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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged RTS on Steam.
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Total estimated revenue of RTS 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 | Hearts of Iron IV | $478.1M | 372.4K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 2 | Total War: WARHAMMER II | $190.4M | 121.4K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 3 | Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | $183.8M | 87.7K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | $889.9K | 89% | 33% | $25.3M |
| 2025 | 30 | $2.4M | 97% | 77% | $206.3M |
| 2024 | 40 | $966.8K | 73% | 48% | $165.6M |
| 2023 | 31 | $1.5M | 90% | 65% | $126.6M |
| 2022 | 21 | $1.7M | 81% | 62% | $219.7M |
| 2021 | 26 | $1.3M | 92% | 50% | $195.5M |
| 2020 | 26 | $751.3K | 69% | 46% | $232.9M |
| 2019 | 33 | $900.2K | 70% | 48% | $317.3M |
| 2018 | 27 | $841.4K | 67% | 44% | $231.8M |
| 2017 | 30 | $1.6M | 83% | 53% | $297.2M |
| 2016 | 35 | $631.9K | 71% | 43% | $637.4M |
| 2015 | 28 | $595.6K | 75% | 39% | $107.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical RTS launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Crusader Kings III |
| $167.4M |
| 93.1K |
| 91% |
| $49.99 |
| 5 | Total War: WARHAMMER III | $158.2M | 145.9K | 71% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Total War: WARHAMMER | $105.9M | 52.3K | 78% | $59.99 |
| 7 | Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | $103.1M | 180.6K | 95% | $34.99 |
| 8 | Frostpunk | $97M | 136.2K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Total War: THREE KINGDOMS | $86.9M | 93.3K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 10 | Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition | $60M | 94.6K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 11 | Total War: ATTILA | $57.7M | 37.5K | 82% | $44.99 |
| 12 | Total War: SHOGUN 2 | $57.2M | 67.3K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 13 | Anno 1800 | $53.3M | 31.9K | 81% | $59.99 |
| 14 | Broken Arrow | $44.3M | 33.2K | 52% | $49.99 |
| 15 | Company of Heroes 3 | $43.6M | 23.9K | 59% | $59.99 |
| 16 | Men of War: Assault Squad 2 | $43.3M | 46.5K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 17 | Age of Empires II (Retired) | $41.8M | 84.7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Dyson Sphere Program | $38.6M | 91.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 19 | Age of Mythology: Extended Edition | $36.2M | 36.2K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 20 | Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation | $35.3M | 55.6K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 21 | Company of Heroes 2 | $33.9M | 68.6K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition | $31.2M | 36.1K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 23 | STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack | $29.6M | 42.9K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 24 | Kenshi | $29.5M | 96.7K | 95% | $11.99 |
| 25 | Banished | $28.8M | 43.2K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 26 | Anno 117: Pax Romana | $27.4M | 12.4K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 27 | Farthest Frontier | $27.3M | 25K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 28 | Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront | $26.6M | 33.1K | 85% | $34.99 |
| 29 | Foundation | $26.1M | 24K | 87% | $34.99 |
| 30 | Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition | $25.4M | 37.8K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 31 | They Are Billions | $25M | 51.2K | 85% | $26.99 |
| 32 | Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition | $23.6M | 27.3K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 33 | UBOAT | $22.9M | 26.9K | 84% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) | $21.9M | 13.8K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 35 | Wandering Sword | $21.5M | 43.4K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 36 | ENDLESS Space™ 2 | $21.2M | 23K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 37 | Wargame: Red Dragon | $19.7M | 19.7K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 38 | Kingdoms and Castles | $18.5M | 31.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 39 | WARNO | $17.9M | 15.8K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 40 | Dungeons 3 | $17.7M | 18.7K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Going Medieval | $17.1M | 21.2K | 89% | $23.99 |
| 42 | Northgard: Definitive Edition | $17M | 68.5K | 85% | $9.79 |
| 43 | The Riftbreaker | $16.8M | 24.4K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 44 | IXION | $16.7M | 17.5K | 79% | $34.99 |
| 45 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII | $16.7M | 7.6K | 58% | $59.99 |
| 46 | Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War | $15.8M | 18.4K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 47 | Age of Mythology: Retold | $15.2M | 23.1K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 48 | Victoria II | $14.8M | 20K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 49 | Planetary Annihilation: TITANS | $14.6M | 14.6K | 84% | $29.99 |
| 50 | A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA | $13.7M | 14.8K | 71% | $39.99 |