Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged VR on Steam.
Share of VR 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 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.
Modeled estimate, not reported sales
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 301 | approximately $495 | approximately 6% | approximately 3% | approximately $266.2M |
| 2025 | 414 | approximately $1.2K | approximately 11% | approximately 4% | approximately $146.4M |
| 2024 | 449 | approximately $827 | approximately 9% | approximately 4% | approximately $528.6M |
| 2023 | 535 | approximately $495 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $501.4M |
| 2022 | 527 | approximately $619 | approximately 10% | approximately 3% | approximately $157.9M |
| 2021 | 522 | approximately $702 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $472.5M |
| 2020 | 673 | approximately $422 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $436M |
| 2019 | 633 | approximately $409 | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $274.8M |
| 2018 | 846 | approximately $713 | approximately 7% | approximately 2% | approximately $186.1M |
| 2017 | 1K | approximately $853 | approximately 6% | approximately 1% | approximately $160M |
| 2016 | 640 | approximately $1.7K | approximately 8% | approximately 2% | approximately $573.7M |
| 2015 | 49 | approximately $27.1K | approximately 33% | approximately 16% | approximately $357.2M |
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.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Man's SkySteam | approximately $432.1M | 420.7K | 85% | $59.99 |
| 2 | Forza Horizon 5Steam | approximately $396.2M | 281.8K | 89% | $59.99 |
| 3 | Ready or NotSteam | approximately $278.3M | 347.5K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 4 | BeamNG.driveSteam | approximately $245M | 419.9K | 97% | $24.99 |
| 5 | Sons Of The ForestSteam | approximately $236.1M | 320.8K | 88% | $29.99 |
| 6 | Forza Horizon 6Steam | approximately $229M | 99K | 82% | $69.99 |
| 7 | PhasmophobiaSteam | approximately $220.3M | 839.9K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 8 | Half-Life: AlyxSteam | approximately $123.2M | 105.5K | 98% | $59.99 |
| 9 | SubnauticaSteam | approximately $123M | 380.6K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 10 | Resident Evil 4Steam | approximately $119.1M | 278.8K | 97% | $39.99 |
| 11 | approximately $87.5M | 56.9K | 88% | $59.99 | |
| 12 | approximately $83.5M | 156.3K | 94% | $29.99 | |
| 13 | Blade and SorcerySteam | approximately $71.8M | 62.2K | 97% | $29.99 |
| 14 | BodycamSteam | approximately $71.8M | 66.2K | 80% | $33.32 |
| 15 | approximately $67.5M | 22.6K | 60% | $69.99 | |
| 16 | Alien: IsolationSteam | approximately $54.8M | 67K | 93% | $39.99 |
| 17 | approximately $49.1M | 48.5K | 93% | $39.99 | |
| 18 | Elite DangerousSteam | approximately $47.1M | 82.4K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 19 | Tabletop SimulatorSteam | approximately $41.1M | 74.6K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 20 | approximately $40.3M | 127.4K | 95% | $19.99 | |
| 21 | approximately $39.5M | 69.5K | 87% | $29.99 | |
| 22 | approximately $38.6M | 89.4K | 95% | $16.99 | |
| 23 | approximately $37.5M | 98.5K | 94% | $19.99 | |
| 24 | F1® 25Steam | approximately $34.3M | 30.1K | 87% | $49.99 |
| 25 | MX BikesSteam | approximately $33.1M | 37.4K | 94% | $34.99 |
| 26 | BONEWORKSSteam | approximately $31.8M | 36.5K | 92% | $29.99 |
| 27 | Sniper Elite 5Steam | approximately $29M | 30.7K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 28 | BONELABSteam | approximately $28.9M | 20.5K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 29 | approximately $28M | 38.7K | 96% | $24.99 | |
| 30 | Assetto Corsa EVOSteam | approximately $26.7M | 21.4K | 59% | $39.99 |
| 31 | Gorilla TagSteam | approximately $25.5M | 86.1K | 91% | $19.99 |
| 32 | Le Mans UltimateSteam | approximately $25.3M | 20.3K | 79% | $21.99 |
| 33 | PavlovSteam | approximately $24.9M | 40.5K | 89% | $24.99 |
| 34 | approximately $22.1M | 26.5K | 87% | $24.99 | |
| 35 | Forza MotorsportSteam | approximately $21.1M | 12.2K | 51% | $69.99 |
| 36 | Assetto CorsaSteam | approximately $20.2M | 174.4K | 93% | $4.99 |
| 37 | VTOL VRSteam | approximately $19.4M | 21.9K | 98% | $29.99 |
| 38 | approximately $18.3M | 10K | 79% | $49.99 | |
| 39 | X-Plane 11Steam | approximately $18.1M | 20.3K | 93% | $29.99 |
| 40 | DiRT Rally 2.0Steam | approximately $17.2M | 48.5K | 89% | $13.99 |
| 41 | City Car DrivingSteam | approximately $16.6M | 36.2K | 83% | $13.74 |
| 42 | The Crew™ 2Steam | approximately $16.3M | 99.7K | 78% | $8.99 |
| 43 | Project WingmanSteam | approximately $15.8M | 18.5K | 94% | $24.99 |
| 44 | Echoes of AincradSteam | approximately $15M | 5.3K | 48% | $69.99 |
| 45 | Beat SaberSteam | approximately $14.3M | 76.3K | 95% | $14.99 |
| 46 | Automobilista 2Steam | approximately $13.9M | 16.1K | 92% | $39.99 |
| 47 | X-Plane 12Steam | approximately $13.4M | 6.6K | 87% | $59.99 |
| 48 | Liar's BarSteam | approximately $12M | 56.4K | 90% | $6.99 |
| 49 | Escape SimulatorSteam | approximately $11.5M | 19.4K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 50 | RIDE 4Steam | approximately $11M | 12.4K | 83% | $39.99 |