Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Real-time on Steam.
Share of Real-time 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 Real-time 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 $104.3M | 182.6K | 95% | $34.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $47.5M | 102.9K | 96% | $19.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | approximately $5K | approximately 14% | approximately 0% | approximately $2.3M |
| 2025 | 37 | approximately $11.1K | approximately 16% | approximately 5% | approximately $14.9M |
| 2024 | 33 | approximately $9.5K | approximately 24% | approximately 9% | approximately $45.6M |
| 2023 | 28 | approximately $4.8K | approximately 36% | approximately 7% | approximately $5M |
| 2022 | 20 | approximately $3.2K | approximately 10% | approximately 5% | approximately $8.4M |
| 2021 | 23 | approximately $3.6K | approximately 35% | approximately 13% | approximately $18.5M |
| 2020 | 63 | approximately $721 | approximately 14% | approximately 3% | approximately $8.1M |
| 2019 | 46 | approximately $11.7K | approximately 26% | approximately 9% | approximately $122.1M |
| 2018 | 73 | approximately $6.4K | approximately 25% | approximately 10% | approximately $31.2M |
| 2017 | 44 | approximately $16.4K | approximately 23% | approximately 14% | approximately $17.6M |
| 2016 | 24 | approximately $28.1K | approximately 25% | approximately 8% | approximately $17M |
| 2015 | 15 | approximately $91.1K | approximately 47% | approximately 20% | approximately $13M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Real-time launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 | approximately $33.8M | 36.3K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 4 | approximately $22.2M | 14K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 5 | Wargame: Red DragonSteam | approximately $19.8M | 19.8K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 6 | approximately $16M | 8.8K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Homeworld 3Steam | approximately $14.5M | 8.8K | 41% | $59.99 |
| 8 | approximately $13.6M | 8.9K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 9 | approximately $13.1M | 6.8K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 10 | Tempest RisingSteam | approximately $12.4M | 12K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 11 | Company of Heroes 2Steam | approximately $11.7M | 113.2K | 79% | $4.99 |
| 12 | approximately $10.6M | 15.9K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 13 | Railway EmpireSteam | approximately $8.6M | 9.7K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 14 | approximately $8M | 12K | 87% | $16.49 |
| 15 | approximately $7.8M | 21.1K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 16 | Ancestors LegacySteam | approximately $7.5M | 8.7K | 79% | $34.99 |
| 17 | approximately $7M | 12.5K | 64% | $24.99 |
| 18 | approximately $6.7M | 10K | 77% | $24.99 |
| 19 | Stronghold: WarlordsSteam | approximately $6.3M | 5.3K | 65% | $39.99 |
| 20 | approximately $6.2M | 15.7K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Stronghold 3 GoldSteam | approximately $5.8M | 4.9K | 33% | $29.99 |
| 22 | approximately $5.5M | 12K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 23 | approximately $5M | 14.4K | 97% | $12.99 |
| 24 | Supreme Commander 2Steam | approximately $4.9M | 13K | 88% | $12.99 |
| 25 | Satellite ReignSteam | approximately $4.5M | 5.4K | 71% | $29.99 |
| 26 | Per AsperaSteam | approximately $4.4M | 5.8K | 76% | $29.99 |
| 27 | approximately $4M | 6.3K | 74% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Grey GooSteam | approximately $3.6M | 4.3K | 68% | $29.99 |
| 29 | approximately $3.6M | 6.2K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 30 | approximately $3.5M | 4.5K | 87% | $19.99 |
| 31 | approximately $3.4M | 9.2K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 32 | Sudden Strike 4Steam | approximately $2.9M | 6.3K | 79% | $19.99 |
| 33 | approximately $2.8M | 3.3K | 67% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Legend of GrimrockSteam | approximately $2.7M | 6.7K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 35 | approximately $2.6M | 5.8K | 89% | $14.99 |
| 36 | approximately $2.4M | 4.8K | 96% | $14.99 |
| 37 | Call to ArmsSteam | approximately $2.4M | 24.2K | 79% | $3.74 |
| 38 | approximately $2M | 1.9K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 39 | EMERGENCY 20Steam | approximately $1.9M | 2.2K | 84% | $29.99 |
| 40 | Syrian WarfareSteam | approximately $1.9M | 5.6K | 87% | $13.99 |
| 41 | Blitzkrieg 3Steam | approximately $1.8M | 7.3K | 54% | $9.99 |
| 42 | Anno 2070™Steam | approximately $1.6M | 12.7K | 60% | $4.99 |
| 43 | Tower of TimeSteam | approximately $1.6M | 2.7K | 82% | $24.99 |
| 44 | Shadows: AwakeningSteam | approximately $1.6M | 2.5K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 45 | Railroad CorporationSteam | approximately $1.6M | 1.5K | 74% | $35.99 |
| 46 | StarDriveSteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.5K | 45% | $29.99 |
| 47 | approximately $1.4M | 2.7K | 88% | $14.99 |
| 48 | RAILGRADESteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.3K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 49 | approximately $1.3M | 3.4K | 78% | $9.99 |
| 50 | Executive Assault 2Steam | approximately $1.3M | 1.8K | 83% | $24.99 |