Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Top-Down Shooter on Steam.
Share of Top-Down Shooter 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 Top-Down Shooter 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 | 650 | approximately $235 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $21.4M |
| 2025 | 705 | approximately $343 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $91.9M |
| 2024 | 616 | approximately $423 | approximately 3% | approximately 1% | approximately $18.7M |
| 2023 | 486 | approximately $368 | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $46.8M |
| 2022 | 418 | approximately $313 | approximately 4% | approximately 1% | approximately $50.9M |
| 2021 | 354 | approximately $253 | approximately 4% | approximately 2% | approximately $33.4M |
| 2020 | 283 | approximately $301 | approximately 3% | approximately 0% | approximately $4.6M |
| 2019 | 168 | approximately $692 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $12.1M |
| 2018 | 120 | approximately $1K | approximately 3% | approximately 1% | approximately $7.6M |
| 2017 | 119 | approximately $3.6K | approximately 12% | approximately 3% | approximately $14M |
| 2016 | 79 | approximately $7.4K | approximately 13% | approximately 4% | approximately $11.4M |
| 2015 | 60 | approximately $5.7K | approximately 13% | approximately 8% | approximately $50.2M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Top-Down Shooter launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FoxholeSteam | approximately $38.7M | 53.1K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 2 | Escape From DuckovSteam | approximately $29.2M | 104.5K | 84% | $17.99 |
| 3 | Hotline MiamiSteam | approximately $25.4M | 128.4K | 97% | $9.99 |
| 4 | approximately $24.6M | 80.4K | 94% | $14.99 | |
| 5 | Aliens: Dark DescentSteam | approximately $17.6M | 18.9K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 6 | approximately $15.7M | 48.3K | 86% | $12.99 | |
| 7 | The AscentSteam | approximately $14M | 25K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 8 | approximately $12.4M | 13.6K | 96% | $24.99 | |
| 9 | approximately $11.4M | 25.7K | 91% | $19.99 | |
| 10 | BrotatoSteam | approximately $9.9M | 111.6K | 96% | $4.99 |
| 11 | BALL x PITSteam | approximately $9.7M | 27.2K | 95% | $9.89 |
| 12 | The PrecinctSteam | approximately $9.2M | 9.3K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 13 | Door KickersSteam | approximately $7.2M | 10.1K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 14 | approximately $6.5M | 32.4K | 85% | $8.74 | |
| 15 | Police StoriesSteam | approximately $5.7M | 9.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 16 | RUNNING WITH RIFLESSteam | approximately $5.6M | 16.8K | 88% | $14.99 |
| 17 | approximately $5.5M | 13.1K | 94% | $19.99 | |
| 18 | RUINERSteam | approximately $5.3M | 12.5K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 19 | Nuclear ThroneSteam | approximately $5.3M | 19.8K | 96% | $11.99 |
| 20 | approximately $5.2M | 15.5K | 92% | $14.99 | |
| 21 | The Spell BrigadeSteam | approximately $4.2M | 16.9K | 81% | $12.99 |
| 22 | 20 Minutes Till DawnSteam | approximately $3.7M | 27.9K | 90% | $4.99 |
| 23 | approximately $3.5M | 5.8K | 93% | $24.99 | |
| 24 | approximately $3.3M | 6.8K | 81% | $24.99 | |
| 25 | How to Survive 2Steam | approximately $3.1M | 8.6K | 69% | $14.99 |
| 26 | approximately $3M | 4.5K | 92% | $24.99 | |
| 27 | approximately $2.8M | 8.3K | 98% | $14.99 | |
| 28 | Heat SignatureSteam | approximately $2.7M | 7.4K | 94% | $14.99 |
| 29 | Tiny RoguesSteam | approximately $2.4M | 10.8K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 30 | approximately $2.2M | 6.4K | 69% | $12.99 | |
| 31 | Intravenous 2Steam | approximately $2.2M | 4.8K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 32 | KillsquadSteam | approximately $2.1M | 3.5K | 70% | $29.99 |
| 33 | Star ValorSteam | approximately $2M | 3.5K | 88% | $24.99 |
| 34 | Cleared HotSteam | approximately $1.9M | 4K | 96% | $17.99 |
| 35 | approximately $1.9M | 6.3K | 88% | $9.99 | |
| 36 | Wizard with a GunSteam | approximately $1.8M | 4K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 37 | POSTAL ReduxSteam | approximately $1.8M | 8.3K | 92% | $8.99 |
| 38 | PathogenicSteam | approximately $1.7M | 4.4K | 93% | $9.99 |
| 39 | OTXOSteam | approximately $1.7M | 4K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 40 | SYNTHETIK 2Steam | approximately $1.6M | 3.5K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 41 | approximately $1.6M | 5.9K | 92% | $9.99 | |
| 42 | X-Morph: DefenseSteam | approximately $1.5M | 3.3K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 43 | Apocalypse PartySteam | approximately $1.4M | 5.4K | 74% | $9.99 |
| 44 | Suit for HireSteam | approximately $1.3M | 3.3K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 45 | TaurSteam | approximately $1.2M | 2.1K | 80% | $24.99 |
| 46 | APE OUTSteam | approximately $1.2M | 4.1K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 47 | ANVILSteam | approximately $1.1M | 1.9K | 61% | $24.99 |
| 48 | Renegade OpsSteam | approximately $1.1M | 2.9K | 85% | $15.00 |
| 49 | Ship of FoolsSteam | approximately $1.1M | 6.3K | 82% | $9.99 |
| 50 | IntravenousSteam | approximately $1.1M | 5.6K | 90% | $19.99 |