PvE mode
Every paid Steam game tagged PvE, ranked by our estimated lifetime revenue. 13,614 games in the catalog, 5,780 with a sales estimate.
Games
13,614
Active paid titles tagged
Total Gross
$11.9B
Sum of estimated lifetime revenue
Median
$928
Half earn less, half more
Hit Rate
13.7%
792 games earned $100K+
Revenue share - top 5 vs rest
- Crimson Desert Enhanced 7.3%
- HELLDIVERS™ 2 5.5%
- Valheim 4.0%
- New World: Aeternum 3.7%
- V Rising 2.9%
- Other (5775 games) 76.7%
Top 25 earners
The highest-earning PvE games by our estimator.
| # | Game | Released | Reviews | Peak CCU | Est. Units | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Crimson Desert Enhanced Pearl Abyss | 2026-03-19 | 173,978 | 275,549 | 12,399,705 | $867,824,354 |
| 2 |  HELLDIVERS™ 2 Arrowhead Game Studios | 2024-02-08 | 1,162,775 | 458,208 | 16,278,850 | $650,991,212 |
| 3 |  Valheim Iron Gate AB | 2026-09-09 | 550,081 | 498,478 | 15,842,333 | $475,111,567 |
| 4 |  New World: Aeternum Amazon Game Studios | 2021-09-28 | 297,247 | 913,027 | 7,304,216 | $438,179,918 |
| 5 |  V Rising Stunlock Studios | 2024-05-08 | 137,196 | 150,645 | 9,791,925 | $342,619,456 |
| 6 |  Sea of Thieves Rare Ltd | 2020-06-03 | 372,920 | 66,632 | 8,204,240 | $328,087,558 |
| 7 |  Borderlands® 4 Gearbox Software | 2025-09-11 | 85,748 | 304,025 | 4,560,375 | $319,180,646 |
| 8 |  Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Saber Interactive | 2024-09-09 | 225,866 | 186,199 | 4,969,052 | $297,944,358 |
| 9 |  Dying Light Techland | 2015-01-26 | 495,330 | 45,770 | 11,887,920 | $297,079,121 |
| 10 |  ARK: Survival Ascended Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games, Instinct Games | 2023-10-25 | 117,796 | 98,047 | 6,373,055 | $286,723,744 |
| 11 |  Deep Rock Galactic Ghost Ship Games | 2020-05-13 | 380,038 | 53,558 | 9,120,912 | $273,323,330 |
| 12 |  ARC Raiders Embark Studios | 2025-10-30 | 416,227 | 479,470 | 5,827,178 | $233,028,848 |
| 13 |  The Outlast Trials Red Barrels | 2024-03-05 | 112,122 | 36,332 | 5,622,835 | $224,857,172 |
| 14 |  God of War Santa Monica Studio, Jetpack Interactive | 2022-01-14 | 184,849 | 73,529 | 4,436,376 | $221,774,436 |
| 15 |  Diablo® IV Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. | 2023-10-17 | 76,883 | 63,906 | 4,153,890 | $207,652,961 |
| 16 |  Stellar Blade™ SHIFT UP Corporation | 2025-06-11 | 94,518 | 130,770 | 3,308,130 | $198,454,719 |
| 17 |  Gray Zone Warfare MADFINGER Games, a.s. | 2024-04-30 | 79,062 | 71,503 | 4,647,695 | $185,841,404 |
| 18 |  Enshrouded Keen Games GmbH | 2024-01-24 | 105,695 | 160,361 | 4,439,190 | $177,523,208 |
| 19 |  ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN FromSoftware, Inc. | 2025-05-29 | 191,203 | 240,640 | 4,206,466 | $168,216,575 |
| 20 |  Escape from Tarkov Battlestate Games | 2025-11-15 | 64,797 | 47,377 | 3,079,505 | $153,944,455 |
| 21 |  EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23 EA Canada, EA Romania | 2022-09-30 | 150,251 | 110,757 | 5,063,163 | $151,844,258 |
| 22 |  PAYDAY 2 OVERKILL - a Starbreeze Studio. | 2013-08-13 | 674,752 | 247,628 | 14,844,544 | $148,148,549 |
| 23 |  Lethal Company Zeekerss | 2023-10-24 | 510,917 | 239,369 | 14,714,410 | $146,996,956 |
| 24 |  MONSTER HUNTER RISE CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | 2022-01-12 | 126,348 | 230,942 | 3,464,130 | $138,391,994 |
| 25 |  Dragon's Dogma 2 CAPCOM Co., Ltd. | 2024-03-21 | 117,334 | 228,285 | 3,424,275 | $136,936,757 |
Releases per year
Is PvE trending up or fading? Bars show new paid Steam releases with this tag each year. Green flecks are hits (≥$100K est. lifetime).
1
2010
3
2011
2
2012
6
2013
10
2014
24
2015
36
2016
54
2017
84
2018
94
2019
256
2020
451
2021
562
2022
804
2023
1,144
2024
1,679
2025
1,783
2026
Top upcoming
Highest-wishlist unreleased PvE games.
| # | Game | WL Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Blight: Survival Haenir Studio | 5 |
| 2 |  ARK 2 Studio Wildcard, Grove Street Games | 12 |
| 3 |  Chrono Odyssey Chrono Studio | 23 |
| 4 |  NAKWON: LAST PARADISE NEXON | 29 |
| 5 |  PUBG: Black Budget PUBG Corporation | 30 |
| 6 |  Ardem Techtive Games | 41 |
| 7 |  Beautiful Light Deep Worlds SA | 42 |
| 8 |  Dust Front RTS rtsDimon | 55 |
| 9 |  Don't Starve Elsewhere Klei Entertainment | 77 |
| 10 |  Fourteen Years of Flames 烽火工作室 | 78 |
Top recent (12 months)
Highest-earning PvE games released in the past year.
| # | Game | Est. Gross |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | | $867,824,354 |
| 2 | | $475,111,567 |
| 3 | | $233,028,848 |
| 4 | | $153,944,455 |
| 5 |  | $123,045,760 |
| 6 |  | $94,888,660 |
| 7 |  Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4 - Beta Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios 2026-08-21 | $60,049,320 |
| 8 |  | $48,598,795 |
| 9 |  | $35,930,135 |
| 10 |  | $25,920,703 |