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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Simulation on Steam.
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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 | 2 3 4 Player Mini Games | $683.7M | 1.4M | 87% | Free |
| 2 | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | $580.2M | 376.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 3 | Pizza Ready! | $572.5M | 2.7M | 88% |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.6K | $1.5K | 11% | 3% | $898.7M |
| 2025 | 5K | $1.9K | 14% | 4% | $1.8B |
| 2024 | 3.9K | $1.7K | 13% | 3% | $2.4B |
| 2023 | 2.8K | $1.6K | 14% | 4% | $1.2B |
| 2022 | 2.3K | $2.2K | 16% | 5% | $1.5B |
| 2021 | 2.1K | $1.6K | 14% | 5% | $1.4B |
| 2020 | 1.8K | $1.9K | 15% | 5% | $1.2B |
| 2019 | 1.4K | $2.4K | 15% | 6% | $1.1B |
| 2018 | 1.5K | $2.7K | 13% | 5% | $1.6B |
| 2017 | 1.1K | $3.2K | 16% | 5% | $885.3M |
| 2016 | 822 | $10.3K | 24% | 8% | $2.8B |
| 2015 | 490 | $27K | 29% | 13% | $1.5B |
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.
| 4 | Phone Case DIY | $492M | 913.1K | 87% | Free |
| 5 | Hearts of Iron IV | $478.1M | 372.4K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 6 | 7 Days to Die | $457.9M | 275.4K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 7 | Scary Teacher 3D | $436.1M | 2.1M | 85% | Free |
| 8 | Fashion Show: Makeup, Dress Up | $394.8M | 1.2M | 91% | Free |
| 9 | Call of Duty®: Black Ops III | $369.9M | 231.2K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 10 | Solar Smash | $362.3M | 1.7M | 93% | Free |
| 11 | Dragon City: Mobile Adventure | $359.5M | 10.7M | 94% | Free |
| 12 | Truck Simulator : Europe | $340.9M | 1.1M | 81% | Free |
| 13 | Forza Horizon 5 | $317.3M | 278K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 14 | Satisfactory | $314M | 231.8K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 15 | Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord | $309.5M | 293.8K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 16 | DayZ | $292.9M | 384.8K | 78% | $49.99 |
| 17 | Stellaris | $277.7M | 196.1K | 86% | $49.99 |
| 18 | Episode - Choose Your Story | $267.1M | 4.3M | 85% | Free |
| 19 | Idle Miner Tycoon: Gold Games | $261M | 5.8M | 91% | Free |
| 20 | Teacher Simulator: Exam Time | $259M | 822.1K | 90% | Free |
| 21 | Raft® Survival - Ocean Nomad | $245.3M | 1.2M | 87% | Free |
| 22 | Stardew Valley | $243.2M | 1M | 98% | $14.99 |
| 23 | BeamNG.drive | $236.4M | 405.2K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 24 | No Man's Sky | $230.9M | 412.1K | 85% | $23.99 |
| 25 | Car Simulator 2: Open World | $230M | 2M | 94% | Free |
| 26 | Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures | $228M | 1.2M | 84% | Free |
| 27 | SimCity BuildIt | $221.3M | 5.6M | 82% | Free |
| 28 | Fishing Clash: Sport Simulator | $218.5M | 1.9M | 95% | Free |
| 29 | The Forest | $216.9M | 577.4K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 30 | Decor Life - Home Design Game | $203.9M | 1.1M | 90% | Free |
| 31 | Forza Horizon 6 | $203.7M | 89.3K | 84% | $69.99 |
| 32 | Cities: Skylines | $203.5M | 290.5K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 33 | Sons Of The Forest | $200.9M | 314.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Garry's Mod | $197.4M | 1.1M | 97% | $9.99 |
| 35 | Raft | $194.6M | 320.8K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Total War: WARHAMMER II | $190.4M | 121.4K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 37 | Arma 3 | $184M | 227.8K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 38 | Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | $183.8M | 87.7K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 39 | Schedule I | $182.2M | 281.5K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 40 | Truck Simulator : Ultimate | $182.1M | 2.5M | 87% | Free |
| 41 | Hell Let Loose | $181.6M | 98.8K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 42 | Project Zomboid | $181.2M | 349.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 43 | RimWorld | $176.6M | 243.1K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 44 | Idle Lumber Empire: Tycoon Inc | $174.9M | 1.1M | 79% | Free |
| 45 | Megapolis: City Building Sim | $171.1M | 1.5M | 80% | Free |
| 46 | Crusader Kings III | $167.4M | 93.1K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 47 | Squad | $166.3M | 240.3K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 48 | Klondike Adventures: Farm Game | $165.2M | 1.4M | 92% | Free |
| 49 | Don't Starve Together | $164.6M | 539.4K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 50 | Melon Sandbox | $162.5M | 1.2M | 94% | Free |