Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Turn-Based Strategy on Steam.
Share of Turn-Based Strategy 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 Turn-Based Strategy 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 | approximately $454.9M | 379.4K | 86% | $59.99 | |
| 2 | approximately $178.5M | 149.1K | 72% | $59.99 |
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.2K | approximately $551 | approximately 7% | approximately 1% | approximately $236.3M |
| 2025 | 1K | approximately $1.3K | approximately 9% | approximately 2% | approximately $251.1M |
| 2024 | 808 | approximately $906 | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $264.9M |
| 2023 | 615 | approximately $1.9K | approximately 17% | approximately 5% | approximately $267.5M |
| 2022 | 542 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 12% | approximately 5% | approximately $361.2M |
| 2021 | 503 | approximately $1K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $167M |
| 2020 | 325 | approximately $1.3K | approximately 19% | approximately 6% | approximately $138.2M |
| 2019 | 149 | approximately $5.3K | approximately 21% | approximately 8% | approximately $126.7M |
| 2018 | 153 | approximately $13.3K | approximately 26% | approximately 11% | approximately $108.8M |
| 2017 | 145 | approximately $24.7K | approximately 29% | approximately 8% | approximately $377M |
| 2016 | 103 | approximately $42K | approximately 35% | approximately 13% | approximately $598.2M |
| 2015 | 95 | approximately $65.6K | approximately 46% | approximately 14% | approximately $96.7M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Turn-Based Strategy launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| 3 | approximately $164.8M | 206.2K | 96% | $44.99 |
| 4 | approximately $148.1M | 121.5K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 5 | approximately $133.9M | 62.2K | 47% | $69.99 |
| 6 | approximately $127.7M | 210.9K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 7 | approximately $68M | 93.8K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 8 | approximately $65.5M | 88.4K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 9 | approximately $64.4M | 21.3K | 83% | $49.99 |
| 10 | BalatroSteam | approximately $59.6M | 198.9K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 11 | Total War: SHOGUN 2Steam | approximately $57.7M | 68K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 12 | Total War: WARHAMMERSteam | approximately $55M | 32.1K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 13 | MewgenicsSteam | approximately $51.4M | 54.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 14 | Metaphor: ReFantazioSteam | approximately $48.6M | 43.3K | 90% | $69.99 |
| 15 | XCOM® 2Steam | approximately $45.6M | 109.7K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 16 | Company of Heroes 3Steam | approximately $37.2M | 40.3K | 57% | $23.99 |
| 17 | Persona 5 RoyalSteam | approximately $35.6M | 140.3K | 96% | $17.99 |
| 18 | HUMANKIND™Steam | approximately $35.5M | 28.8K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 19 | approximately $32M | 33.1K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 20 | Persona 4 GoldenSteam | approximately $31.7M | 87.5K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 21 | WartalesSteam | approximately $30.6M | 36K | 85% | $34.99 |
| 22 | approximately $30.2M | 24.5K | 82% | $59.99 |
| 23 | Library Of RuinaSteam | approximately $29M | 45.2K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 24 | BATTLETECHSteam | approximately $28.5M | 33.2K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Darkest Dungeon® IISteam | approximately $25.2M | 27K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 26 | Age of Wonders 4Steam | approximately $24.4M | 23.1K | 81% | $24.99 |
| 27 | approximately $24M | 23.2K | 61% | $39.99 |
| 28 | Persona 3 ReloadSteam | approximately $23.4M | 64.1K | 94% | $17.99 |
| 29 | approximately $22.7M | 13.1K | 63% | $59.99 |
| 30 | XCOM: Enemy UnknownSteam | approximately $21.8M | 58.7K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 31 | ENDLESS Space™ 2Steam | approximately $21.3M | 23.1K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 32 | WARNOSteam | approximately $21.2M | 16.1K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 33 | approximately $20.5M | 38.2K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 34 | approximately $20.2M | 8.7K | 88% | $48.99 |
| 35 | approximately $19.6M | 36.5K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 36 | MENACESteam | approximately $19.5M | 12.3K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 37 | Total War: ATTILASteam | approximately $18.3M | 37.8K | 82% | $19.99 |
| 38 | Sultan's GameSteam | approximately $17.2M | 35.2K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 39 | approximately $17M | 22.9K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 40 | Wandering SwordSteam | approximately $16.7M | 45.6K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 41 | approximately $16.1M | 22.6K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 42 | approximately $15.9M | 14.8K | 77% | $44.99 |
| 43 | approximately $14.8M | 27.7K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 44 | DorfromantikSteam | approximately $14.7M | 29.6K | 96% | $13.99 |
| 45 | Terra InvictaSteam | approximately $14.5M | 9.9K | 80% | $19.99 |
| 46 | approximately $13.8M | 48.3K | 88% | $14.99 |
| 47 | approximately $12.4M | 13.3K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 48 | WildermythSteam | approximately $12M | 18.3K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 49 | ArmelloSteam | approximately $11.1M | 16.1K | 82% | $24.99 |
| 50 | The Banner SagaSteam | approximately $11.1M | 16K | 89% | $24.99 |