Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Sci-fi on Steam.
Share of Sci-fi 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 Sci-fi 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 | HELLDIVERS™ 2Steam | approximately $616.8M | 1.2M | 76% | $39.99 |
| 2 | No Man's SkySteam | approximately $432.1M | 420.7K | 85% | $59.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.1K | approximately $385 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $501.9M |
| 2025 | 2.1K | approximately $685 | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2024 | 1.8K | approximately $550 | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.7B |
| 2023 | 1.4K | approximately $560 | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $930.6M |
| 2022 | 1.2K | approximately $560 | approximately 9% | approximately 4% | approximately $620.4M |
| 2021 | 1.2K | approximately $424 | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $335.5M |
| 2020 | 882 | approximately $561 | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $745.7M |
| 2019 | 476 | approximately $3.3K | approximately 19% | approximately 7% | approximately $584.1M |
| 2018 | 388 | approximately $4.4K | approximately 18% | approximately 7% | approximately $532M |
| 2017 | 397 | approximately $8.3K | approximately 22% | approximately 7% | approximately $260.1M |
| 2016 | 332 | approximately $26.5K | approximately 36% | approximately 14% | approximately $916.9M |
| 2015 | 258 | approximately $27.7K | approximately 32% | approximately 14% | approximately $725.1M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Sci-fi launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
SatisfactorySteam |
| approximately $326.2M |
| 279.9K |
| 97% |
| $27.99 |
| 4 | ARC RaidersSteam | approximately $253.1M | 416.9K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 5 | approximately $240.7M | 234.2K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 6 | approximately $220.9M | 226.7K | 84% | $59.99 |
| 7 | RimWorldSteam | approximately $179.3M | 246.8K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 8 | StarfieldSteam | approximately $160.2M | 175.5K | 57% | $49.99 |
| 9 | approximately $149.4M | 141.1K | 80% | $59.99 |
| 10 | approximately $139.1M | 144K | 96% | $59.99 |
| 11 | Deep Rock GalacticSteam | approximately $134.3M | 380.3K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 12 | Fallout 4Steam | approximately $133.6M | 429.3K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 13 | approximately $133.3M | 262.8K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 14 | Half-Life: AlyxSteam | approximately $123.2M | 105.5K | 98% | $59.99 |
| 15 | SubnauticaSteam | approximately $123M | 380.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 16 | DOOM EternalSteam | approximately $111.5M | 217.5K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 17 | approximately $108.5M | 86.1K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 18 | Borderlands 4Steam | approximately $108.1M | 58.2K | 59% | $69.99 |
| 19 | approximately $107.8M | 118K | 60% | $44.99 |
| 20 | approximately $106.1M | 586.8K | 84% | $14.99 |
| 21 | BioShock InfiniteSteam | approximately $92.9M | 145.8K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 22 | Dune: AwakeningSteam | approximately $91M | 79.2K | 71% | $24.99 |
| 23 | approximately $87.5M | 56.9K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 24 | Split FictionSteam | approximately $85.3M | 127.2K | 97% | $32.49 |
| 25 | Lethal CompanySteam | approximately $84.5M | 511K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 26 | Portal 2Steam | approximately $83.8M | 467.1K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 27 | Subnautica 2Steam | approximately $80.7M | 127.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 28 | StellarisSteam | approximately $76.8M | 198.9K | 85% | $14.99 |
| 29 | Oxygen Not IncludedSteam | approximately $75.5M | 144K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 30 | DOOMSteam | approximately $71.6M | 221.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 31 | StraySteam | approximately $68.8M | 178.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 32 | approximately $64.4M | 21.3K | 83% | $49.99 |
| 33 | approximately $64.2M | 32K | 26% | $49.99 |
| 34 | R.E.P.O.Steam | approximately $62.9M | 425.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 35 | BarotraumaSteam | approximately $62.7M | 90K | 94% | $34.99 |
| 36 | Abiotic FactorSteam | approximately $56.1M | 59.3K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 37 | approximately $55.3M | 48.5K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 38 | Alien: IsolationSteam | approximately $54.8M | 67K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 39 | approximately $54.7M | 89.1K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 40 | PRAGMATASteam | approximately $53.8M | 53.5K | 97% | $59.99 |
| 41 | Metro ExodusSteam | approximately $53.2M | 136K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 42 | Half-Life 2Steam | approximately $50.2M | 279.7K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 43 | approximately $49.2M | 43.7K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 44 | MarathonSteam | approximately $49.1M | 64.3K | 77% | $39.99 |
| 45 | approximately $49.1M | 45.4K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 46 | approximately $48.9M | 49.5K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 47 | approximately $47.7M | 56.7K | 93% | $49.99 |
| 48 | DOOM: The Dark AgesSteam | approximately $47.5M | 46.2K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 49 | Dyson Sphere ProgramSteam | approximately $47.4M | 91.8K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 50 | Elite DangerousSteam | approximately $47.1M | 82.4K | 77% | $19.99 |