Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Trading on Steam.
Share of Trading 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 Trading 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 | NBA 2K25Steam | approximately $82.2M | 42.9K | 59% | $69.99 |
| 2 | approximately $59.6M | 84.2K | 92% | $11.99 | |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 342 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 11% | approximately 3% | approximately $75.1M |
| 2025 | 235 | approximately $2.2K | approximately 16% | approximately 4% | approximately $183M |
| 2024 | 180 | approximately $346 | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $106.9M |
| 2023 | 101 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 19% | approximately 9% | approximately $72.5M |
| 2022 | 78 | approximately $3.5K | approximately 24% | approximately 10% | approximately $27.6M |
| 2021 | 77 | approximately $838 | approximately 21% | approximately 9% | approximately $13.2M |
| 2020 | 57 | approximately $3.2K | approximately 30% | approximately 9% | approximately $33.5M |
| 2019 | 18 | approximately $12.2K | approximately 28% | approximately 6% | approximately $6.1M |
| 2018 | 29 | approximately $5.7K | approximately 21% | approximately 14% | approximately $58.8M |
| 2017 | 18 | approximately $6.5K | approximately 22% | approximately 0% | approximately $2.2M |
| 2016 | 11 | approximately $101.4K | approximately 55% | approximately 9% | approximately $4M |
| 2015 | 14 | approximately $275.8K | approximately 57% | approximately 29% | approximately $57.6M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Trading launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 |
Europa Universalis VSteam |
| approximately $52.7M |
| 31.7K |
| 64% |
| $59.99 |
| 4 | Elite DangerousSteam | approximately $47.1M | 82.4K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 5 | approximately $39.5M | 47.7K | 96% | $16.99 |
| 6 | X4: FoundationsSteam | approximately $38.4M | 25.3K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 7 | NBA 2K26Steam | approximately $36.5M | 25.6K | 67% | $69.99 |
| 8 | approximately $31.7M | 48.6K | 79% | $24.99 |
| 9 | approximately $12.9M | 21K | 86% | $19.99 |
| 10 | approximately $12M | 21.2K | 78% | $16.99 |
| 11 | AvorionSteam | approximately $11.2M | 13K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 12 | SunkenlandSteam | approximately $9.9M | 24K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 13 | EcoSteam | approximately $9.4M | 11.4K | 81% | $29.99 |
| 14 | approximately $9.1M | 44.8K | 93% | $7.99 |
| 15 | X RebirthSteam | approximately $8.7M | 7.3K | 44% | $29.99 |
| 16 | Railway EmpireSteam | approximately $8.6M | 9.7K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 17 | approximately $8.3M | 10.1K | 96% | $19.90 |
| 18 | Car Dealer SimulatorSteam | approximately $7.4M | 10.6K | 89% | $13.99 |
| 19 | Mad Games Tycoon 2Steam | approximately $6.9M | 7.8K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 20 | Ghosts of TaborSteam | approximately $6.3M | 10.5K | 71% | $24.99 |
| 21 | Rebel GalaxySteam | approximately $6M | 8.4K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Tiny BookshopSteam | approximately $5.7M | 7.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 23 | Starpoint Gemini 2Steam | approximately $5.1M | 4.1K | 70% | $34.99 |
| 24 | Pharaoh™: A New EraSteam | approximately $4.4M | 5.4K | 75% | $22.99 |
| 25 | Railway Empire 2Steam | approximately $4.2M | 2.7K | 73% | $49.99 |
| 26 | approximately $3.9M | 4.2K | 78% | $24.99 |
| 27 | King of RetailSteam | approximately $3.7M | 3K | 88% | $25.99 |
| 28 | Rise of IndustrySteam | approximately $3.7M | 4.2K | 73% | $29.99 |
| 29 | SpiritValeSteam | approximately $2.9M | 5.3K | 50% | $14.99 |
| 30 | My GarageSteam | approximately $2.9M | 4.3K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 31 | 《蜀山：初章》买断版Steam | approximately $2.9M | 6K | 74% | $24.99 |
| 32 | Barn FindersSteam | approximately $2.7M | 4K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 33 | OstranautsSteam | approximately $2.7M | 3.3K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Mad Games TycoonSteam | approximately $2.4M | 4.4K | 91% | $14.99 |
| 35 | StarminerSteam | approximately $2.3M | 1.9K | 73% | $29.99 |
| 36 | Hotel RenovatorSteam | approximately $2.2M | 2.8K | 77% | $24.99 |
| 37 | approximately $2.2M | 5.9K | 70% | $12.24 |
| 38 | approximately $1.9M | 838 | 82% | $49.99 |
| 39 | Roadside ResearchSteam | approximately $1.9M | 4.9K | 86% | $14.99 |
| 40 | Dealer's Life 2Steam | approximately $1.9M | 4.2K | 85% | $14.99 |
| 41 | Port Royale 4Steam | approximately $1.9M | 2.1K | 57% | $39.99 |
| 42 | approximately $1.8M | 969 | 59% | $49.99 |
| 43 | X3: Terran ConflictSteam | approximately $1.8M | 2.9K | 86% | $15.99 |
| 44 | Mall SimulatorSteam | approximately $1.7M | 3.3K | 83% | $13.99 |
| 45 | The Guild 3Steam | approximately $1.6M | 8K | 60% | $7.49 |
| 46 | Anno 2070™Steam | approximately $1.6M | 12.7K | 60% | $4.99 |
| 47 | Thriving City: SongSteam | approximately $1.6M | 3.1K | 81% | $12.34 |
| 48 | SailwindSteam | approximately $1.6M | 2.4K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 49 | Cat Cafe ManagerSteam | approximately $1.6M | 2.2K | 87% | $19.99 |
| 50 | Prison SimulatorSteam | approximately $1.6M | 2.5K | 86% | $19.99 |