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Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Tactical on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of Tactical 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 | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | $580.2M | 376.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Hearts of Iron IV | $478.1M | 372.4K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 3 | Battlefield™ 6 | $424.2M | 352.9K | 65% | $69.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | $1.3M | 84% | 56% | $160.1M |
| 2025 | 64 | $1.1M | 83% | 53% | $803.9M |
| 2024 | 71 | $990.5K | 76% | 49% | $299.4M |
| 2023 | 70 | $1.4M | 83% | 53% | $740.4M |
| 2022 | 62 | $1.3M | 69% | 52% | $378.2M |
| 2021 | 51 | $853.4K | 69% | 43% | $354.6M |
| 2020 | 55 | $931.8K | 73% | 47% | $649.6M |
| 2019 | 41 | $740.3K | 71% | 34% | $343.5M |
| 2018 | 46 | $1.7M | 74% | 59% | $234.2M |
| 2017 | 50 | $748.2K | 68% | 44% | $493.4M |
| 2016 | 29 | $1.4M | 72% | 59% | $1.3B |
| 2015 | 38 | $695.5K | 71% | 39% | $138.8M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Tactical launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Ready or Not |
| $296.3M |
| 259.8K |
| 79% |
| $49.99 |
| 5 | Phasmophobia | $231.7M | 679.6K | 95% | $13.99 |
| 6 | Total War: WARHAMMER II | $190.4M | 121.4K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 7 | Arma 3 | $184M | 227.8K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 8 | Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | $183.8M | 87.7K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 9 | Hell Let Loose | $181.6M | 98.8K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 10 | Squad | $166.3M | 240.3K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 11 | Total War: WARHAMMER III | $158.2M | 145.9K | 71% | $59.99 |
| 12 | Left 4 Dead 2 | $121.5M | 806.5K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 13 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands | $107.3M | 105.6K | 80% | $49.99 |
| 14 | Total War: WARHAMMER | $105.9M | 52.3K | 78% | $59.99 |
| 15 | Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition | $103.1M | 180.6K | 95% | $34.99 |
| 16 | Total War: THREE KINGDOMS | $86.9M | 93.3K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Sid Meier's Civilization® V | $85.3M | 127.8K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 18 | Sniper Elite 4 | $81.8M | 62.7K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 19 | Gray Zone Warfare | $80.9M | 77.7K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 20 | Hunt: Showdown 1896 | $80.3M | 211K | 75% | $29.99 |
| 21 | Assassin's Creed® Unity | $72.5M | 84.5K | 78% | $29.99 |
| 22 | Sid Meier's Civilization VII | $71.6M | 43.3K | 48% | $49.99 |
| 23 | STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II | $67.8M | 86.5K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 24 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint | $60.9M | 40.4K | 74% | $59.99 |
| 25 | Escape from Tarkov | $60M | 58.2K | 49% | $37.49 |
| 26 | Battlefield 4™ | $57.8M | 68.6K | 85% | $39.99 |
| 27 | Total War: ATTILA | $57.7M | 37.5K | 82% | $44.99 |
| 28 | Total War: SHOGUN 2 | $57.2M | 67.3K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 29 | DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS | $55.4M | 29.7K | 93% | $69.99 |
| 30 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® | $49.1M | 43.8K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 31 | Arma Reforger | $48.9M | 54.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 32 | Call of Duty®: Black Ops II | $48.5M | 49.1K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 33 | Mewgenics | $47.9M | 51.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 34 | Call of Duty®: Ghosts | $46.9M | 32K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 35 | XCOM® 2 | $45.1M | 108.6K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 36 | Bodycam | $44.8M | 44.2K | 76% | $33.32 |
| 37 | BattleBit Remastered | $44.4M | 127.6K | 82% | $14.99 |
| 38 | Broken Arrow | $44.3M | 33.2K | 52% | $49.99 |
| 39 | Company of Heroes 3 | $43.6M | 23.9K | 59% | $59.99 |
| 40 | Men of War: Assault Squad 2 | $43.3M | 46.5K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Age of Empires II (Retired) | $41.8M | 84.7K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 42 | HUMANKIND™ | $38.8M | 28.6K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 43 | Age of Mythology: Extended Edition | $36.2M | 36.2K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 44 | PAYDAY 2 | $34.5M | 444.4K | 90% | $4.99 |
| 45 | METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN | $34.4M | 107.3K | 92% | $17.99 |
| 46 | Company of Heroes 2 | $33.9M | 68.6K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Marvel's Midnight Suns | $33.8M | 24.1K | 82% | $59.99 |
| 48 | Hitman: Absolution™ | $33.4M | 62.9K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 49 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II | $33.4M | 25.8K | 45% | $69.99 |
| 50 | Counter-Strike | $32.2M | 168.9K | 97% | $9.99 |