Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Steampunk on Steam.
Share of Steampunk 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 Steampunk 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 | 89 | approximately $662 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $10.2M |
| 2025 | 115 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 11% | approximately 2% | approximately $11.9M |
| 2024 | 89 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 11% | approximately 2% | approximately $36.7M |
| 2023 | 74 | approximately $2.2K | approximately 18% | approximately 5% | approximately $98.2M |
| 2022 | 47 | approximately $3.3K | approximately 19% | approximately 4% | approximately $7.8M |
| 2021 | 48 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 15% | approximately 6% | approximately $9.8M |
| 2020 | 43 | approximately $4.3K | approximately 16% | approximately 5% | approximately $4.5M |
| 2019 | 31 | approximately $3.4K | approximately 26% | approximately 19% | approximately $39.6M |
| 2018 | 27 | approximately $35.8K | approximately 33% | approximately 15% | approximately $36.2M |
| 2017 | 43 | approximately $12.5K | approximately 30% | approximately 12% | approximately $23M |
| 2016 | 34 | approximately $30.7K | approximately 32% | approximately 26% | approximately $74.7M |
| 2015 | 28 | approximately $25.2K | approximately 43% | approximately 18% | approximately $16.5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Steampunk launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BioShock InfiniteSteam | approximately $92.9M | 145.8K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 2 | Lies of PSteam | approximately $85.6M | 83K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 3 | Frostpunk 2Steam | approximately $32.4M | 27.2K | 75% | $22.49 |
| 4 | They Are BillionsSteam | approximately $28M | 51.5K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 5 | Dishonored 2Steam | approximately $26.7M | 43K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 6 | BioShock™ RemasteredSteam | approximately $21.5M | 52.5K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 7 | FrostpunkSteam | approximately $19.6M | 137.6K | 93% | $5.99 |
| 8 | BioShock™Steam | approximately $15.9M | 32.2K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 9 | approximately $13.5M | 30.4K | 72% | $19.99 | |
| 10 | FAR: Lone SailsSteam | approximately $8.4M | 26.5K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 11 | approximately $7.9M | 13.4K | 88% | $29.99 | |
| 12 | BioShock® 2Steam | approximately $7.9M | 15K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 13 | MachinariumSteam | approximately $7.7M | 20.9K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 14 | approximately $7.2M | 14.2K | 98% | $14.99 | |
| 15 | approximately $5.6M | 11.7K | 83% | $19.99 | |
| 16 | CataclismoSteam | approximately $4.5M | 3.9K | 89% | $29.99 |
| 17 | Opus MagnumSteam | approximately $4.3M | 7.3K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 18 | VolcanoidsSteam | approximately $4.2M | 7.7K | 84% | $19.99 |
| 19 | RailroaderSteam | approximately $4.1M | 3.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 20 | approximately $4.1M | 33.2K | 80% | $5.99 | |
| 21 | approximately $4.1M | 10.2K | 83% | $14.99 | |
| 22 | Torchlight IISteam | approximately $4M | 45.6K | 93% | $3.99 |
| 23 | SUNLESS SEASteam | approximately $4M | 9.6K | 83% | $18.99 |
| 24 | SteamWorld Dig 2Steam | approximately $3.9M | 9.1K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 25 | approximately $3.8M | 6.6K | 96% | $24.99 | |
| 26 | GloomwoodSteam | approximately $3.7M | 8.4K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 27 | approximately $3.5M | 5.6K | 87% | $29.99 | |
| 28 | DishonoredSteam | approximately $3.5M | 15.2K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 29 | AbyssusSteam | approximately $3.4M | 5.8K | 85% | $24.99 |
| 30 | Gremlins, Inc.Steam | approximately $3.4M | 6.6K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 31 | approximately $3.1M | 2.5K | 74% | $39.99 | |
| 32 | approximately $3M | 9.5K | 94% | $39.99 | |
| 33 | approximately $3M | 7.3K | 86% | $15.99 | |
| 34 | SteamWorld DigSteam | approximately $2.9M | 11K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 35 | We Need To Go DeeperSteam | approximately $2.8M | 6K | 86% | $15.99 |
| 36 | The Room 4: Old SinsSteam | approximately $2.6M | 18.4K | 98% | $8.99 |
| 37 | approximately $2.6M | 14.7K | 90% | $4.99 | |
| 38 | SteamWorld HeistSteam | approximately $2.6M | 6.2K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 39 | DeponiaSteam | approximately $2.5M | 14.7K | 86% | $9.99 |
| 40 | The RoomSteam | approximately $2.4M | 31.8K | 98% | $4.99 |
| 41 | approximately $2.3M | 2K | 77% | $44.99 | |
| 42 | TEVISteam | approximately $2.2M | 4.1K | 89% | $17.99 |
| 43 | Airborne KingdomSteam | approximately $2M | 2.1K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 44 | approximately $1.9M | 3.8K | 89% | $19.99 | |
| 45 | approximately $1.9M | 3.9K | 77% | $19.99 | |
| 46 | approximately $1.8M | 4.1K | 91% | $24.99 | |
| 47 | Victor Vran ARPGSteam | approximately $1.8M | 3.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 48 | SyberiaSteam | approximately $1.8M | 6.8K | 88% | $12.99 |
| 49 | FINAL FANTASY IXSteam | approximately $1.7M | 12.5K | 95% | $6.29 |
| 50 | approximately $1.7M | 3.5K | 84% | $24.99 |