Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged VR on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of VR 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 | Forza Horizon 5 | $317.3M | 278K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Ready or Not | $296.3M | 259.8K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 3 | BeamNG.drive | $236.4M | 405.2K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | $1.3M | 100% | 88% | $228.6M |
| 2025 | 22 | $1.8M | 91% | 68% | $130.8M |
| 2024 | 24 | $1.2M | 88% | 58% | $439.9M |
| 2023 | 31 | $710.4K | 84% | 39% | $540.3M |
| 2022 | 32 | $807.3K | 75% | 41% | $115.9M |
| 2021 | 24 | $1M | 79% | 50% | $371.6M |
| 2020 | 27 | $1.5M | 78% | 59% | $465.3M |
| 2019 | 35 | $617K | 71% | 40% | $215.2M |
| 2018 | 35 | $715.3K | 83% | 43% | $245.1M |
| 2017 | 41 | $667K | 78% | 32% | $152.4M |
| 2016 | 33 | $875.5K | 64% | 42% | $381.5M |
| 2015 | 18 | $1M | 78% | 50% | $390M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical VR launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Phasmophobia |
| $231.7M |
| 679.6K |
| 95% |
| $13.99 |
| 5 | No Man's Sky | $230.9M | 412.1K | 85% | $23.99 |
| 6 | Forza Horizon 6 | $203.7M | 89.3K | 84% | $69.99 |
| 7 | Sons Of The Forest | $200.9M | 314.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 8 | Subnautica | $162.4M | 376.9K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Resident Evil 4 | $136M | 266.6K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 10 | Half-Life: Alyx | $131.9M | 92.3K | 98% | $59.99 |
| 11 | Rise of the Tomb Raider™ | $82.3M | 154.1K | 94% | $29.99 |
| 12 | Assetto Corsa | $69.3M | 134.5K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 13 | Blade and Sorcery | $68.4M | 58.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 14 | Elite Dangerous | $57.1M | 106.9K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 15 | Assetto Corsa Competizione | $48M | 47.4K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 16 | The Crew™ 2 | $47M | 86.2K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 17 | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 | $46M | 21.1K | 58% | $69.99 |
| 18 | Bodycam | $44.8M | 44.2K | 76% | $33.32 |
| 19 | Alien: Isolation | $42.7M | 48K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 20 | Tabletop Simulator | $42.2M | 73.8K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 21 | Resident Evil 7 Biohazard | $39.3M | 124.2K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 22 | Resident Evil 4 (2005) | $36.9M | 96.9K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 23 | CarX Drift Racing Online | $35.6M | 82.4K | 95% | $16.99 |
| 24 | F1® 25 | $34.1M | 27.4K | 87% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Pavlov | $32.9M | 40.5K | 89% | $24.99 |
| 26 | MX Bikes | $32.2M | 36.3K | 94% | $34.99 |
| 27 | BONEWORKS | $31.7M | 36.4K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 28 | City Car Driving | $29.8M | 35.7K | 83% | $24.99 |
| 29 | STAR WARS™: Squadrons | $29.6M | 28.1K | 65% | $39.99 |
| 30 | Train Simulator Classic | $29.3M | 29.3K | 72% | $29.99 |
| 31 | Gorilla Tag | $28.4M | 84.7K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 32 | Sniper Elite 5 | $27.8M | 29.8K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 33 | Forza Motorsport | $26.6M | 12.6K | 51% | $69.99 |
| 34 | DiRT Rally 2.0 | $26.2M | 48.2K | 89% | $19.99 |
| 35 | Beat Saber | $26.1M | 69.6K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 36 | HITMAN World of Assassination | $24.7M | 56.5K | 88% | $27.99 |
| 37 | Le Mans Ultimate | $23.5M | 18.9K | 79% | $39.99 |
| 38 | Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition | $22M | 26.4K | 87% | $24.99 |
| 39 | Planet Coaster 2 | $21.8M | 14K | 74% | $49.99 |
| 40 | Car Mechanic Simulator 2021 | $21.8M | 37.9K | 96% | $24.99 |
| 41 | BONELAB | $21.7M | 19.8K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 42 | Assetto Corsa EVO | $20.6M | 20.7K | 59% | $31.99 |
| 43 | VTOL VR | $19.2M | 21.6K | 98% | $29.99 |
| 44 | IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad | $18.1M | 9.8K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 45 | X-Plane 11 | $17.9M | 20.1K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 46 | EA SPORTS™ WRC | $17M | 11.3K | 62% | $49.99 |
| 47 | Automobilista 2 | $14.4M | 15.7K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 48 | Project Wingman | $13.5M | 21.9K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 49 | ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN | $12.5M | 56.1K | 88% | $9.59 |
| 50 | Fernbus Simulator | $12.1M | 12.1K | 74% | $29.99 |