Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Third Person on Steam.
Share of Third Person 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 Third Person 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 | 1.9K | approximately $348 | approximately 9% | approximately 3% | approximately $1.3B |
| 2025 | 2.2K | approximately $481 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.4B |
| 2024 | 1.9K | approximately $408 | approximately 9% | approximately 4% | approximately $2.5B |
| 2023 | 1.4K | approximately $365 | approximately 9% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.3B |
| 2022 | 1.2K | approximately $557 | approximately 11% | approximately 6% | approximately $2.4B |
| 2021 | 1.2K | approximately $503 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $513.8M |
| 2020 | 655 | approximately $696 | approximately 15% | approximately 7% | approximately $576.6M |
| 2019 | 259 | approximately $3.6K | approximately 23% | approximately 11% | approximately $872.1M |
| 2018 | 202 | approximately $9.3K | approximately 27% | approximately 13% | approximately $576.6M |
| 2017 | 159 | approximately $18.9K | approximately 38% | approximately 25% | approximately $597.1M |
| 2016 | 131 | approximately $108.6K | approximately 52% | approximately 28% | approximately $1.1B |
| 2015 | 107 | approximately $110K | approximately 50% | approximately 31% | approximately $796.6M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Third Person launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELDEN RINGSteam | approximately $938.5M | 1.2M | 93% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Black Myth: WukongSteam | approximately $813.5M | 1.2M | 96% | $59.99 |
| 3 | HELLDIVERS™ 2Steam | approximately $616.8M | 1.2M | 76% | $39.99 |
| 4 | DARK SOULS™ IIISteam | approximately $469.4M | 440.1K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 5 | approximately $427M | 944.1K | 97% | $19.99 | |
| 6 | approximately $358.7M | 298K | 88% | $49.99 | |
| 7 | Hogwarts LegacySteam | approximately $344.4M | 373.9K | 90% | $59.99 |
| 8 | approximately $309.5M | 356.1K | 95% | $59.99 | |
| 9 | ValheimSteam | approximately $276.2M | 468.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 10 | ARC RaidersSteam | approximately $253.1M | 416.9K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 11 | BeamNG.driveSteam | approximately $245M | 419.9K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 12 | approximately $235.4M | 378.1K | 92% | $39.99 | |
| 13 | approximately $220.9M | 226.7K | 84% | $59.99 | |
| 14 | approximately $197.4M | 174.9K | 84% | $69.99 | |
| 15 | approximately $187.3M | 517.8K | 89% | $29.99 | |
| 16 | StarfieldSteam | approximately $160.2M | 175.5K | 57% | $49.99 |
| 17 | approximately $139.1M | 144K | 96% | $59.99 | |
| 18 | God of WarSteam | approximately $135.5M | 185K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 19 | Fallout 4Steam | approximately $133.6M | 429.3K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 20 | Resident Evil 4Steam | approximately $119.1M | 278.8K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 21 | approximately $114.1M | 317.8K | 95% | $19.99 | |
| 22 | Risk of Rain 2Steam | approximately $113.8M | 353.1K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 23 | approximately $111.6M | 191.4K | 82% | $39.99 | |
| 24 | approximately $108.5M | 86.1K | 92% | $59.99 | |
| 25 | Scrap MechanicSteam | approximately $108.2M | 122.9K | 92% | $28.99 |
| 26 | approximately $104.5M | 106.3K | 57% | $49.99 | |
| 27 | approximately $98.5M | 155.5K | 92% | $39.99 | |
| 28 | approximately $97.1M | 270.6K | 96% | $19.99 | |
| 29 | approximately $96.8M | 96.9K | 94% | $59.99 | |
| 30 | Dune: AwakeningSteam | approximately $91M | 79.2K | 71% | $24.99 |
| 31 | Resident Evil 2Steam | approximately $90.9M | 156.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 32 | approximately $88.3M | 109.3K | 84% | $59.99 | |
| 33 | approximately $87.5M | 56.9K | 88% | $59.99 | |
| 34 | Lies of PSteam | approximately $85.6M | 83K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 35 | Split FictionSteam | approximately $85.3M | 127.2K | 97% | $32.49 |
| 36 | approximately $83.5M | 156.3K | 94% | $29.99 | |
| 37 | approximately $81.8M | 87.8K | 89% | $49.99 | |
| 38 | approximately $74.6M | 26.2K | 87% | $69.99 | |
| 39 | Dragon's Dogma 2Steam | approximately $73M | 117.5K | 62% | $39.99 |
| 40 | Sniper Elite 4Steam | approximately $70.8M | 63.3K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 41 | approximately $69.6M | 72.8K | 86% | $29.99 | |
| 42 | Arma ReforgerSteam | approximately $69.6M | 58.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 43 | CODE VEINSteam | approximately $68.8M | 62.6K | 83% | $59.99 |
| 44 | StraySteam | approximately $68.8M | 178.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 45 | approximately $68.2M | 172.2K | 98% | $19.99 | |
| 46 | GroundedSteam | approximately $68.1M | 95.9K | 90% | $39.99 |
| 47 | approximately $66.5M | 30.4K | 81% | $53.99 | |
| 48 | TEKKEN 7Steam | approximately $64.7M | 95.5K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 49 | 007 First LightSteam | approximately $63.8M | 46.8K | 91% | $63.99 |
| 50 | Days GoneSteam | approximately $63.8M | 117.2K | 93% | $39.99 |