Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Science on Steam.
Share of Science 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 Science games, grouped by the year they launched — a release-cohort trend, not a live time-series. Recent years are still accumulating revenue after launch.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 225 | approximately $443 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $70.1M |
| 2025 | 203 | approximately $756 | approximately 14% | approximately 6% | approximately $120.4M |
| 2024 | 175 | approximately $481 | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $102.7M |
| 2023 | 144 | approximately $744 | approximately 15% | approximately 7% | approximately $117M |
| 2022 | 144 | approximately $640 | approximately 3% | approximately 2% | approximately $14.2M |
| 2021 | 140 | approximately $692 | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $73.4M |
| 2020 | 103 | approximately $705 | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $11.9M |
| 2019 | 43 | approximately $1.9K | approximately 21% | approximately 12% | approximately $20.8M |
| 2018 | 40 | approximately $5.4K | approximately 23% | approximately 5% | approximately $20.3M |
| 2017 | 28 | approximately $4.4K | approximately 18% | approximately 4% | approximately $11.7M |
| 2016 | 19 | approximately $32.4K | approximately 32% | approximately 5% | approximately $14.3M |
| 2015 | 14 | approximately $9.2K | approximately 21% | approximately 21% | approximately $89.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Science launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portal 2Steam | approximately $83.8M | 467.1K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 2 | The Outlast TrialsSteam | approximately $79.1M | 112.3K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 3 | approximately $64.1M | 27.9K | 26% | $49.99 | |
| 4 | ICARUSSteam | approximately $62.1M | 68.7K | 75% | $34.99 |
| 5 | TimberbornSteam | approximately $56.9M | 41.9K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 6 | Abiotic FactorSteam | approximately $56.1M | 42.2K | 96% | $34.99 |
| 7 | PortalSteam | approximately $42.3M | 199.4K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 8 | Kerbal Space ProgramSteam | approximately $39.3M | 147.2K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 9 | Universe SandboxSteam | approximately $32.3M | 32.3K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 10 | SPORE™Steam | approximately $25.7M | 72.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 11 | The Talos PrincipleSteam | approximately $22.1M | 33.1K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 12 | Forza MotorsportSteam | approximately $21.1M | 12.2K | 51% | $69.99 |
| 13 | approximately $18M | 18K | 94% | $29.99 | |
| 14 | approximately $15.7M | 11.5K | 98% | $29.99 | |
| 15 | SpaceEngineSteam | approximately $13.6M | 16.7K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 16 | STEINS;GATESteam | approximately $12.7M | 25.3K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 17 | The UniversimSteam | approximately $10.7M | 10.7K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 18 | Forever SkiesSteam | approximately $9.9M | 9.1K | 78% | $29.99 |
| 19 | StationeersSteam | approximately $9.6M | 9.3K | 88% | $34.99 |
| 20 | EcoSteam | approximately $9.4M | 11.4K | 81% | $29.99 |
| 21 | approximately $9.4M | 13.4K | 95% | $29.99 | |
| 22 | The AltersSteam | approximately $9.1M | 19.9K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 23 | approximately $8.1M | 13.7K | 95% | $19.99 | |
| 24 | Space Engineers 2Steam | approximately $6.3M | 5.6K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 25 | Prehistoric KingdomSteam | approximately $5.8M | 6.8K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 26 | Starpoint Gemini 2Steam | approximately $5.1M | 4.1K | 70% | $34.99 |
| 27 | approximately $5M | 9.8K | 97% | $14.99 | |
| 28 | The InvincibleSteam | approximately $5M | 13.7K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 29 | OUTBRKSteam | approximately $4.6M | 3.5K | 82% | $34.99 |
| 30 | Per AsperaSteam | approximately $4.4M | 5.8K | 76% | $29.99 |
| 31 | approximately $4.2M | 4.8K | 57% | $39.99 | |
| 32 | Mina the HollowerSteam | approximately $4.2M | 8.6K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 33 | SpaceBourne 2Steam | approximately $4.1M | 5.2K | 76% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Star Trek: InfiniteSteam | approximately $4.1M | 3.5K | 43% | $29.99 |
| 35 | AviassemblySteam | approximately $4M | 9.5K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 36 | approximately $3.1M | 8K | 95% | $14.99 | |
| 37 | while True: learn()Steam | approximately $2.9M | 8.2K | 91% | $12.99 |
| 38 | Mars First LogisticsSteam | approximately $2.8M | 3.8K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 39 | Star BirdsSteam | approximately $2.6M | 3.2K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 40 | Juno: New OriginsSteam | approximately $2.4M | 3.6K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 41 | WolfQuest: ClassicSteam | approximately $2.1M | 1.4K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 42 | Ghost Exorcism INC.Steam | approximately $2M | 5.4K | 76% | $11.99 |
| 43 | SpaceChemSteam | approximately $2M | 5.1K | 92% | $9.99 |
| 44 | Mars HorizonSteam | approximately $2M | 3.1K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 45 | approximately $2M | 12K | 79% | $9.99 | |
| 46 | approximately $1.9M | 1.3K | 97% | $34.99 | |
| 47 | FlyoutSteam | approximately $1.8M | 2.3K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 48 | STEINS;GATE RE:BOOTSteam | approximately $1.8M | 1.1K | 90% | $59.99 |
| 49 | approximately $1.7M | 3.2K | 86% | $16.99 | |
| 50 | InfraSpaceSteam | approximately $1.6M | 2K | 80% | $24.99 |