Top Steam Publishers by Revenue
Which publishers move real volume and which ride a single hit, across every publisher on Steam · Updated Aug 17, 2026
| Publisher | Top Game | Distribution |
|---|
Electronic Arts | 155 | $5.2B |  Battlefield™ 6$758.3M | $193.7K | |
FromSoftware, Inc., Bandai Namco Entertainment | 4 | $3.3B |  ELDEN RING$2.1B | $508.6M | |
CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | 52 | $3.2B |  Monster Hunter: World$463.7M | $7.1M | |
Xbox Game Studios | 70 | $2.8B |  Forza Horizon 5$502.3M | $6.8M | |
CD PROJEKT RED | 8 | $2.8B |  Cyberpunk 2077$1.8B | $2.5M | |
Bethesda Softworks | 69 | $2.7B | $5.2M | ||
PlayStation Publishing LLC | 25 | $2.6B |  HELLDIVERS 2$1B | $32.3M | |
Rockstar Games | 25 | $2.2B | $4.3M | ||
Ubisoft | 165 | $2B | $904.2K | ||
Larian Studios | 7 | $1.9B |  Baldur's Gate 3$1.5B | $3M | |
Paradox Interactive | 77 | $1.7B |  Hearts of Iron IV$561.7M | $715.1K | |
Facepunch Studios | 5 | $1.7B |  Rust$1.7B | $532.4K | |
Game Science | 3 | $1.5B |  Black Myth: Wukong$1.5B | $0 | |
Valve | 38 | $1.4B |  Garry's Mod$377.3M | $1M | |
Coffee Stain Publishing | 16 | $1.2B |  Valheim$486M | $5.5M | |
2K | 91 | $1.1B |  Borderlands 3$294.6M | $70.7K | |
2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux) | 4 | $1.1B | $188.2M | ||
Square Enix | 156 | $1.1B |  NieR:Automata$183.3M | $1.3M | |
Bohemia Interactive | 43 | $1.1B |  DayZ$701.2M | $54.2K | |
Focus Entertainment | 69 | $1B | $905.1K | ||
Warner Bros. Games | 10 | $961.5M |  Hogwarts Legacy$667.8M | $20.4M | |
Activision | 74 | $901.5M |  Call of Duty: WWII$83.9M | $1.1M | |
Techland | 5 | $890.6M | $127.1M | ||
Bandai Namco Entertainment | 32 | $779.9M |  DRAGON BALL FighterZ$138M | $2.8M | |
Hello Games | 4 | $754.3M |  No Man's Sky$744.8M | $4.7M |
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155
Median Rev
$193.7K
Total Revenue
$5.2B
Avg Rating
78%
Median Reviews
6.2K
Median Price
$14.99
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4
Median Rev
$508.6M
Total Revenue
$3.3B
Avg Rating
90%
Median Reviews
314.2K
Median Price
$49.99
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52
Median Rev
$7.1M
Total Revenue
$3.2B
Avg Rating
83%
Median Reviews
4.8K
Median Price
$34.99
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70
Median Rev
$6.8M
Total Revenue
$2.8B
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83%
Median Reviews
13.1K
Median Price
$19.99
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8
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$2.5M
Total Revenue
$2.8B
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80%
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12.3K
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$17.49
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69
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$5.2M
Total Revenue
$2.7B
Avg Rating
79%
Median Reviews
15.9K
Median Price
$14.99
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25
Median Rev
$32.3M
Total Revenue
$2.6B
Avg Rating
82%
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33.3K
Median Price
$49.99
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25
Median Rev
$4.3M
Total Revenue
$2.2B
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82%
Median Reviews
15.8K
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$9.99
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165
Median Rev
$904.2K
Total Revenue
$2B
Avg Rating
75%
Median Reviews
3.1K
Median Price
$9.99
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7
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$3M
Total Revenue
$1.9B
Avg Rating
83%
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11.9K
Median Price
$39.99
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77
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$715.1K
Total Revenue
$1.7B
Avg Rating
73%
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2.3K
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$9.99
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5
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$532.4K
Total Revenue
$1.7B
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73%
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1.3K
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$14.99
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$0
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$1.5B
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38
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$1M
Total Revenue
$1.4B
Avg Rating
90%
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26.6K
Median Price
$4.99
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16
Median Rev
$5.5M
Total Revenue
$1.2B
Avg Rating
90%
Median Reviews
10.5K
Median Price
$19.99
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91
Median Rev
$70.7K
Total Revenue
$1.1B
Avg Rating
71%
Median Reviews
3.7K
Median Price
$4.99
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4
Median Rev
$188.2M
Total Revenue
$1.1B
Avg Rating
83%
Median Reviews
261.3K
Median Price
$34.99
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156
Median Rev
$1.3M
Total Revenue
$1.1B
Avg Rating
77%
Median Reviews
2.5K
Median Price
$19.99
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43
Median Rev
$54.2K
Total Revenue
$1.1B
Avg Rating
73%
Median Reviews
463
Median Price
$6.99
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69
Median Rev
$905.1K
Total Revenue
$1B
Avg Rating
75%
Median Reviews
3.4K
Median Price
$14.99
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10
Median Rev
$20.4M
Total Revenue
$961.5M
Avg Rating
73%
Median Reviews
21.6K
Median Price
$44.99
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74
Median Rev
$1.1M
Total Revenue
$901.5M
Avg Rating
79%
Median Reviews
2.2K
Median Price
$19.99
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5
Median Rev
$127.1M
Total Revenue
$890.6M
Avg Rating
84%
Median Reviews
70.6K
Median Price
$24.99
Titles
32
Median Rev
$2.8M
Total Revenue
$779.9M
Avg Rating
77%
Median Reviews
5.6K
Median Price
$39.99
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4
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$4.7M
Total Revenue
$754.3M
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The Biggest Video Game Publishers on Steam
Publishing revenue on Steam is extraordinarily concentrated. The top 100 publishers account for roughly $68 billion, close to three quarters of everything earned across the entire publisher list. Electronic Arts, PlayStation Publishing, Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda sit at the front, but the ranking rewards whoever you sort by: catalog revenue favours the majors, while median revenue per title surfaces smaller houses that back fewer, better-chosen games.
Catalog Size Is Not the Same as Revenue
The publishers at the top got there in two very different ways. Electronic Arts reaches that level on a catalog running well into the hundreds. CD PROJEKT RED sits in the same revenue bracket on a handful of games. Sorting by total revenue rewards volume, so read it next to the title count and the median column to tell a publisher with one enormous hit apart from one with a deep, consistently earning catalog.
Most Steam Games Have No Publisher at All
Around seven in ten released games on Steam list the same name as developer and publisher, which means they are self-published. That is the default outcome rather than the exception, and it reframes what this table is: the companies here are the minority who took on someone else's game. If you are weighing whether to sign with a publisher, the useful comparison is not what the majors earn but what a publisher's median title earns against what comparable self-published games make.
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