Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Shooter on Steam.
Share of Shooter 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 Shooter 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 | 1.8K | approximately $342 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $529.5M |
| 2025 | 2.1K | approximately $426 | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.4B |
| 2024 | 1.9K | approximately $363 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $1.3B |
| 2023 | 1.7K | approximately $417 | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $884.3M |
| 2022 | 1.5K | approximately $334 | approximately 7% | approximately 3% | approximately $554.1M |
| 2021 | 1.3K | approximately $422 | approximately 6% | approximately 2% | approximately $358.2M |
| 2020 | 953 | approximately $436 | approximately 9% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2019 | 467 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 16% | approximately 6% | approximately $623.2M |
| 2018 | 452 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 14% | approximately 5% | approximately $612.6M |
| 2017 | 416 | approximately $5.6K | approximately 20% | approximately 6% | approximately $436.9M |
| 2016 | 313 | approximately $15.5K | approximately 28% | approximately 11% | approximately $429.6M |
| 2015 | 221 | approximately $15.2K | approximately 26% | approximately 12% | approximately $696M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Shooter launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HELLDIVERS™ 2Steam | approximately $616.8M | 1.2M | 76% | $39.99 |
| 2 | Battlefield™ 6Steam | approximately $460.1M | 369.4K | 64% | $69.99 |
| 3 | DayZSteam | approximately $357.6M | 469.9K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 4 | Ready or NotSteam | approximately $278.3M | 347.5K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 5 | ARC RaidersSteam | approximately $253.1M | 416.9K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 6 | approximately $240.7M | 234.2K | 85% | $59.99 | |
| 7 | Garry's ModSteam | approximately $231.5M | 1.3M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 8 | Arma 3Steam | approximately $230.1M | 295.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Schedule ISteam | approximately $201.7M | 317.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 10 | WARDOGSSteam | approximately $176.8M | 83.6K | 78% | $39.99 |
| 11 | approximately $149.4M | 141.1K | 80% | $59.99 | |
| 12 | Deep Rock GalacticSteam | approximately $134.3M | 380.3K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 13 | Fallout 4Steam | approximately $133.6M | 429.3K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 14 | approximately $133.3M | 262.8K | 92% | $39.99 | |
| 15 | SquadSteam | approximately $129.6M | 243.8K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 16 | Left 4 Dead 2Steam | approximately $129.1M | 1.1M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 17 | Half-Life: AlyxSteam | approximately $123.2M | 105.5K | 98% | $59.99 |
| 18 | Risk of Rain 2Steam | approximately $113.8M | 353.1K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 19 | DOOM EternalSteam | approximately $111.5M | 217.5K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 20 | Gray Zone WarfareSteam | approximately $109M | 79.2K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 21 | Hunt: Showdown 1896Steam | approximately $106.1M | 279.1K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 22 | ULTRAKILLSteam | approximately $103.5M | 244.5K | 97% | $22.49 |
| 23 | PAYDAY 2Steam | approximately $101.7M | 674.9K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 24 | approximately $98M | 139.3K | 72% | $39.99 | |
| 25 | approximately $97.1M | 270.6K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 26 | Escape from TarkovSteam | approximately $93.7M | 65.3K | 49% | $49.99 |
| 27 | BioShock InfiniteSteam | approximately $92.9M | 145.8K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 28 | Resident Evil 2Steam | approximately $90.9M | 156.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 29 | approximately $88.3M | 109.3K | 84% | $59.99 | |
| 30 | approximately $87.6M | 203.4K | 89% | $19.99 | |
| 31 | approximately $87.5M | 56.9K | 88% | $59.99 | |
| 32 | approximately $83.5M | 156.3K | 94% | $29.99 | |
| 33 | BodycamSteam | approximately $71.8M | 66.2K | 80% | $33.32 |
| 34 | DOOMSteam | approximately $71.6M | 221.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Sniper Elite 4Steam | approximately $70.8M | 63.3K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 36 | Arma ReforgerSteam | approximately $69.6M | 58.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 37 | Killing Floor 2Steam | approximately $69.2M | 129.5K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 38 | Fallout 76Steam | approximately $65.4M | 140.8K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 39 | 007 First LightSteam | approximately $63.8M | 46.8K | 91% | $63.99 |
| 40 | approximately $63.3M | 133.3K | 85% | $29.99 | |
| 41 | approximately $60.1M | 45.6K | 79% | $59.99 | |
| 42 | approximately $60M | 88.5K | 85% | $39.99 | |
| 43 | Call of Duty®: WWIISteam | approximately $57.2M | 47.1K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 44 | Alien: IsolationSteam | approximately $54.8M | 67K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 45 | Metro ExodusSteam | approximately $53.2M | 136K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 46 | Metro 2033 ReduxSteam | approximately $50.6M | 142.1K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Half-Life 2Steam | approximately $50.2M | 279.7K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 48 | approximately $49.2M | 43.7K | 65% | $59.99 | |
| 49 | MarathonSteam | approximately $49.1M | 64.3K | 77% | $39.99 |
| 50 | approximately $49.1M | 45.4K | 94% | $59.99 |