Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged Western on Steam.
Share of Western 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 Western 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 | 99 | approximately $220 | approximately 5% | approximately 1% | approximately $17.2M |
| 2025 | 106 | approximately $931 | approximately 8% | approximately 0% | approximately $3.9M |
| 2024 | 83 | approximately $412 | approximately 5% | approximately 2% | approximately $4.8M |
| 2023 | 54 | approximately $751 | approximately 19% | approximately 9% | approximately $13.5M |
| 2022 | 56 | approximately $541 | approximately 9% | approximately 7% | approximately $20.8M |
| 2021 | 39 | approximately $1K | approximately 3% | approximately 3% | approximately $5.4M |
| 2020 | 40 | approximately $1.4K | approximately 13% | approximately 5% | approximately $33.5M |
| 2019 | 14 | approximately $21.9K | approximately 43% | approximately 21% | approximately $111M |
| 2018 | 23 | approximately $13.6K | approximately 26% | approximately 4% | approximately $10.6M |
| 2017 | 27 | approximately $5.6K | approximately 15% | approximately 7% | approximately $7M |
| 2016 | 11 | approximately $10.2K | approximately 18% | approximately 0% | approximately $462.7K |
| 2015 | 12 | approximately $14.4K | approximately 33% | approximately 17% | approximately $5M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical Western launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt: Showdown 1896Steam | approximately $106.1M | 279.1K | 74% | $29.99 |
| 2 | Fallout: New VegasSteam | approximately $47M | 261.9K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 3 | Red Dead OnlineSteam | approximately $29M | 69.5K | 83% | $19.99 |
| 4 | approximately $16.4M | 44.3K | 95% | $14.99 | |
| 5 | Far Far WestSteam | approximately $15.4M | 38.1K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 6 | Evil WestSteam | approximately $11.8M | 13.6K | 74% | $49.99 |
| 7 | Railway EmpireSteam | approximately $8.6M | 9.7K | 83% | $29.99 |
| 8 | This Land Is My LandSteam | approximately $5.1M | 4.7K | 68% | $29.99 |
| 9 | approximately $5M | 4.5K | 78% | $39.99 | |
| 10 | Railway Empire 2Steam | approximately $4.2M | 2.7K | 73% | $49.99 |
| 11 | SteamWorld Dig 2Steam | approximately $3.9M | 9.1K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 12 | Blood WestSteam | approximately $3.5M | 6.7K | 90% | $24.99 |
| 13 | Desperados IIISteam | approximately $3.2M | 16.6K | 96% | $9.99 |
| 14 | SteamWorld DigSteam | approximately $2.9M | 11K | 94% | $9.99 |
| 15 | Hard WestSteam | approximately $2.7M | 4.9K | 75% | $19.99 |
| 16 | West of LoathingSteam | approximately $2.2M | 10.3K | 98% | $10.99 |
| 17 | Hard West 2Steam | approximately $2.2M | 3.2K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 18 | Wild West LegacySteam | approximately $2.2M | 2.1K | 37% | $26.99 |
| 19 | approximately $2M | 6.3K | 59% | $19.99 | |
| 20 | SteamWorld BuildSteam | approximately $1.6M | 2.3K | 85% | $24.99 |
| 21 | Railroad CorporationSteam | approximately $1.6M | 1.5K | 74% | $35.99 |
| 22 | The Oregon TrailSteam | approximately $1.4M | 1.2K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 23 | Above SnakesSteam | approximately $1.4M | 2K | 75% | $24.99 |
| 24 | approximately $1.3M | 5.1K | 87% | $9.99 | |
| 25 | ArcoSteam | approximately $1.3M | 2.3K | 96% | $19.99 |
| 26 | approximately $1.3M | 1.3K | 84% | $39.99 | |
| 27 | Call of JuarezSteam | approximately $1.2M | 4.6K | 80% | $9.99 |
| 28 | GUN™Steam | approximately $1.2M | 2.3K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 29 | 12 is Better Than 6Steam | approximately $1M | 4.4K | 83% | $9.99 |
| 30 | MohrtaSteam | approximately $821.7K | 1.6K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 31 | DepravedSteam | approximately $728.4K | 1.3K | 61% | $19.99 |
| 32 | Wild BastardsSteam | approximately $700.7K | 798 | 74% | $34.99 |
| 33 | approximately $679.4K | 1.9K | 91% | $14.99 | |
| 34 | Saloon SimulatorSteam | approximately $644.8K | 1K | 90% | $18.99 |
| 35 | approximately $638.7K | 427 | 71% | $39.99 | |
| 36 | approximately $634.3K | 2K | 92% | $14.99 | |
| 37 | approximately $601.9K | 1.4K | 77% | $19.99 | |
| 38 | approximately $561.7K | 1.8K | 87% | $9.99 | |
| 39 | Bounty TrainSteam | approximately $550.3K | 1.7K | 70% | $9.99 |
| 40 | approximately $539.4K | 544 | 86% | $24.99 | |
| 41 | West of DeadSteam | approximately $524.6K | 2.2K | 71% | $19.99 |
| 42 | Bounty of OneSteam | approximately $524K | 2.8K | 88% | $6.99 |
| 43 | approximately $521.4K | 1.8K | 94% | $11.99 | |
| 44 | Secret PonchosSteam | approximately $464K | 1.3K | 71% | $14.99 |
| 45 | Colt CanyonSteam | approximately $389.3K | 1.5K | 90% | $14.99 |
| 46 | Kill The CrowsSteam | approximately $320.1K | 2.9K | 95% | $4.99 |
| 47 | LIVE A LIVESteam | approximately $307K | 788 | 86% | $19.99 |
| 48 | West HuntSteam | approximately $271.8K | 2.2K | 83% | $9.99 |
| 49 | Alaska Gold FeverSteam | approximately $266.4K | 1K | 80% | $12.74 |
| 50 | Westworld AwakeningSteam | approximately $246.7K | 425 | 78% | $29.99 |