Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Resource Management on Steam.
Share of Resource Management 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 Resource Management 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 | 1.9K | approximately $1.5K | approximately 10% | approximately 2% | approximately $259.5M |
| 2025 | 1.2K | approximately $2.2K | approximately 16% | approximately 5% | approximately $539.4M |
| 2024 | 817 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 14% | approximately 5% | approximately $720.5M |
| 2023 | 551 | approximately $2K | approximately 18% | approximately 6% | approximately $379.4M |
| 2022 | 464 | approximately $2.4K | approximately 20% | approximately 6% | approximately $218M |
| 2021 | 407 | approximately $1.9K | approximately 15% | approximately 8% | approximately $304.2M |
| 2020 | 311 | approximately $1.8K | approximately 16% | approximately 7% | approximately $353M |
| 2019 | 132 | approximately $12.4K | approximately 33% | approximately 16% | approximately $357.6M |
| 2018 | 121 | approximately $11.7K | approximately 31% | approximately 13% | approximately $199.3M |
| 2017 | 100 | approximately $14.1K | approximately 18% | approximately 7% | approximately $55.7M |
| 2016 | 50 | approximately $89.8K | approximately 50% | approximately 20% | approximately $47.7M |
| 2015 | 48 | approximately $138.1K | approximately 58% | approximately 19% | approximately $293.3M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Resource Management launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SatisfactorySteam | approximately $326.2M | 279.9K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 2 | Cities: SkylinesSteam | approximately $206.5M | 299.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 3 | FactorioSteam | approximately $205.8M | 235K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 4 | Resident Evil 4Steam | approximately $119.1M | 278.8K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 5 | Cities: Skylines IISteam | approximately $116.1M | 93.3K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 6 | Manor LordsSteam | approximately $112M | 91.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 7 | approximately $104.3M | 182.6K | 95% | $34.99 | |
| 8 | Oxygen Not IncludedSteam | approximately $75.5M | 144K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 9 | approximately $69.1M | 95.8K | 86% | $39.99 | |
| 10 | Prison ArchitectSteam | approximately $64.3M | 74.9K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 11 | approximately $61.2M | 68.8K | 85% | $34.99 | |
| 12 | approximately $59.6M | 84.1K | 92% | $11.99 | |
| 13 | TimberbornSteam | approximately $56.9M | 41.9K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 14 | This War of MineSteam | approximately $55.9M | 97.8K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 15 | Europa Universalis VSteam | approximately $52.7M | 31.7K | 64% | $59.99 |
| 16 | approximately $47.5M | 102.9K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 17 | Dyson Sphere ProgramSteam | approximately $47.4M | 91.8K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 18 | SPORE™Steam | approximately $46.2M | 72.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 19 | Broken ArrowSteam | approximately $40.5M | 35.9K | 54% | $49.99 |
| 20 | Against the StormSteam | approximately $37.6M | 37.6K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 21 | Dwarf FortressSteam | approximately $35.4M | 31.5K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 22 | Farming Simulator 19Steam | approximately $34.9M | 76.3K | 94% | $17.99 |
| 23 | approximately $34.4M | 27.4K | 91% | $39.99 | |
| 24 | FoundationSteam | approximately $34.2M | 24.3K | 87% | $34.99 |
| 25 | Farthest FrontierSteam | approximately $33.4M | 25.6K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 26 | Transport Fever 2Steam | approximately $33.3M | 32.9K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 27 | approximately $33.1M | 55.1K | 86% | $34.99 | |
| 28 | Frostpunk 2Steam | approximately $32.4M | 27.2K | 75% | $22.49 |
| 29 | Anno 117: Pax RomanaSteam | approximately $31.3M | 12.8K | 69% | $38.99 |
| 30 | approximately $30.2M | 11.4K | 93% | $40.19 | |
| 31 | The Planet CrafterSteam | approximately $29.6M | 74.2K | 96% | $23.99 |
| 32 | Planet ZooSteam | approximately $29.6M | 97.8K | 91% | $13.49 |
| 33 | BanishedSteam | approximately $28.9M | 43.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 34 | They Are BillionsSteam | approximately $28M | 51.5K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 35 | approximately $24.6M | 31.4K | 73% | $39.99 | |
| 36 | approximately $24.2M | 18.1K | 72% | $39.99 | |
| 37 | ForagerSteam | approximately $24M | 44.1K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 38 | approximately $22.8M | 47.2K | 90% | $20.99 | |
| 39 | approximately $22.7M | 13.1K | 63% | $59.99 | |
| 40 | SoulmaskSteam | approximately $21.1M | 22.5K | 77% | $29.99 |
| 41 | The RiftbreakerSteam | approximately $21.1M | 25K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 42 | IXIONSteam | approximately $19.6M | 17.8K | 79% | $34.99 |
| 43 | FrostpunkSteam | approximately $19.6M | 137.6K | 93% | $5.99 |
| 44 | The Last CaretakerSteam | approximately $19.4M | 13.9K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 45 | approximately $18.8M | 18.9K | 94% | $29.99 | |
| 46 | approximately $18.8M | 20.9K | 91% | $29.99 | |
| 47 | Kingdoms and CastlesSteam | approximately $18.6M | 31.4K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 48 | approximately $17.9M | 13.3K | 69% | $39.99 | |
| 49 | approximately $17M | 55.3K | 87% | $11.24 | |
| 50 | DorfromantikSteam | approximately $14.7M | 29.6K | 96% | $13.99 |