Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Strategy on Steam.
Share of Strategy 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 Strategy 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 | Clash of ClansPlay | approximately $2.6B | 61.4M | 90% | Free |
| 2 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.4K | approximately $538 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $693.4M |
| 2025 | 4.5K | approximately $754 | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2024 | 3.7K | approximately $643 | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.8B |
| 2023 | 2.7K | approximately $762 | approximately 12% | approximately 3% | approximately $853M |
| 2022 | 2.3K | approximately $871 | approximately 12% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.4B |
| 2021 | 2.1K | approximately $764 | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $768.4M |
| 2020 | 1.9K | approximately $882 | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $837.1M |
| 2019 | 1.4K | approximately $1.5K | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $783.6M |
| 2018 | 1.5K | approximately $1.8K | approximately 11% | approximately 5% | approximately $1B |
| 2017 | 1.2K | approximately $4.2K | approximately 15% | approximately 6% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2016 | 860 | approximately $9.9K | approximately 22% | approximately 8% | approximately $1.6B |
| 2015 | 662 | approximately $19.5K | approximately 27% | approximately 10% | approximately $832.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Strategy launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 5.7M |
| 74% |
| Free |
| 3 | Clash RoyalePlay | approximately $1.9B | 41.8M | 89% | Free |
| 4 | approximately $1.9B | 9.2M | 90% | Free |
| 5 | approximately $1B | 3.2M | 96% | Free |
| 6 | approximately $649.2M | 831.4K | 81% | Free |
| 7 | approximately $639.3M | 120.2K | 86% | Free |
| 8 | Hearts of Iron IVSteam | approximately $467.9M | 364.3K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 9 | approximately $454.9M | 379.4K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 10 | Mafia CityPlay | approximately $452.4M | 1.4M | 91% | Free |
| 11 | 7 Days to DieSteam | approximately $431.8M | 401.2K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 12 | approximately $421.3M | 5M | 89% | Free |
| 13 | approximately $358.7M | 298K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 14 | approximately $340.7M | 2M | 93% | Free |
| 15 | SatisfactorySteam | approximately $326.2M | 279.9K | 97% | $27.99 |
| 16 | approximately $323.7M | 6.2M | 89% | Free |
| 17 | approximately $319M | 661K | 82% | Free |
| 18 | approximately $308.4M | 1.6M | 81% | Free |
| 19 | approximately $307.4M | 2.7M | 90% | Free |
| 20 | approximately $297.5M | 2.3M | 86% | Free |
| 21 | Monster LegendsPlay | approximately $296.6M | 3.6M | 92% | Free |
| 22 | Clash of KingsPlay | approximately $291.8M | 2.2M | 75% | Free |
| 23 | approximately $285.2M | 2.5M | 89% | Free |
| 24 | approximately $274.4M | 442.2K | 92% | Free |
| 25 | approximately $273.2M | 1.4M | 53% | Free |
| 26 | approximately $255.8M | 57.7K | 82% | Free |
| 27 | Mobile StrikePlay | approximately $252.3M | 863.7K | 65% | Free |
| 28 | approximately $236.6M | 784K | 92% | Free |
| 29 | approximately $235.3M | 2.5M | 65% | Free |
| 30 | Arma 3Steam | approximately $230.1M | 295.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Age of ApesPlay | approximately $228.3M | 1.1M | 91% | Free |
| 32 | approximately $224M | 1.2M | 85% | Free |
| 33 | approximately $222M | 580.9K | 87% | Free |
| 34 | approximately $215.6M | 354.6K | 82% | Free |
| 35 | Age of OriginsPlay | approximately $212.3M | 550.5K | 82% | Free |
| 36 | approximately $211.6M | 134.5K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 37 | Cities: SkylinesSteam | approximately $206.5M | 299.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 38 | FactorioSteam | approximately $205.8M | 235K | 98% | $35.00 |
| 39 | approximately $204.8M | 836.4K | 73% | Free |
| 40 | Schedule ISteam | approximately $201.7M | 317.2K | 98% | $19.99 |
| 41 | approximately $200.1M | 1.5M | 87% | Free |
| 42 | approximately $195.8M | 771.8K | 86% | Free |
| 43 | approximately $195.4M | 1.1M | 83% | Free |
| 44 | approximately $190.9M | 886.2K | 82% | Free |
| 45 | approximately $180M | 24.7K | 64% | Free |
| 46 | War and OrderPlay | approximately $179.8M | 538.7K | 77% | Free |
| 47 | RimWorldSteam | approximately $179.3M | 246.8K | 98% | $34.99 |
| 48 | approximately $178.5M | 149.1K | 72% | $59.99 |
| 49 | KingshotPlay | approximately $172.9M | 1.6M | 87% | Free |
| 50 | approximately $170.4M | 1.3M | 74% | Free |