximately $41.1M | 66.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 43 | TemtemSteam | approximately $40.2M | 39.3K | 81% | $44.99 |
| 44 | approximately $38.1M | 41.2K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 45 | WindroseSteam | approximately $37.8M | 52.9K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 46 | Company of Heroes 3Steam | approximately $37.2M | 40.3K | 57% | $23.99 |
| 47 | Dying LightSteam | approximately $36M | 495.8K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 48 | approximately $34.2M | 23.1K | 47% | $69.99 |
| 49 | approximately $28.7M | 16.3K | 45% | $69.99 |
| 50 | Dead Island 2Steam | approximately $26.6M | 29.8K | 77% | $49.99 |