What indie games really earn on Steam

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Sep ’26

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Rust

Facepunch Studios

Value
$88.3M
Sep ’26
~$4.51M
Lifetime
~$824M

Palworld

Pocketpair

Value
$51.5M
Sep ’26
~$2.31M
Lifetime
~$177M

Ready or Not

VOID Interactive

Value
$39.7M
Sep ’26
~$2.59M
Lifetime
~$272M

The Outlast Trials

Red Barrels

Value
$30.8M
Sep ’26
~$529K
Lifetime
~$67.7M

Up and down in Sep ’26

Gross against the month before

Up

  1. Prison Architect~$1.39Mup1,908%
  2. Valheim~$4.1Mup545%
  3. Torchlight II~$26.3Kup106%
  4. Graveyard Keeper~$186Kup99%
  5. House Flipper~$144Kup76%

Down

  1. 嗜血印 Bloody Spell~$56Kdown76%
  2. PEAK~$877Kdown66%
  3. Scrap Mechanic~$230Kdown60%
  4. Flashing Lights - Police, Firefighting, Emergency Services (EMS) Simulator~$36.7Kdown60%
  5. LIMBO~$26.4Kdown59%

On gamesELO

  1. Indie 100 index closed Sep ’26 at 895down1.3%
  2. Action games, 181 trackeddown17%
  3. Adventure games, 170 trackeddown18%
  4. Simulation games, 117 trackeddown15%
  5. Early Access games, 51 trackeddown5.1%
  6. iRacing was added, ~$1.53M lifetime4 h ago
  7. Device Doctor Simulator 2024 was added, ~$42.5K lifetime8 h ago
  8. Baseless was added, ~$4,092 lifetime18 h ago
  9. David Get Keen was added18 h ago
  10. The Anointed: David Saves Keilah was added18 h ago

New verifications and games people look up show here. Figures refreshed 2 min ago.

Top earners

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#GameLifetime gross
Rust$RUST · Facepunch StudiosPC~$824M$494M–$1.32B
Ready or Not$RON · VOID InteractivePC~$272M$163M–$436M
7 Days to Die$7DD · The Fun PimpsPC · PS · Xbox~$208M$125M–$333M
4Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord$MBIB · TaleWorlds EntertainmentPC · PS · Xbox~$206M$123M–$329M
5Euro Truck Simulator 2$ETS2 · SCS SoftwarePC · PS~$198M$119M–$316M
6Valheim$VALH · Iron Gate ABPC~$195M$117M–$312M
7Phasmophobia$PHAS · Kinetic GamesPC~$181M$109M–$290M
8Palworld$PALW · PocketpairPC · PS · Xbox~$177M$106M–$283M
9Stardew Valley$STVA · ConcernedApePC · PS · Xbox · Switch · iOS · Android~$174M$105M–$279M
10ARK: Survival Evolved$ASE · Studio WildcardPC · PS · Xbox · Switch · iOS · Android~$170M$102M–$272M

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