Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Violent on Steam.
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.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELDEN RING | $973.5M | 824K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Black Myth: Wukong | $794.8M | 1.2M | 97% | $59.99 |
| 3 | HELLDIVERS™ 2 | $611.7M | 831.4K | 76% | $39.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | $1.2M | 96% | 57% | $349.9M |
| 2025 | 53 | $1.7M | 89% | 62% | $943.5M |
| 2024 | 51 | $1.2M | 75% | 53% | $1.9B |
| 2023 | 56 | $2.5M | 91% | 61% | $1.1B |
| 2022 | 56 | $1.4M | 80% | 61% | $1.8B |
| 2021 | 69 | $754.1K | 78% | 45% | $546.7M |
| 2020 | 70 | $563.9K | 71% | 41% | $950.3M |
| 2019 | 80 | $475.3K | 73% | 38% | $789.4M |
| 2018 | 197 | $2K | 29% | 15% | $342.1M |
| 2017 | 246 | $1.8K | 20% | 9% | $481.6M |
| 2016 | 75 | $11.9K | 37% | 23% | $172.3M |
| 2015 | 28 | $315.2K | 61% | 36% | $76M |
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.
| Battlefield™ 6 |
| $424.2M |
| 352.9K |
| 65% |
| $69.99 |
| 5 | Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition | $305.9M | 352.2K | 95% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Ready or Not | $296.3M | 259.8K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Resident Evil Requiem | $266.2M | 179.5K | 96% | $69.99 |
| 8 | Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition | $230.2M | 162.9K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 9 | Hell Let Loose | $181.6M | 98.8K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 10 | God of War | $146.5M | 128.1K | 96% | $49.99 |
| 11 | Detroit: Become Human | $142.2M | 219.7K | 96% | $39.99 |
| 12 | Battlefield™ 1 | $137.8M | 197.4K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 13 | Resident Evil 4 | $136M | 266.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 14 | Titanfall® 2 | $134.9M | 252.4K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 15 | Persona 5 Royal | $127.4M | 88.6K | 96% | $59.99 |
| 16 | ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN | $122.1M | 127.6K | 83% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ | $118M | 116.1K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 18 | Resident Evil 2 | $114.8M | 218.1K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 19 | The Last of Us™ Part I | $102.6M | 106.4K | 84% | $59.99 |
| 20 | Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT | $98.7M | 63K | 94% | $59.99 |
| 21 | Dead Space | $92M | 60.8K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 22 | Lies of P | $89.2M | 57K | 92% | $59.99 |
| 23 | Dying Light: The Beast | $87.7M | 69.6K | 87% | $59.99 |
| 24 | Total War: THREE KINGDOMS | $86.9M | 93.3K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Jurassic World Evolution 2 | $84.6M | 39.2K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 26 | Sniper Elite 4 | $81.8M | 62.7K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 27 | DOOM Eternal | $77.5M | 216K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 28 | DOOM | $71M | 219.9K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 29 | Jurassic World Evolution | $70.8M | 48.2K | 87% | $44.99 |
| 30 | DOOM: The Dark Ages | $68.4M | 43K | 88% | $69.99 |
| 31 | Blade and Sorcery | $68.4M | 58.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 32 | Days Gone | $67.5M | 81.7K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 33 | Last Epoch | $67.2M | 118.3K | 77% | $34.99 |
| 34 | Fallout 76 | $63.1M | 77.5K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 35 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Breakpoint | $60.9M | 40.4K | 74% | $59.99 |
| 36 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | $60.6M | 40.1K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 37 | Call of Duty®: WWII | $60.6M | 46.5K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 38 | Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition | $59.1M | 87.2K | 85% | $39.99 |
| 39 | People Playground | $58.3M | 295.5K | 99% | $9.99 |
| 40 | Battlefield 4™ | $57.8M | 68.6K | 85% | $39.99 |
| 41 | Metro Exodus | $53.1M | 134.1K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 42 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® | $49.1M | 43.8K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 43 | Mortal Kombat 1 | $45.3M | 48.5K | 72% | $49.99 |
| 44 | State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition | $44M | 69.3K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 45 | DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH | $43.5M | 25.3K | 95% | $69.99 |
| 46 | Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | $41.6M | 76.3K | 90% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Resident Evil 7 Biohazard | $39.3M | 124.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 48 | Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition | $39M | 50.3K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 49 | Frostpunk 2 | $37.3M | 26.6K | 75% | $44.99 |
| 50 | Ghostrunner | $35.2M | 66.4K | 91% | $29.99 |