Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged PvP on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of PvP 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 | ELDEN RING | $973.5M | 824K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 2 | DARK SOULS™ III | $467M | 437.9K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 3 | Battlefield™ 6 | $424.2M | 352.9K | 65% | $69.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 52 | $828.9K | 75% | 40% | $372.1M |
| 2025 | 121 | $596.5K | 64% | 43% | $1.4B |
| 2024 | 111 | $223.9K | 53% | 33% | $698.6M |
| 2023 | 120 | $453.7K | 62% | 40% | $598.4M |
| 2022 | 110 | $239K | 54% | 33% | $1.4B |
| 2021 | 100 | $0 | 46% | 31% | $991M |
| 2020 | 116 | $546.4K | 59% | 39% | $1.3B |
| 2019 | 67 | $383.9K | 60% | 36% | $349.6M |
| 2018 | 58 | $0 | 41% | 28% | $444.4M |
| 2017 | 64 | $0 | 44% | 34% | $570.6M |
| 2016 | 40 | $0 | 48% | 35% | $537M |
| 2015 | 36 | $0 | 44% | 36% | $292M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical PvP launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Forza Horizon 5 |
| $317.3M |
| 278K |
| 89% |
| $59.99 |
| 5 | DayZ | $292.9M | 384.8K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 6 | Battlefield™ 2042 | $256.9M | 325.2K | 47% | $59.99 |
| 7 | ARC Raiders | $255.1M | 408.9K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 8 | Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition | $239M | 320.7K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 9 | Forza Horizon 6 | $203.7M | 89.3K | 84% | $69.99 |
| 10 | Garry's Mod | $197.4M | 1.1M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 11 | Hell Let Loose | $181.6M | 98.8K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 12 | Need for Speed™ Heat | $176.4M | 125.5K | 85% | $69.99 |
| 13 | Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | $169.5M | 204.4K | 96% | $44.99 |
| 14 | Squad | $166.3M | 240.3K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 15 | Total War: WARHAMMER III | $158.2M | 145.9K | 71% | $59.99 |
| 16 | Dying Light | $149.6M | 370.3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 17 | Battlefield™ 1 | $137.8M | 197.4K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 18 | Titanfall® 2 | $134.9M | 252.4K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 19 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands | $107.3M | 105.6K | 80% | $49.99 |
| 20 | DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO | $100.5M | 49.2K | 89% | $69.99 |
| 21 | NBA 2K25 | $93.4M | 42.8K | 59% | $69.99 |
| 22 | DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin | $93M | 130.6K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 23 | FOR HONOR™ | $90.2M | 162.8K | 69% | $29.99 |
| 24 | Dune: Awakening | $81.5M | 77.6K | 71% | $49.99 |
| 25 | Gray Zone Warfare | $80.9M | 77.7K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 26 | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | $80.3M | 211K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 27 | Sid Meier's Civilization VII | $71.6M | 43.3K | 48% | $49.99 |
| 28 | STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II | $67.8M | 86.5K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 29 | Escape from Tarkov | $60M | 58.2K | 49% | $37.49 |
| 30 | Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition | $60M | 94.6K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 31 | EA SPORTS FC™ 26 | $57.9M | 92.3K | 50% | $17.99 |
| 32 | Battlefield 4™ | $57.8M | 68.6K | 85% | $39.99 |
| 33 | Marathon | $51.6M | 62.5K | 77% | $39.99 |
| 34 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® | $49.1M | 43.8K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 35 | The Elder Scrolls® Online | $49.1M | 161K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Arma Reforger | $48.9M | 54.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 37 | Assetto Corsa Competizione | $48M | 47.4K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 38 | Street Fighter™ 6 | $46.4M | 77.1K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 39 | MORDHAU | $45.8M | 91.7K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 40 | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 | $45.8M | 162.6K | 84% | $17.99 |
| 41 | Mortal Kombat 1 | $45.3M | 48.5K | 72% | $49.99 |
| 42 | Bodycam | $44.8M | 44.2K | 76% | $33.32 |
| 43 | BattleBit Remastered | $44.4M | 127.6K | 82% | $14.99 |
| 44 | Broken Arrow | $44.3M | 33.2K | 52% | $49.99 |
| 45 | Chivalry 2 | $43.7M | 45.6K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 46 | Company of Heroes 3 | $43.6M | 23.9K | 59% | $59.99 |
| 47 | Space Engineers | $43.6M | 100.2K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 48 | The Crew Motorfest | $41.1M | 23.4K | 79% | $69.99 |
| 49 | Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition | $40M | 25.5K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 50 | Undisputed | $37.7M | 22.5K | 59% | $49.99 |