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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Sandbox on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Sandbox 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 | 7 Days to Die | $457.9M | 275.4K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 3 | Battlefield™ 6 | $424.2M | 352.9K | 65% | $69.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 85 | $1.5M | 99% | 73% | $904.1M |
| 2025 | 135 | $1.5M | 90% | 59% | $1.1B |
| 2024 | 140 | $1.3M | 90% | 56% | $1.7B |
| 2023 | 123 | $1.1M | 83% | 54% | $680.7M |
| 2022 | 109 | $983.7K | 81% | 50% | $1.1B |
| 2021 | 104 | $876.1K | 72% | 42% | $580.2M |
| 2020 | 84 | $1.8M | 83% | 61% | $714.9M |
| 2019 | 102 | $1.3M | 80% | 57% | $954.8M |
| 2018 | 79 | $1.8M | 86% | 61% | $1.6B |
| 2017 | 78 | $1.9M | 81% | 55% | $818.6M |
| 2016 | 65 | $1M | 80% | 52% | $1.9B |
| 2015 | 93 | $986.6K | 71% | 49% | $1.3B |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Sandbox launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Satisfactory |
| $314M |
| 231.8K |
| 97% |
| $27.99 |
| 5 | Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | $309.5M | 293.8K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 6 | DayZ | $292.9M | 384.8K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Stellaris | $277.7M | 196.1K | 86% | $49.99 |
| 8 | Stardew Valley | $243.2M | 1M | 98% | $14.99 |
| 9 | BeamNG.drive | $236.4M | 405.2K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 10 | Palworld | $231.3M | 374.6K | 94% | $20.99 |
| 11 | No Man's Sky | $230.9M | 412.1K | 85% | $23.99 |
| 12 | The Forest | $216.9M | 577.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 13 | Forza Horizon 6 | $203.7M | 89.3K | 84% | $69.99 |
| 14 | Cities: Skylines | $203.5M | 290.5K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 15 | Sons Of The Forest | $200.9M | 314.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 16 | Garry's Mod | $197.4M | 1.1M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 17 | Raft | $194.6M | 320.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 18 | Arma 3 | $184M | 227.8K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 19 | Project Zomboid | $181.2M | 349.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 20 | RimWorld | $176.6M | 243.1K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 21 | Crusader Kings III | $167.4M | 93.1K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 22 | Don't Starve Together | $164.6M | 539.4K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 23 | Subnautica | $162.4M | 376.9K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 24 | Europa Universalis IV | $157.8M | 93.8K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 25 | Terraria | $149.4M | 1.2M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 26 | Factorio | $140.6M | 232.2K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 27 | Fallout 4 | $132.8M | 426.7K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 28 | Kerbal Space Program | $126.7M | 118.6K | 96% | $39.99 |
| 29 | Teardown | $124.1M | 124.2K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 30 | Cities: Skylines II | $112.5M | 90.6K | 55% | $49.99 |
| 31 | Planet Coaster | $109.4M | 72K | 91% | $44.99 |
| 32 | Human Fall Flat | $109.3M | 225.6K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Planet Zoo | $107.4M | 96.7K | 91% | $44.99 |
| 34 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands | $107.3M | 105.6K | 80% | $49.99 |
| 35 | Watch_Dogs® 2 | $99M | 98.5K | 82% | $49.99 |
| 36 | ARK: Survival Evolved | $92.2M | 773K | 83% | $9.89 |
| 37 | ASTRONEER | $90.6M | 138.7K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 38 | 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal | $89.2M | 224.4K | 56% | $19.99 |
| 39 | Bloons TD 6 | $88.3M | 391.1K | 97% | $13.99 |
| 40 | Total War: THREE KINGDOMS | $86.9M | 93.3K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 41 | theHunter: Call of the Wild™ | $86.4M | 200.6K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 42 | Jurassic World Evolution 2 | $84.6M | 39.2K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 43 | Victoria 3 | $83M | 40.6K | 72% | $49.99 |
| 44 | Dune: Awakening | $81.5M | 77.6K | 71% | $49.99 |
| 45 | Oxygen Not Included | $74.8M | 142.7K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 46 | Slime Rancher | $73.8M | 155.4K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 47 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | $71.6M | 181K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 48 | Subnautica 2 | $71.1M | 123.1K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 49 | Jurassic World Evolution | $70.8M | 48.2K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 50 | Blade and Sorcery | $68.4M | 58.6K | 97% | $29.99 |