Steam tag
Estimated revenue, market economics, and the top games tagged World War II on Steam.
Share of World War II 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 World War II 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 | 72 | approximately $892 | approximately 17% | approximately 4% | approximately $13.7M |
| 2025 | 87 | approximately $1.8K | approximately 16% | approximately 6% | approximately $18.8M |
| 2024 | 95 | approximately $1.6K | approximately 18% | approximately 5% | approximately $76.3M |
| 2023 | 87 | approximately $1K | approximately 17% | approximately 8% | approximately $60.7M |
| 2022 | 76 | approximately $1.8K | approximately 18% | approximately 7% | approximately $80.8M |
| 2021 | 81 | approximately $3.8K | approximately 22% | approximately 9% | approximately $77.9M |
| 2020 | 69 | approximately $9.3K | approximately 20% | approximately 9% | approximately $22.7M |
| 2019 | 40 | approximately $6.8K | approximately 30% | approximately 8% | approximately $17.9M |
| 2018 | 50 | approximately $22.2K | approximately 28% | approximately 8% | approximately $28.3M |
| 2017 | 52 | approximately $21.8K | approximately 33% | approximately 15% | approximately $174M |
| 2016 | 24 | approximately $33.6K | approximately 29% | approximately 8% | approximately $471.7M |
| 2015 | 28 | approximately $25.9K | approximately 25% | approximately 11% | approximately $32.9M |
Median beats average here: genre revenue is hit-driven, so the median shows what the typical World War II launch actually earned. Recent years accumulate revenue for a while after launch.
Leaderboard
| # | Game | Est. revenue | Reviews | Score | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hearts of Iron IVSteam | approximately $467.9M | 364.3K | 90% | $49.99 |
| 2 | Sniper Elite 4Steam | approximately $70.8M | 63.3K | 91% | $59.99 |
| 3 | Call of Duty®: WWIISteam | approximately $57.2M | 47.1K | 70% | $59.99 |
| 4 | approximately $43.5M | 46.7K | 91% | $29.99 | |
| 5 | FoxholeSteam | approximately $38.7M | 53.1K | 79% | $29.99 |
| 6 | Company of Heroes 3Steam | approximately $37.2M | 40.3K | 57% | $23.99 |
| 7 | Hell Let LooseSteam | approximately $37.1M | 149.8K | 82% | $12.49 |
| 8 | UBOATSteam | approximately $29.2M | 27.3K | 84% | $29.99 |
| 9 | Sniper Elite 5Steam | approximately $29M | 30.7K | 84% | $49.99 |
| 10 | approximately $28.3M | 38.1K | 93% | $19.99 | |
| 11 | approximately $26M | 20.7K | 90% | $69.99 | |
| 12 | approximately $24.3M | 53.4K | 92% | $19.99 | |
| 13 | approximately $23.8M | 62.4K | 92% | $19.99 | |
| 14 | Zombie Army TrilogySteam | approximately $20.7M | 18.8K | 86% | $44.99 |
| 15 | Sniper Elite 3Steam | approximately $19M | 28.5K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 16 | approximately $18.3M | 10K | 79% | $49.99 | |
| 17 | approximately $12.5M | 15.8K | 55% | $39.99 | |
| 18 | Call of Duty®: WWIISteam | approximately $12M | 9.2K | 82% | $59.99 |
| 19 | Company of Heroes 2Steam | approximately $11.7M | 113.2K | 79% | $4.99 |
| 20 | Squad 44Steam | approximately $11.7M | 25.4K | 74% | $19.99 |
| 21 | approximately $11.1M | 12.2K | 86% | $49.99 | |
| 22 | Steel Division 2Steam | approximately $10.4M | 9.6K | 79% | $39.99 |
| 23 | approximately $9.3M | 8K | 61% | $34.99 | |
| 24 | Men of War IISteam | approximately $9.1M | 7.5K | 60% | $44.99 |
| 25 | approximately $9M | 7.1K | 86% | $49.99 | |
| 26 | SprocketSteam | approximately $8.5M | 13K | 92% | $19.99 |
| 27 | Day of InfamySteam | approximately $8.2M | 22.1K | 82% | $14.99 |
| 28 | approximately $8M | 18.1K | 90% | $19.99 | |
| 29 | approximately $7.2M | 14.2K | 98% | $14.99 | |
| 30 | approximately $6.9M | 6.2K | 76% | $49.99 | |
| 31 | Valkyria Chronicles™Steam | approximately $6.9M | 13.3K | 90% | $19.99 |
| 32 | approximately $6.9M | 34.3K | 85% | $8.74 | |
| 33 | Age of History 3Steam | approximately $6.2M | 18.8K | 85% | $9.99 |
| 34 | Medal of Honor™Steam | approximately $5.9M | 11.2K | 77% | $19.99 |
| 35 | approximately $5.9M | 4.4K | 67% | $59.99 | |
| 36 | approximately $5.8M | 23.6K | 92% | $9.99 | |
| 37 | Call of Duty® 2Steam | approximately $5.7M | 11.6K | 94% | $19.99 |
| 38 | Azur Lane CrosswaveSteam | approximately $5.5M | 7.4K | 69% | $39.99 |
| 39 | approximately $5.5M | 9.4K | 88% | $19.99 | |
| 40 | War on the SeaSteam | approximately $4.8M | 3.3K | 75% | $39.99 |
| 41 | approximately $4.4M | 4.1K | 81% | $29.99 | |
| 42 | Partisans 1941Steam | approximately $4.4M | 8.8K | 82% | $29.99 |
| 43 | Easy Red 2Steam | approximately $4M | 15.2K | 90% | $8.99 |
| 44 | approximately $4M | 6.3K | 74% | $19.99 | |
| 45 | Dino D-DaySteam | approximately $4M | 15.1K | 84% | $9.99 |
| 46 | R.U.S.E.™Steam | approximately $4M | 4.6K | 96% | $29.99 |
| 47 | Call of Duty® (2003)Steam | approximately $3.9M | 7.9K | 95% | $19.99 |
| 48 | approximately $3.1M | 5.1K | 78% | $19.99 | |
| 49 | Commandos: OriginsSteam | approximately $3.1M | 2.6K | 79% | $49.99 |
| 50 | Sudden Strike 4Steam | approximately $2.9M | 6.3K | 79% | $19.99 |