Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Turn-Based Strategy on Steam.
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 | Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI | $580.2M | 376.5K | 86% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Total War: WARHAMMER II | $190.4M | 121.4K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 3 | Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | $183.8M | 87.7K | 88% | $59.99 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | $1.9M | 95% | 57% | $130.9M |
| 2025 | 53 | $757K | 91% | 36% | $184.7M |
| 2024 | 56 | $1M | 79% | 52% | $297.5M |
| 2023 | 58 | $1.4M | 88% | 62% | $275.5M |
| 2022 | 46 | $1.1M | 85% | 52% | $406.7M |
| 2021 | 34 | $1.3M | 91% | 68% | $154.5M |
| 2020 | 42 | $720.3K | 86% | 45% | $123.5M |
| 2019 | 23 | $949.3K | 83% | 48% | $125.3M |
| 2018 | 36 | $1M | 69% | 50% | $150.9M |
| 2017 | 30 | $576.9K | 73% | 33% | $412.9M |
| 2016 | 28 | $880.2K | 75% | 50% | $790.7M |
| 2015 | 31 | $764K | 81% | 39% | $135.8M |
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.
| 4 |
| Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition |
| $169.5M |
| 204.4K |
| 96% |
| $44.99 |
| 5 | Total War: WARHAMMER III | $158.2M | 145.9K | 71% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Persona 5 Royal | $127.4M | 88.6K | 96% | $59.99 |
| 7 | Total War: WARHAMMER | $105.9M | 52.3K | 78% | $59.99 |
| 8 | Total War: THREE KINGDOMS | $86.9M | 93.3K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 9 | Sid Meier's Civilization® V | $85.3M | 127.8K | 95% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Persona 3 Reload | $77M | 40.7K | 95% | $59.99 |
| 11 | Sid Meier's Civilization VII | $71.6M | 43.3K | 48% | $49.99 |
| 12 | Total War: ATTILA | $57.7M | 37.5K | 82% | $44.99 |
| 13 | Total War: SHOGUN 2 | $57.2M | 67.3K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 14 | Balatro | $55.4M | 195.2K | 98% | $14.99 |
| 15 | Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader | $48.8M | 46.4K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 16 | Metaphor: ReFantazio | $48.7M | 24.4K | 90% | $69.99 |
| 17 | Mewgenics | $47.9M | 51.6K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 18 | XCOM® 2 | $45.1M | 108.6K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 19 | Company of Heroes 3 | $43.6M | 23.9K | 59% | $59.99 |
| 20 | HUMANKIND™ | $38.8M | 28.6K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 21 | Marvel's Midnight Suns | $33.8M | 24.1K | 82% | $59.99 |
| 22 | Age of Wonders 4 | $31.9M | 22.7K | 81% | $49.99 |
| 23 | Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition | $31.5M | 32.6K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 24 | Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition | $31.2M | 36.1K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 25 | Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™ | $30.8M | 23.1K | 61% | $39.99 |
| 26 | Persona 4 Golden | $28.4M | 86.2K | 97% | $19.99 |
| 27 | BATTLETECH | $28.4M | 33K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 28 | Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era | $28M | 20.8K | 88% | $39.99 |
| 29 | Sultan's Game | $26.9M | 34.6K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 30 | Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition | $25.4M | 37.8K | 91% | $24.99 |
| 31 | Wartales | $24.5M | 35.3K | 86% | $34.99 |
| 32 | ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV | $24.1M | 15.8K | 63% | $59.99 |
| 33 | Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition | $23.6M | 27.3K | 92% | $24.99 |
| 34 | Library Of Ruina | $23.5M | 43.8K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 35 | XCOM: Enemy Unknown | $23.2M | 58.4K | 93% | $14.99 |
| 36 | Wandering Sword | $21.5M | 43.4K | 95% | $24.99 |
| 37 | ENDLESS Space™ 2 | $21.2M | 23K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 38 | For The King | $20.1M | 43.6K | 88% | $19.99 |
| 39 | The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- | $18.8M | 8.5K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 40 | WARNO | $17.9M | 15.8K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 41 | Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden | $17.7M | 20.5K | 90% | $34.99 |
| 42 | Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII | $16.7M | 7.6K | 58% | $59.99 |
| 43 | Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War | $15.8M | 18.4K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 44 | Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance | $15.4M | 12.4K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 45 | Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters | $15.4M | 14.6K | 77% | $44.99 |
| 46 | ENDLESS Legend™ | $14.8M | 19K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Terra Invicta | $13.7M | 9.5K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 48 | A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA | $13.7M | 14.8K | 71% | $39.99 |
| 49 | Solasta: Crown of the Magister | $12.8M | 22.3K | 87% | $29.99 |
| 50 | MENACE | $12.6M | 12.5K | 91% | $29.99 |