Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Realistic on Steam.
Share of Realistic 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 Realistic games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.7K | approximately $1.3K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.2B |
| 2025 | 2.1K | approximately $1.4K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $2.1B |
| 2024 | 1.8K | approximately $1.2K | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.3B |
| 2023 | 1.2K | approximately $876 | approximately 12% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.2B |
| 2022 | 996 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 15% | approximately 6% | approximately $1B |
| 2021 | 845 | approximately $1K | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $868.6M |
| 2020 | 485 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 14% | approximately 5% | approximately $323.3M |
| 2019 | 185 | approximately $13K | approximately 34% | approximately 17% | approximately $584.4M |
| 2018 | 143 | approximately $15.6K | approximately 38% | approximately 17% | approximately $554.5M |
| 2017 | 113 | approximately $35.1K | approximately 43% | approximately 24% | approximately $360.8M |
| 2016 | 85 | approximately $47.7K | approximately 44% | approximately 19% | approximately $175.5M |
| 2015 | 51 | approximately $94.7K | approximately 49% | approximately 27% | approximately $601.9M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Realistic launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Battlefield™ 6Steam | approximately $460.1M | 369.4K | 64% | $69.99 |
| 2 | approximately $427M | 944.1K | 97% | $19.99 | |
| 3 | Forza Horizon 5Steam | approximately $396.2M | 281.8K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 4 | approximately $358.7M | 298K | 88% | $49.99 | |
| 5 | Project ZomboidSteam | approximately $301.3M | 483.3K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 6 | Ready or NotSteam | approximately $278.3M | 347.5K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 7 | ARC RaidersSteam | approximately $253.1M | 416.9K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 8 | The ForestSteam | approximately $247.2M | 683.1K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 9 | BeamNG.driveSteam | approximately $245M | 419.9K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 10 | Garry's ModSteam | approximately $231.5M | 1.3M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 11 | Arma 3Steam | approximately $230.1M | 295.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 12 | Forza Horizon 6Steam | approximately $229M | 99K | 82% | $69.99 |
| 13 | approximately $220.9M | 226.7K | 84% | $59.99 | |
| 14 | EA SPORTS FC™ 26Steam | approximately $210.5M | 107.8K | 51% | $69.99 |
| 15 | Cities: SkylinesSteam | approximately $206.5M | 299.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 16 | approximately $202.3M | 181.8K | 95% | $39.99 | |
| 17 | approximately $184.5M | 185K | 96% | $69.99 | |
| 18 | WARDOGSSteam | approximately $176.8M | 83.6K | 78% | $39.99 |
| 19 | StarfieldSteam | approximately $160.2M | 175.5K | 57% | $49.99 |
| 20 | approximately $149.4M | 141.1K | 80% | $59.99 | |
| 21 | SquadSteam | approximately $129.6M | 243.8K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Resident Evil 4Steam | approximately $119.1M | 278.8K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 23 | Cities: Skylines IISteam | approximately $116.1M | 93.3K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 24 | Gray Zone WarfareSteam | approximately $109M | 79.2K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 25 | approximately $98M | 139.3K | 72% | $39.99 | |
| 26 | Escape from TarkovSteam | approximately $93.7M | 65.3K | 49% | $49.99 |
| 27 | approximately $87.6M | 203.4K | 89% | $19.99 | |
| 28 | approximately $87.5M | 154.2K | 98% | $19.99 | |
| 29 | approximately $87.5M | 56.9K | 88% | $59.99 | |
| 30 | approximately $85.9M | 72K | 86% | $29.99 | |
| 31 | The Outlast TrialsSteam | approximately $79.1M | 112.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 32 | approximately $74.6M | 26.2K | 87% | $69.99 | |
| 33 | BodycamSteam | approximately $71.8M | 66.2K | 80% | $33.32 |
| 34 | Arma ReforgerSteam | approximately $69.6M | 58.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 35 | approximately $68.3M | 24K | 91% | $69.99 | |
| 36 | approximately $68.2M | 172.2K | 98% | $19.99 | |
| 37 | approximately $67.5M | 22.6K | 60% | $69.99 | |
| 38 | approximately $64.2M | 32K | 26% | $49.99 | |
| 39 | approximately $63.3M | 133.3K | 85% | $29.99 | |
| 40 | ICARUSSteam | approximately $62.1M | 68.7K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 41 | approximately $60.1M | 45.6K | 79% | $59.99 | |
| 42 | approximately $59.6M | 84.1K | 92% | $11.99 | |
| 43 | Space EngineersSteam | approximately $58.6M | 134.5K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 44 | This War of MineSteam | approximately $55.9M | 97.8K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 45 | Green HellSteam | approximately $53.9M | 102.8K | 85% | $24.99 |
| 46 | PRAGMATASteam | approximately $53.8M | 53.5K | 97% | $59.99 |
| 47 | MORDHAUSteam | approximately $52.9M | 113.3K | 80% | $29.99 |
| 48 | Europa Universalis VSteam | approximately $52.7M | 31.7K | 64% | $59.99 |
| 49 | Medieval DynastySteam | approximately $52.3M | 52.4K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 50 | approximately $49.2M | 43.7K | 65% | $59.99 |