Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged RTS on Steam.
Share of RTS 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 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 IVSteam | approximately $467.9M | 364.3K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 2 | approximately $178.5M | 149.1K | 72% | $59.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 398 | approximately $811 | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $51.3M |
| 2025 | 463 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 15% | approximately 5% | approximately $255.2M |
| 2024 | 430 | approximately $818 | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $206.2M |
| 2023 | 286 | approximately $867 | approximately 16% | approximately 7% | approximately $140.4M |
| 2022 | 251 | approximately $753 | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $250.3M |
| 2021 | 216 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 19% | approximately 9% | approximately $227M |
| 2020 | 176 | approximately $3.8K | approximately 18% | approximately 7% | approximately $87.2M |
| 2019 | 117 | approximately $10.3K | approximately 33% | approximately 14% | approximately $286.1M |
| 2018 | 100 | approximately $4.2K | approximately 26% | approximately 13% | approximately $239M |
| 2017 | 107 | approximately $14.5K | approximately 26% | approximately 17% | approximately $259.5M |
| 2016 | 86 | approximately $52.5K | approximately 42% | approximately 20% | approximately $623M |
| 2015 | 78 | approximately $66.7K | approximately 44% | approximately 15% | approximately $86.9M |
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.
| 3 |
| approximately $148.1M |
| 121.5K |
| 93% |
| $59.99 |
| 4 | approximately $104.3M | 182.6K | 95% | $34.99 |
| 5 | KenshiSteam | approximately $83.3M | 116.9K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 6 | approximately $69.1M | 95.8K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 7 | approximately $68M | 93.8K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 8 | approximately $65.5M | 88.4K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 9 | approximately $61.2M | 68.8K | 85% | $34.99 |
| 10 | Total War: SHOGUN 2Steam | approximately $57.7M | 68K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 11 | Total War: WARHAMMERSteam | approximately $55M | 32.1K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 12 | approximately $47.5M | 102.9K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 13 | Dyson Sphere ProgramSteam | approximately $47.4M | 91.8K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 14 | approximately $43.5M | 46.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 15 | Broken ArrowSteam | approximately $40.5M | 35.9K | 54% | $49.99 |
| 16 | approximately $39.9M | 38.5K | 96% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Company of Heroes 3Steam | approximately $37.2M | 40.3K | 57% | $23.99 |
| 18 | approximately $36.3M | 57.2K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 19 | FoundationSteam | approximately $34.2M | 24.3K | 87% | $34.99 |
| 20 | approximately $33.8M | 36.3K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 21 | Farthest FrontierSteam | approximately $33.4M | 25.6K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 22 | approximately $33.1M | 55.1K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 23 | Anno 117: Pax RomanaSteam | approximately $31.3M | 12.8K | 69% | $38.99 |
| 24 | UBOATSteam | approximately $29.2M | 27.3K | 84% | $29.99 |
| 25 | Imperator: RomeSteam | approximately $29.2M | 26.8K | 66% | $39.99 |
| 26 | BanishedSteam | approximately $28.9M | 43.4K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 27 | They Are BillionsSteam | approximately $28M | 51.5K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 28 | approximately $24.2M | 18.1K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 29 | approximately $23.2M | 43.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 30 | approximately $22.2M | 14K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 31 | ENDLESS Space™ 2Steam | approximately $21.3M | 23.1K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 32 | WARNOSteam | approximately $21.2M | 16.1K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 33 | The RiftbreakerSteam | approximately $21.1M | 25K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Going MedievalSteam | approximately $20.7M | 21.5K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 35 | approximately $20.5M | 38.2K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Wargame: Red DragonSteam | approximately $19.8M | 19.8K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 37 | IXIONSteam | approximately $19.6M | 17.8K | 79% | $34.99 |
| 38 | approximately $19.6M | 36.5K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 39 | FrostpunkSteam | approximately $19.6M | 137.6K | 93% | $5.99 |
| 40 | approximately $18.8M | 20.9K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Kingdoms and CastlesSteam | approximately $18.6M | 31.4K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 42 | Total War: ATTILASteam | approximately $18.3M | 37.8K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 43 | approximately $17.9M | 13.3K | 69% | $39.99 |
| 44 | Aliens: Dark DescentSteam | approximately $17.6M | 18.9K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 45 | Wandering SwordSteam | approximately $16.7M | 45.6K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 46 | Dungeons 3Steam | approximately $16.7M | 18.7K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 47 | approximately $16.6M | 14.2K | 88% | $34.99 |
| 48 | approximately $16M | 8.8K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 49 | Infection Free ZoneSteam | approximately $15.1M | 18.7K | 81% | $17.49 |
| 50 | approximately $14.8M | 27.7K | 92% | $19.99 |