Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Tactical on Steam.
Share of Tactical 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 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 | Hearts of Iron IVSteam | approximately $467.9M | 364.3K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 2 | Battlefield™ 6Steam | approximately $460.1M | 369.4K | 64% | $69.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.3K | approximately $503 | approximately 8% | approximately 3% | approximately $503.2M |
| 2025 | 1.1K | approximately $848 | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $947.4M |
| 2024 | 920 | approximately $625 | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $394.2M |
| 2023 | 711 | approximately $677 | approximately 11% | approximately 5% | approximately $717.2M |
| 2022 | 667 | approximately $746 | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $448.8M |
| 2021 | 595 | approximately $783 | approximately 10% | approximately 5% | approximately $245.9M |
| 2020 | 368 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 19% | approximately 8% | approximately $501M |
| 2019 | 192 | approximately $6.5K | approximately 24% | approximately 9% | approximately $376.7M |
| 2018 | 166 | approximately $11K | approximately 33% | approximately 16% | approximately $312.9M |
| 2017 | 176 | approximately $12.9K | approximately 28% | approximately 13% | approximately $381.7M |
| 2016 | 100 | approximately $29K | approximately 32% | approximately 17% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2015 | 106 | approximately $72K | approximately 48% | approximately 14% | approximately $137M |
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.
| 3 |
| approximately $454.9M |
| 379.4K |
| 86% |
| $59.99 |
| 4 | Ready or NotSteam | approximately $278.3M | 347.5K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 5 | Arma 3Steam | approximately $230.1M | 295.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 6 | PhasmophobiaSteam | approximately $220.3M | 839.9K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 7 | approximately $178.5M | 149.1K | 72% | $59.99 |
| 8 | WARDOGSSteam | approximately $176.8M | 83.6K | 78% | $39.99 |
| 9 | approximately $148.1M | 121.5K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 10 | approximately $133.9M | 62.2K | 47% | $69.99 |
| 11 | SquadSteam | approximately $129.6M | 243.8K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 12 | Left 4 Dead 2Steam | approximately $129.1M | 1.1M | 98% | $9.99 |
| 13 | approximately $127.7M | 210.9K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 14 | Gray Zone WarfareSteam | approximately $109M | 79.2K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 15 | Hunt: Showdown 1896Steam | approximately $106.1M | 279.1K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 16 | approximately $104.3M | 182.6K | 95% | $34.99 |
| 17 | PAYDAY 2Steam | approximately $101.7M | 674.9K | 89% | $9.99 |
| 18 | Escape from TarkovSteam | approximately $93.7M | 65.3K | 49% | $49.99 |
| 19 | BodycamSteam | approximately $71.8M | 66.2K | 80% | $33.32 |
| 20 | Sniper Elite 4Steam | approximately $70.8M | 63.3K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 21 | Arma ReforgerSteam | approximately $69.6M | 58.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 22 | approximately $68M | 93.8K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 23 | approximately $65.5M | 88.4K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 24 | approximately $64.4M | 21.3K | 83% | $49.99 |
| 25 | approximately $63.3M | 133.3K | 85% | $29.99 |
| 26 | approximately $61.2M | 68.8K | 85% | $34.99 |
| 27 | approximately $60.1M | 45.6K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 28 | Total War: SHOGUN 2Steam | approximately $57.7M | 68K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 29 | Total War: WARHAMMERSteam | approximately $55M | 32.1K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 30 | MewgenicsSteam | approximately $51.4M | 54.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 31 | approximately $48.9M | 49.5K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 32 | approximately $47.5M | 102.9K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 33 | XCOM® 2Steam | approximately $45.6M | 109.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Counter-StrikeSteam | approximately $45.3M | 261.9K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 35 | approximately $43.5M | 46.7K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 36 | BattleBit RemasteredSteam | approximately $41.7M | 146.4K | 81% | $14.99 |
| 37 | InsurgencySteam | approximately $41.7M | 124.6K | 92% | $14.99 |
| 38 | approximately $41.1M | 30K | 47% | $69.99 |
| 39 | GTFOSteam | approximately $41.1M | 66.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 40 | Broken ArrowSteam | approximately $40.5M | 35.9K | 54% | $49.99 |
| 41 | approximately $40.4M | 59.3K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 42 | approximately $39.9M | 38.5K | 96% | $39.99 |
| 43 | FoxholeSteam | approximately $38.7M | 53.1K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 44 | approximately $38.6M | 108.4K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 45 | approximately $38.2M | 193.4K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 46 | Company of Heroes 3Steam | approximately $37.2M | 40.3K | 57% | $23.99 |
| 47 | Hell Let LooseSteam | approximately $37.1M | 149.8K | 82% | $12.49 |
| 48 | HUMANKIND™Steam | approximately $35.5M | 28.8K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 49 | approximately $34.4M | 30.2K | 93% | $48.99 |
| 50 | approximately $34.2M | 23.1K | 47% | $69.99 |