Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged RPG on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of RPG 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 | Black Myth: Wukong | $794.8M | 1.2M | 97% | $59.99 |
| 3 | DARK SOULS™ III | $467M | 437.9K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.6K | $858 | 11% | 2% | $1B |
| 2025 | 4K | $1.7K | 13% | 4% | $2.1B |
| 2024 | 3.5K | $1.3K | 13% | 4% | $2.9B |
| 2023 | 2.6K | $1.2K | 14% | 4% | $1.8B |
| 2022 | 2.1K | $1.6K | 13% | 5% | $2.7B |
| 2021 | 1.9K | $1.1K | 14% | 5% | $736.9M |
| 2020 | 1.6K | $981.6 | 13% | 4% | $899.1M |
| 2019 | 1.3K | $1.4K | 12% | 4% | $807.8M |
| 2018 | 1.2K | $1.9K | 14% | 6% | $869.7M |
| 2017 | 864 | $1.9K | 16% | 6% | $1.1B |
| 2016 | 628 | $7.6K | 23% | 9% | $1.8B |
| 2015 | 528 | $18.4K | 28% | 12% | $971M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical RPG launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 7 Days to Die |
| $457.9M |
| 275.4K |
| 87% |
| $44.99 |
| 5 | Hogwarts Legacy | $323.6M | 369.9K | 90% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | $309.5M | 293.8K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition | $305.9M | 352.2K | 95% | $59.99 |
| 8 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | $243.3M | 273.1K | 95% | $49.99 |
| 9 | Stardew Valley | $243.2M | 1M | 98% | $14.99 |
| 10 | Crimson Desert | $235M | 164.4K | 84% | $69.99 |
| 11 | Palworld | $231.3M | 374.6K | 94% | $20.99 |
| 12 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition | $231.1M | 371.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 13 | Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition | $230.2M | 162.9K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 14 | Kingdom Come: Deliverance II | $200.9M | 139.5K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 15 | Assassin's Creed® Odyssey | $194M | 185.6K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 16 | Total War: WARHAMMER II | $190.4M | 121.4K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 17 | Project Zomboid | $181.2M | 349.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition | $169.5M | 204.4K | 96% | $44.99 |
| 19 | Crusader Kings III | $167.4M | 93.1K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 20 | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl | $165.8M | 102.4K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 21 | Don't Starve Together | $164.6M | 539.4K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 22 | Starfield | $151.3M | 114.5K | 59% | $49.99 |
| 23 | Dying Light | $149.6M | 370.3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 24 | Terraria | $149.4M | 1.2M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 25 | God of War | $146.5M | 128.1K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 26 | STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor™ | $141.7M | 78.6K | 71% | $69.99 |
| 27 | Hades | $135.1M | 283.4K | 98% | $24.99 |
| 28 | Fallout 4 | $132.8M | 426.7K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 29 | Monster Hunter: World | $130.6M | 314.6K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 30 | Persona 5 Royal | $127.4M | 88.6K | 96% | $59.99 |
| 31 | Assassin's Creed® Origins | $123.8M | 118.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 32 | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | $122.1M | 127.6K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 33 | Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ | $118M | 116.1K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 34 | Path of Exile 2 | $116.4M | 165.1K | 76% | $29.99 |
| 35 | Total War: WARHAMMER | $105.9M | 52.3K | 78% | $59.99 |
| 36 | WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers | $102M | 103.8K | 56% | $49.99 |
| 37 | Tomb Raider Game of the Year | $96.2M | 268K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 38 | DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin | $93M | 130.6K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 39 | BioShock Infinite | $92.4M | 145K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 40 | ARK: Survival Evolved | $92.2M | 773K | 83% | $9.89 |
| 41 | FOR HONOR™ | $90.2M | 162.8K | 69% | $29.99 |
| 42 | 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal | $89.2M | 224.4K | 56% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Lies of P | $89.2M | 57K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 44 | STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ | $88.6M | 152.5K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 45 | Dying Light: The Beast | $87.7M | 69.6K | 87% | $59.99 |
| 46 | Darkest Dungeon® | $83.5M | 160.6K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 47 | Rise of the Tomb Raider™ | $82.3M | 154.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 48 | Dune: Awakening | $81.5M | 77.5K | 71% | $49.99 |
| 49 | Hades II | $78.5M | 112.3K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 50 | Slay the Spire | $77.4M | 189.7K | 97% | $24.99 |