Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Software on Steam.
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 Engine | $42.3M | 1M | 98% | $4.99 |
| 2 | 3DMark | $11M | 20.7K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 3 | Aseprite | $8.2M | 26.3K | 99% | $19.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | $48.1K | 0% | 0% | $108.3K |
| 2024 | 4 | $0 | 25% | 25% | $7.7M |
| 2023 | 7 | $0 | 29% | 0% | $1.1M |
| 2022 | 6 | $1.3M | 83% | 50% | $8.6M |
| 2021 | 7 | $0 | 29% | 0% | $1.2M |
| 2020 | 7 | $387.6K | 71% | 14% | $3.4M |
| 2019 | 5 | $0 | 40% | 0% | $1.1M |
| 2018 | 7 | $166.7K | 71% | 29% | $48.1M |
| 2017 | 9 | $423.3K | 56% | 11% | $7.6M |
| 2016 | 6 | $525.5K | 67% | 33% | $10.3M |
| 2015 | 9 | $132K | 56% | 22% | $7.5M |
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.
| $7.7M |
| 25.2K |
| 88% |
| $9.99 |
| 5 | Soundpad | $5.3M | 102.8K | 96% | $4.99 |
| 6 | Lossless Scaling | $4.9M | 37.8K | 90% | $6.99 |
| 7 | CPUCores :: Maximize Your FPS | $4.6M | 11.4K | 74% | $16.99 |
| 8 | Action! - Gameplay Recording and Streaming | $3.8M | 6.9K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Clickteam Fusion 2.5 | $3.5M | 1.5K | 88% | $99.99 |
| 10 | Dungeon Alchemist | $3.5M | 3.9K | 95% | $44.99 |
| 11 | DSX | $2.1M | 8.2K | 69% | $7.99 |
| 12 | Tower! Simulator 3 | $2.1M | 1.1K | 68% | $59.99 |
| 13 | Crosshair X | $1.5M | 44K | 93% | $1.99 |
| 14 | GameGuru Classic | $1M | 2.1K | 72% | $13.99 |
| 15 | Virtual Desktop Classic | $1M | 2.1K | 69% | $24.99 |
| 16 | DisplayFusion | $996.6K | 1.1K | 85% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Home Design 3D | $973.6K | 2.7K | 75% | $9.99 |
| 18 | Dungeon Painter Studio | $878.1K | 2.8K | 83% | $14.99 |
| 19 | HudSight - crosshair overlay | $802K | 5.6K | 89% | $7.99 |
| 20 | FireAlpaca SE | $770.2K | 1K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 21 | Borderless Gaming | $721.8K | 4.6K | 81% | $6.99 |
| 22 | OVR Advanced Settings | $686.9K | 5.2K | 92% | $7.99 |
| 23 | Beam Eye Tracker | $623.2K | 954 | 88% | $23.99 |
| 24 | FPS Monitor – hardware in-game & desktop overlays | $582.4K | 2.3K | 83% | $12.99 |
| 25 | Stream Avatars | $578.8K | 2.5K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 26 | FlowScape | $575.8K | 1.3K | 84% | $14.99 |
| 27 | OVR Toolkit - Desktop Overlay | $508.5K | 3.4K | 87% | $9.99 |
| 28 | Aimbeast | $471.1K | 2.2K | 93% | $7.99 |
| 29 | Standable: Full Body Estimation | $464.5K | 1.7K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 30 | Computer Tycoon | $447.6K | 1K | 85% | $13.99 |
| 31 | Oblivity - Find your perfect Sensitivity | $446K | 1.5K | 82% | $9.99 |
| 32 | Discord Bot Maker | $423.3K | 2.4K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 33 | YoloMouse - Cursor Changer | $387.6K | 2.9K | 92% | $4.99 |
| 34 | Game Dev Story | $384K | 1.5K | 90% | $8.99 |
| 35 | MyDockFinder | $375.2K | 7.2K | 73% | $4.99 |
| 36 | XSOverlay | $290.5K | 1.6K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 37 | RutonyChat | $280.7K | 1K | 73% | $14.99 |
| 38 | fpsVR | $166.7K | 2.3K | 97% | $3.99 |
| 39 | SAO Utils: Beta | $161.5K | 3K | 88% | $3.99 |
| 40 | Controller Companion | $132K | 2.6K | 90% | $2.99 |
| 41 | RPG Maker XP | $65K | 1.2K | 94% | $2.49 |
| 42 | Screen Cat | $60.1K | 1.9K | 93% | $0.99 |
| 43 | Anima Engine | $48.1K | 966 | 81% | $2.99 |
| 44 | TaskPals | $43K | 1.1K | 91% | $2.99 |
| 45 | SteamVR | $0 | 85.2K | 87% | Free |
| 46 | Fantasy Grounds Classic | — | 1.2K | 79% | — |
| 47 | World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | $0 | 19.8K | 84% | Free |
| 48 | EVGA Precision X1 | $0 | 4.8K | 81% | Free |
| 49 | FaceRig | — | 8.3K | 81% | — |
| 50 | Easy™ eSports | — | 9.6K | 81% | — |