Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Software on Steam.
Share of Software 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 Software 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 | Wallpaper EngineSteam | approximately $35.8M | 1M | 98% | $4.99 |
| 2 | AsepriteSteam | approximately $9.3M | 27K | 99% | $19.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 152 | approximately $149 | approximately 1% | approximately 0% | approximately $631.2K |
| 2025 | 108 | approximately $238 | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.6M |
| 2024 | 105 | approximately $124 | approximately 2% | approximately 1% | approximately $7.3M |
| 2023 | 100 | approximately $414 | approximately 10% | approximately 0% | approximately $4.6M |
| 2022 | 69 | approximately $491 | approximately 19% | approximately 4% | approximately $11M |
| 2021 | 73 | approximately $37 | approximately 4% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.5M |
| 2020 | 53 | approximately $358 | approximately 15% | approximately 2% | approximately $10.1M |
| 2019 | 31 | approximately $4.1K | approximately 10% | approximately 0% | approximately $1.8M |
| 2018 | 39 | approximately $0 | approximately 23% | approximately 5% | approximately $42.3M |
| 2017 | 25 | approximately $32.7K | approximately 40% | approximately 4% | approximately $10M |
| 2016 | 27 | approximately $40.1K | approximately 41% | approximately 7% | approximately $13.1M |
| 2015 | 20 | approximately $102.7K | approximately 50% | approximately 5% | approximately $7.6M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Software launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
3DMarkSteam |
| approximately $9.3M |
| 21K |
| 93% |
| $29.99 |
| 4 | Crosshair XSteam | approximately $7.5M | 45.8K | 93% | $9.99 |
| 5 | approximately $6.7M | 25.4K | 88% | $9.99 |
| 6 | SoundpadSteam | approximately $5.9M | 104.6K | 96% | $4.99 |
| 7 | Clickteam Fusion 2.5Steam | approximately $4.6M | 2K | 88% | $99.99 |
| 8 | Lossless ScalingSteam | approximately $4.2M | 39.3K | 91% | $6.99 |
| 9 | approximately $4.2M | 7.5K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 10 | approximately $3.8M | 11.4K | 74% | $16.99 |
| 11 | Dungeon AlchemistSteam | approximately $3.1M | 3.9K | 95% | $44.99 |
| 12 | Tower! Simulator 3Steam | approximately $2.6M | 1.1K | 68% | $59.99 |
| 13 | DSXSteam | approximately $1.9M | 8.9K | 69% | $7.99 |
| 14 | RPG Maker XPSteam | approximately $1.2M | 2K | 93% | $24.99 |
| 15 | DisplayFusionSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.3K | 85% | $39.99 |
| 16 | approximately $1M | 2.1K | 69% | $24.99 |
| 17 | Beam Eye TrackerSteam | approximately $919.3K | 1K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 18 | Home Design 3DSteam | approximately $917.5K | 2.8K | 75% | $9.99 |
| 19 | GameGuru ClassicSteam | approximately $830.6K | 2.1K | 72% | $19.99 |
| 20 | Manga Maker ComipoSteam | approximately $827.3K | 760 | 77% | $49.99 |
| 21 | FireAlpaca SESteam | approximately $803.7K | 1.1K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 22 | approximately $742K | 5.2K | 92% | $7.99 |
| 23 | approximately $733K | 2.8K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 24 | approximately $684.7K | 3.4K | 86% | $10.99 |
| 25 | Borderless GamingSteam | approximately $682.4K | 4.7K | 80% | $6.99 |
| 26 | Computer TycoonSteam | approximately $647.1K | 1K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 27 | approximately $644.6K | 464 | 43% | $69.99 |
| 28 | openCanvas 7Steam | approximately $632.9K | 545 | 76% | $59.99 |
| 29 | openCanvas 6Steam | approximately $621.6K | 571 | 86% | $49.99 |
| 30 | approximately $621K | 1.5K | 82% | $9.99 |
| 31 | approximately $616.5K | 5.8K | 89% | $7.99 |
| 32 | approximately $615.6K | 1.8K | 79% | $19.99 |
| 33 | Stream AvatarsSteam | approximately $596.3K | 2.5K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 34 | FlowScapeSteam | approximately $575.4K | 1.3K | 84% | $14.99 |
| 35 | approximately $519.8K | 469 | 98% | $34.99 |
| 36 | approximately $489K | 2.3K | 83% | $12.99 |
| 37 | approximately $471.1K | 456 | 93% | $39.99 |
| 38 | approximately $471K | 595 | 56% | $39.99 |
| 39 | MyDockFinderSteam | approximately $462.4K | 7.5K | 73% | $4.99 |
| 40 | approximately $454.7K | 157 | 65% | $149.99 |
| 41 | approximately $447.9K | 355 | 71% | $79.99 |
| 42 | approximately $435.4K | 400 | 73% | $49.99 |
| 43 | approximately $434K | 642 | 88% | $24.99 |
| 44 | Discord Bot MakerSteam | approximately $421.7K | 2.4K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 45 | Card CreatorSteam | approximately $394.8K | 562 | 69% | $39.99 |
| 46 | approximately $390.4K | 72 | 97% | $249.00 |
| 47 | KodonSteam | approximately $380.5K | 393 | 64% | $24.99 |
| 48 | Canvas of KingsSteam | approximately $379.5K | 864 | 93% | $18.99 |
| 49 | RPG Maker 2003Steam | approximately $371.8K | 783 | 93% | $19.99 |
| 50 | Black InkSteam | approximately $358.8K | 518 | 81% | $34.99 |