Because the platform that will get the lion’s share of PC sport gross sales, Steam naturally makes some huge cash yearly from commissions, publishing charges, and extra by its storefront. However how a lot money has it made to date in 2026? Unsurprisingly, sufficient dough to purchase Valve co-founder Gabe Newell a number of extra superyachts. In accordance with the top of market evaluation at Alinea Analytics, Rhys Elliot, Steam has made $15 billion in 2026, and with an enormous interval of high-profile sport releases across the nook, that quantity is more likely to surge even greater earlier than the yr is over.
Steam’s prime releases by gross income embrace AAA video games and breakout indie hits, with Forza Horizon 6 main the cost. The brand new racing sport earned Steam $210.5 million in income, whereas Crimson Desert gross sales have been chargeable for $203.3 million, Resident Evil Requiem made simply over $200.9 million, and Slay the Spire 2 introduced in over $148 million. Rounding out the record is Subnautica 2 at $139.2 million and Meccha Chameleon at $89.8 million.
That is quite a lot of cheddar, nevertheless it solely counts for six.6% of the $15 billion that Steam has made to date. Elliot famous that the highest 100 new video games by gross income make up 15.9% of Steam’s whole 2026 income so far–around $2.4 billion. Crimson Desert can also be doing quite a lot of heavy lifting, because it accounts for about 18% of all new-IP income within the prime 100. “Of the new-game prime 100, 63% have been truly new IP, however 52.5% of the income ($1.25B) got here from established IP,” Elliot wrote. “Nevertheless it’s price noting Crimson Desert, with its $203M, accounts for about 18% of all new-IP income within the prime 100. After we take Crimson out of the evaluation, the 62 new-IP video games make up solely about 39%. So yeah, quite a lot of established IP is doing the legwork, as you’d anticipate.”
Wanting forward, Steam’s coffers can anticipate an inflow of money from extremely anticipated releases like Phantom Blade Zero, Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare 4, and Gears of Struggle: E-Day, simply to call a number of. Valve will get a minimize from no matter is offered on Steam, together with the profitable microtransactions and DLC that accompany most video games today. Elliot additionally spoke to GameSpot not too long ago about what goes right into a sport price ticket as a part of our Low-cost Week deep-dives.