Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Simulation on Steam.
Share of Simulation games by estimated lifetime revenue. Averages hide this — a few hits pull the mean far above what a typical game in the genre makes.
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Total estimated revenue of Simulation 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 | approximately $700.4M | 1.4M | 86% | Free | |
| 2 | Pizza Ready!Play |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.6K | approximately $1.1K | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.6B |
| 2025 | 4.8K | approximately $1.8K | approximately 13% | approximately 4% | approximately $2.2B |
| 2024 | 3.8K | approximately $1.3K | approximately 12% | approximately 4% | approximately $2.6B |
| 2023 | 2.7K | approximately $1.4K | approximately 14% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.3B |
| 2022 | 2.2K | approximately $2.5K | approximately 17% | approximately 6% | approximately $1.3B |
| 2021 | 2K | approximately $1.8K | approximately 15% | approximately 6% | approximately $1.4B |
| 2020 | 1.8K | approximately $1.9K | approximately 15% | approximately 6% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2019 | 1.4K | approximately $2.1K | approximately 15% | approximately 6% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2018 | 1.5K | approximately $2.7K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $1.6B |
| 2017 | 1.2K | approximately $4.6K | approximately 15% | approximately 5% | approximately $930.2M |
| 2016 | 851 | approximately $10.5K | approximately 23% | approximately 7% | approximately $2.2B |
| 2015 | 521 | approximately $22.8K | approximately 27% | approximately 12% | approximately $1.3B |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Simulation launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 2.9M |
| 88% |
| Free |
| 3 | Phone Case DIYPlay | approximately $496.2M | 916.3K | 87% | Free |
| 4 | Hearts of Iron IVSteam | approximately $467.9M | 364.3K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 5 | approximately $454.9M | 379.4K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Scary Teacher 3DPlay | approximately $444M | 2.1M | 84% | Free |
| 7 | No Man's SkySteam | approximately $432.1M | 420.7K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 8 | 7 Days to DieSteam | approximately $431.8M | 401.2K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 9 | approximately $427M | 944.1K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 10 | approximately $404M | 1.2M | 91% | Free |
| 11 | Forza Horizon 5Steam | approximately $396.2M | 281.8K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 12 | Solar SmashPlay | approximately $368M | 1.7M | 92% | Free |
| 13 | approximately $361.6M | 10.7M | 94% | Free |
| 14 | approximately $358.7M | 298K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 15 | approximately $358.5M | 3.2M | 90% | Free |
| 16 | DayZSteam | approximately $357.6M | 469.9K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 17 | approximately $355.2M | 3.7M | 86% | Free |
| 18 | approximately $342.6M | 1.1M | 80% | Free |
| 19 | SatisfactorySteam | approximately $326.2M | 279.9K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 20 | Project ZomboidSteam | approximately $301.3M | 483.3K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 21 | approximately $286.4M | 1.2M | 87% | Free |
| 22 | approximately $284.9M | 100.7K | 84% | Free |
| 23 | approximately $278.7M | 611.5K | 93% | Free |
| 24 | approximately $268.1M | 4.3M | 85% | Free |
| 25 | approximately $263.3M | 5.9M | 91% | Free |
| 26 | approximately $262.2M | 841.3K | 89% | Free |
| 27 | Vehicle MastersPlay | approximately $254.9M | 1.6M | 90% | Free |
| 28 | Acrylic Nails!Play | approximately $251.9M | 431.8K | 84% | Free |
| 29 | approximately $248M | 1.2M | 86% | Free |
| 30 | The ForestSteam | approximately $247.2M | 683.1K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 31 | Stardew ValleySteam | approximately $246.9M | 1M | 98% | $14.99 |
| 32 | BeamNG.driveSteam | approximately $245M | 419.9K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 33 | approximately $240.7M | 234.2K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 34 | approximately $239.7M | 604.8K | 78% | Free |
| 35 | approximately $236.2M | 2M | 94% | Free |
| 36 | Sons Of The ForestSteam | approximately $236.1M | 320.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 37 | Garry's ModSteam | approximately $231.5M | 1.3M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 38 | approximately $231.3M | 1.2M | 84% | Free |
| 39 | Arma 3Steam | approximately $230.1M | 295.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 40 | approximately $229.7M | 1.2M | 91% | Free |
| 41 | Forza Horizon 6Steam | approximately $229M | 99K | 82% | $69.99 |
| 42 | SimCity BuildItPlay | approximately $222.7M | 5.6M | 82% | Free |
| 43 | approximately $221.8M | 2M | 95% | Free |
| 44 | approximately $211.6M | 134.5K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 45 | EA SPORTS FC™ 26Steam | approximately $210.5M | 107.8K | 51% | $69.99 |
| 46 | approximately $208.7M | 1.1M | 90% | Free |
| 47 | Cities: SkylinesSteam | approximately $206.5M | 299.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 48 | FactorioSteam | approximately $205.8M | 235K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 49 | Schedule ISteam | approximately $201.7M | 317.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 50 | Plague Inc.Play | approximately $201.5M | 4.1M | 95% | Free |