Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged War on Steam.
For developers
Total estimated revenue of War 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 | Hearts of Iron IV | $478.1M | 372.4K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 3 | Battlefield™ 6 | $424.2M | 352.9K | 65% | $69.99 |
| 4 |
| Year | Releases | Median rev | $100k+ | $1M+ | Total genre revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | $1.5M | 89% | 68% | $90.6M |
| 2025 | 44 | $2M | 89% | 68% | $847.5M |
| 2024 | 50 | $953.5K | 72% | 46% | $293.9M |
| 2023 | 43 | $1.5M | 84% | 56% | $360.9M |
| 2022 | 43 | $915.8K | 77% | 49% | $664M |
| 2021 | 41 | $1.2M | 73% | 54% | $641M |
| 2020 | 40 | $1M | 68% | 53% | $651.4M |
| 2019 | 39 | $721.9K | 64% | 36% | $184M |
| 2018 | 25 | $1.6M | 84% | 64% | $150M |
| 2017 | 56 | $766.5K | 75% | 48% | $728.3M |
| 2016 | 23 | $1.4M | 70% | 57% | $1.2B |
| 2015 | 26 | $509.4K | 58% | 38% | $161.1M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical War launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
| Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord |
| $309.5M |
| 293.8K |
| 88% |
| $49.99 |
| 5 | Battlefield™ 2042 | $256.9M | 325.2K | 47% | $59.99 |
| 6 | Total War: WARHAMMER II | $190.4M | 121.4K | 93% | $59.99 |
| 7 | Arma 3 | $184M | 227.8K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 8 | Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition | $183.8M | 87.7K | 88% | $59.99 |
| 9 | Hell Let Loose | $181.6M | 98.8K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 10 | Crusader Kings III | $167.4M | 93.1K | 91% | $49.99 |
| 11 | Squad | $166.3M | 240.3K | 81% | $39.99 |
| 12 | Total War: WARHAMMER III | $158.2M | 145.9K | 71% | $59.99 |
| 13 | Battlefield™ 1 | $137.8M | 197.4K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 14 | Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ | $118M | 116.1K | 89% | $49.99 |
| 15 | FOR HONOR™ | $90.2M | 162.8K | 69% | $29.99 |
| 16 | Total War: THREE KINGDOMS | $86.9M | 93.3K | 82% | $39.99 |
| 17 | Sniper Elite 4 | $81.8M | 62.7K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 18 | Gray Zone Warfare | $80.9M | 77.7K | 72% | $39.99 |
| 19 | Sid Meier's Civilization VII | $71.6M | 43.3K | 48% | $49.99 |
| 20 | Europa Universalis V | $61.5M | 29.9K | 67% | $59.99 |
| 21 | Call of Duty®: WWII | $60.6M | 46.5K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 22 | Escape from Tarkov | $60M | 58.2K | 49% | $37.49 |
| 23 | Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition | $60M | 94.6K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 24 | Battlefield 4™ | $57.8M | 68.6K | 85% | $39.99 |
| 25 | Total War: ATTILA | $57.7M | 37.5K | 82% | $44.99 |
| 26 | This War of Mine | $55.6M | 97.3K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 27 | DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS | $55.4M | 29.7K | 93% | $69.99 |
| 28 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® | $49.1M | 43.8K | 79% | $59.99 |
| 29 | Arma Reforger | $48.9M | 54.2K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 30 | Call of Duty®: Black Ops II | $48.5M | 49.1K | 86% | $39.99 |
| 31 | Call of Duty®: Ghosts | $46.9M | 32K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 32 | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 | $45.8M | 162.6K | 84% | $17.99 |
| 33 | XCOM® 2 | $45.1M | 108.6K | 85% | $19.99 |
| 34 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) | $44.5M | 39.6K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 35 | BattleBit Remastered | $44.4M | 127.6K | 82% | $14.99 |
| 36 | Broken Arrow | $44.3M | 33.2K | 52% | $49.99 |
| 37 | Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare | $43.7M | 29.8K | 61% | $59.99 |
| 38 | Chivalry 2 | $43.7M | 45.6K | 80% | $39.99 |
| 39 | Company of Heroes 3 | $43.6M | 23.9K | 59% | $59.99 |
| 40 | Men of War: Assault Squad 2 | $43.3M | 46.5K | 91% | $29.99 |
| 41 | Call of Duty®: Black Ops | $42.4M | 42.9K | 91% | $39.99 |
| 42 | Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare - Gold Edition | $40M | 25.5K | 65% | $59.99 |
| 43 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011) | $39.1M | 39.6K | 89% | $39.99 |
| 44 | HUMANKIND™ | $38.8M | 28.6K | 69% | $49.99 |
| 45 | Mad Max | $34.2M | 89.8K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 46 | Company of Heroes 2 | $33.9M | 68.6K | 81% | $19.99 |
| 47 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® II | $33.4M | 25.8K | 45% | $69.99 |
| 48 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009) | $32.2M | 60.7K | 93% | $19.99 |
| 49 | Age of Wonders 4 | $31.9M | 22.7K | 81% | $49.99 |
| 50 | METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER | $31.4M | 18.3K | 84% | $69.99 |