Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Violent on Steam.
Share of Violent 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 Violent 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 | 720 | approximately $556 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $455.7M |
| 2025 | 755 | approximately $809 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $995.5M |
| 2024 | 607 | approximately $825 | approximately 10% | approximately 4% | approximately $1.9B |
| 2023 | 502 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 14% | approximately 7% | approximately $964.9M |
| 2022 | 434 | approximately $949 | approximately 14% | approximately 6% | approximately $1.5B |
| 2021 | 430 | approximately $1.5K | approximately 17% | approximately 8% | approximately $395.2M |
| 2020 | 548 | approximately $1.1K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $548M |
| 2019 | 529 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 15% | approximately 6% | approximately $834.7M |
| 2018 | 530 | approximately $2.1K | approximately 15% | approximately 5% | approximately $328.4M |
| 2017 | 398 | approximately $3.3K | approximately 18% | approximately 6% | approximately $433.3M |
| 2016 | 132 | approximately $16K | approximately 30% | approximately 12% | approximately $158.2M |
| 2015 | 67 | approximately $20.4K | approximately 30% | approximately 13% | approximately $74.2M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Violent 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 | Battlefield™ 6Steam | approximately $460.1M | 369.4K | 64% | $69.99 |
| 5 | approximately $309.5M | 356.1K | 95% | $59.99 | |
| 6 | Ready or NotSteam | approximately $278.3M | 347.5K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 7 | approximately $184.5M | 185K | 96% | $69.99 | |
| 8 | God of WarSteam | approximately $135.5M | 185K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 9 | Resident Evil 4Steam | approximately $119.1M | 278.8K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 10 | approximately $111.6M | 191.4K | 82% | $39.99 | |
| 11 | DOOM EternalSteam | approximately $111.5M | 217.5K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 12 | approximately $98M | 139.3K | 72% | $39.99 | |
| 13 | approximately $96.8M | 96.9K | 94% | $59.99 | |
| 14 | Resident Evil 2Steam | approximately $90.9M | 156.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 15 | approximately $88.3M | 109.3K | 84% | $59.99 | |
| 16 | approximately $85.9M | 72K | 86% | $29.99 | |
| 17 | Lies of PSteam | approximately $85.6M | 83K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 18 | Last EpochSteam | approximately $84.5M | 118.4K | 77% | $34.99 |
| 19 | approximately $81.8M | 87.8K | 89% | $49.99 | |
| 20 | Blade and SorcerySteam | approximately $71.8M | 62.2K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 21 | DOOMSteam | approximately $71.6M | 221.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Sniper Elite 4Steam | approximately $70.8M | 63.3K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 23 | CODE VEINSteam | approximately $68.8M | 62.6K | 83% | $59.99 |
| 24 | approximately $68.3M | 24K | 91% | $69.99 | |
| 25 | approximately $68M | 93.8K | 82% | $39.99 | |
| 26 | Fallout 76Steam | approximately $65.4M | 140.8K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 27 | Days GoneSteam | approximately $63.8M | 117.2K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 28 | approximately $63.3M | 133.3K | 85% | $29.99 | |
| 29 | People PlaygroundSteam | approximately $62.9M | 319.2K | 98% | $9.99 |
| 30 | BarotraumaSteam | approximately $62.7M | 90K | 94% | $34.99 |
| 31 | approximately $60.1M | 45.6K | 79% | $59.99 | |
| 32 | approximately $60M | 88.5K | 85% | $39.99 | |
| 33 | Call of Duty®: WWIISteam | approximately $57.2M | 47.1K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 34 | approximately $55.2M | 39.9K | 75% | $27.99 | |
| 35 | Metro ExodusSteam | approximately $53.2M | 136K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 36 | approximately $49.2M | 70.1K | 83% | $29.99 | |
| 37 | DOOM: The Dark AgesSteam | approximately $47.5M | 46.2K | 88% | $49.99 |
| 38 | approximately $45.2M | 72.8K | 93% | $39.99 | |
| 39 | Mortal Shell IISteam | approximately $42.2M | 20.8K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 40 | approximately $41.1M | 30K | 47% | $69.99 | |
| 41 | GTFOSteam | approximately $41.1M | 66.9K | 84% | $39.99 |
| 42 | approximately $40.3M | 127.4K | 95% | $19.99 | |
| 43 | approximately $39.9M | 38.5K | 96% | $39.99 | |
| 44 | approximately $39.5M | 69.5K | 87% | $29.99 | |
| 45 | approximately $39.5M | 65K | 83% | $24.99 | |
| 46 | Mortal Kombat 1Steam | approximately $38.9M | 49.6K | 72% | $49.99 |
| 47 | approximately $38M | 51K | 87% | $39.99 | |
| 48 | Hell Let LooseSteam | approximately $37.1M | 149.8K | 82% | $12.49 |
| 49 | Persona 5 RoyalSteam | approximately $35.6M | 140.3K | 96% | $17.99 |
| 50 | SILENT HILL fSteam | approximately $35.1M | 29.4K | 80% | $69.99 |