Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Strategy RPG on Steam.
Share of Strategy RPG 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 Strategy RPG 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 | 600 | approximately $615 | approximately 11% | approximately 2% | approximately $142M |
| 2025 | 552 | approximately $1K | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $59.4M |
| 2024 | 474 | approximately $1K | approximately 12% | approximately 4% | approximately $140.6M |
| 2023 | 376 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 15% | approximately 4% | approximately $188.1M |
| 2022 | 328 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 13% | approximately 4% | approximately $94.1M |
| 2021 | 269 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 14% | approximately 6% | approximately $103.7M |
| 2020 | 143 | approximately $3.6K | approximately 17% | approximately 4% | approximately $30.7M |
| 2019 | 74 | approximately $9.3K | approximately 23% | approximately 9% | approximately $24.3M |
| 2018 | 53 | approximately $13K | approximately 23% | approximately 8% | approximately $101.1M |
| 2017 | 50 | approximately $13K | approximately 32% | approximately 8% | approximately $182M |
| 2016 | 30 | approximately $101.4K | approximately 50% | approximately 10% | approximately $529.3M |
| 2015 | 23 | approximately $120.9K | approximately 52% | approximately 4% | approximately $5.4M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Strategy RPG launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hearts of Iron IVSteam | approximately $467.9M | 364.3K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 2 | approximately $164.8M | 206.2K | 96% | $44.99 | |
| 3 | approximately $96.9M | 224.8K | 56% | $19.99 | |
| 4 | KenshiSteam | approximately $83.3M | 116.9K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 5 | approximately $64.4M | 21.3K | 83% | $49.99 | |
| 6 | Total War: WARHAMMERSteam | approximately $55M | 32.1K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 7 | Metaphor: ReFantazioSteam | approximately $48.6M | 43.3K | 90% | $69.99 |
| 8 | approximately $34.4M | 70.3K | 65% | $23.99 | |
| 9 | approximately $30.2M | 24.5K | 82% | $59.99 | |
| 10 | Age of Wonders 4Steam | approximately $24.4M | 23.1K | 81% | $24.99 |
| 11 | Persona 3 ReloadSteam | approximately $23.4M | 64.1K | 94% | $17.99 |
| 12 | The RiftbreakerSteam | approximately $21.1M | 25K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 13 | approximately $16.1M | 22.6K | 87% | $29.99 | |
| 14 | approximately $15.9M | 14.8K | 77% | $44.99 | |
| 15 | Loop HeroSteam | approximately $13.4M | 36.6K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 16 | The Banner SagaSteam | approximately $11.1M | 16K | 89% | $24.99 |
| 17 | Super Robot Wars 30Steam | approximately $10.8M | 6.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 18 | Songs of ConquestSteam | approximately $10.5M | 12.1K | 86% | $29.99 |
| 19 | Kingdom Heroes 8Steam | approximately $9.9M | 12.8K | 55% | $29.99 |
| 20 | approximately $9.3M | 8K | 61% | $34.99 | |
| 21 | approximately $9M | 7.6K | 84% | $44.99 | |
| 22 | approximately $9M | 7.1K | 86% | $49.99 | |
| 23 | approximately $8.9M | 6.8K | 89% | $29.99 | |
| 24 | The Last SpellSteam | approximately $8.8M | 13.7K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 25 | Dungeon DefendersSteam | approximately $8.2M | 19K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 26 | 觅长生Steam | approximately $7.8M | 32.1K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 27 | approximately $7.7M | 8.6K | 89% | $29.99 | |
| 28 | approximately $7.5M | 12.2K | 98% | $19.99 | |
| 29 | approximately $6.9M | 8.2K | 82% | $39.99 | |
| 30 | Valkyria Chronicles™Steam | approximately $6.9M | 13.3K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 31 | approximately $6.2M | 14.9K | 94% | $19.99 | |
| 32 | MagicraftSteam | approximately $6M | 16.9K | 93% | $11.99 |
| 33 | approximately $5.6M | 9.9K | 93% | $24.99 | |
| 34 | approximately $5.4M | 6.6K | 91% | $39.99 | |
| 35 | Empire of SinSteam | approximately $5.3M | 6.3K | 48% | $39.99 |
| 36 | Dungeons 4Steam | approximately $5.2M | 3.3K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 37 | HighFleetSteam | approximately $5.1M | 7.4K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 38 | Digimon SurviveSteam | approximately $5.1M | 3.1K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 39 | approximately $4.6M | 10.4K | 94% | $19.99 | |
| 40 | XenonautsSteam | approximately $4.5M | 5.1K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 41 | approximately $4.4M | 4.4K | 81% | $29.99 | |
| 42 | Partisans 1941Steam | approximately $4.4M | 8.8K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 43 | InkboundSteam | approximately $4.3M | 4K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 44 | SCARLET NEXUSSteam | approximately $4.3M | 18.2K | 80% | $14.39 |
| 45 | approximately $4.3M | 6.4K | 88% | $29.99 | |
| 46 | SuzerainSteam | approximately $4.1M | 11.9K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Mind Over MagicSteam | approximately $4M | 4.5K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 48 | BOOK OF HOURSSteam | approximately $4M | 4.5K | 89% | $24.99 |
| 49 | approximately $4M | 3.6K | 73% | $34.99 | |
| 50 | 龙胤立志传Steam | approximately $4M | 7.7K | 78% | $17.99 |