Top-earning Early Access games on Steam

51 Early Access games tracked, about $3.13B gross between them. Games can sit in more than one genre.

#	Game	Sep ’26	Lifetime gross	Multiple	Value	Reviews
	Rust$RUST · Facepunch StudiosPC	~$4.51Mdown16%	~$824M$494M–$1.32B	1.9×	$88.1M$48.5M–$128M	87%Very Positive
	Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord$MBIB · TaleWorlds EntertainmentPC · PS · Xbox	~$784Kdown34%	~$206M$123M–$329M	1.9×	$17.9M$9.83M–$25.9M	87%Very Positive
	Valheim$VALH · Iron Gate ABPC	~$4.1Mup545%	~$195M$117M–$312M	2.6×	$22.7M$12.5M–$32.9M	93%Very Positive
4	Phasmophobia$PHAS · Kinetic GamesPC	~$504Kdown22%	~$181M$109M–$290M	2.2×	$15.3M$8.41M–$22.2M	94%Very Positive
5	ARK: Survival Evolved$ASE · Studio WildcardPC · PS · Xbox · Switch · iOS · Android	~$401Kdown24%	~$170M$102M–$272M	2.1×	$7.99M$4.39M–$11.6M	83%Very Positive
6	The Forest$FORE · Endnight Games LtdPC · PS	~$630Kup26%	~$154M$92.5M–$247M	2.2×	$13.5M$7.45M–$19.6M	95%Overwhelmingly Positive
7	Satisfactory$SATI · Coffee Stain StudiosPC	~$608Kdown40%	~$139M$83.3M–$222M	2.5×	$24.5M$13.4M–$35.5M	97%Overwhelmingly Positive
8	Project Zomboid$PRZO · The Indie StonePC	~$1.62Mdown38%	~$111M$66.6M–$178M	2.5×	$29.6M$16.3M–$42.9M	94%Very Positive
9	Enshrouded$ENSH · Keen Games GmbHPC	~$833Kup6.1%	~$86.7M$52M–$139M	2.1×	$24.8M$13.6M–$35.9M	85%Very Positive
10	Schedule I$SCI · TVGSPC	~$921Kdown33%	~$86.1M$51.7M–$138M	2.4×	$30.2M$16.6M–$43.8M	97%Overwhelmingly Positive
11	Raft$RAFT · Redbeet InteractivePC	~$322Kdown11%	~$79.6M$47.8M–$127M	2.2×	$7.25M$3.99M–$10.5M	93%Very Positive
12	ULTRAKILL$ULTR · Arsi "Hakita" PatalaPC	~$950Kdown15%	~$77.8M$46.7M–$124M	2.0×	$22.2M$12.2M–$32.3M	97%Overwhelmingly Positive
13	Risk of Rain 2$RR2 · Hopoo GamesPC · PS · Xbox · Switch	~$278Kdown9.4%	~$77M$46.2M–$123M	1.9×	$7.82M$4.3M–$11.3M	93%Very Positive
14	ARK: Survival Ascended$ASA · Studio WildcardPC · PS	~$1.04Mdown3.5%	~$74.2M$44.5M–$119M	1.7×	$17.3M$9.5M–$25.1M	60%Mixed
15	Lethal Company$LECO · ZeekerssPC	~$106Kdown22%	~$59.8M$35.9M–$95.7M	2.1×	$2.92M$1.6M–$4.23M	97%Overwhelmingly Positive
16	The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome$STBD · ConchShip GamesPC	~$92.9Kdown40%	~$52.6M$31.6M–$84.2M	2.3×	$6.8M$3.74M–$9.86M	65%Mixed
17	The Isle$ISLE · Afterthought LLCPC	~$675Kdown16%	~$44.7M$26.8M–$71.5M	2.4×	$11.6M$6.38M–$16.8M	80%Very Positive
18	Scrap Mechanic$SCME · Axolot GamesPC	~$230Kdown60%	~$41.8M$25.1M–$66.9M	3.1×	$5.59M$3.08M–$8.11M	92%Very Positive
19	Slime Rancher$SLRA · Monomi ParkPC · Xbox	~$219Kdown7.1%	~$37.7M$22.6M–$60.4M	2.5×	$4.92M$2.71M–$7.14M	98%Overwhelmingly Positive
20	Assetto Corsa$ASCO · Kunos SimulazioniPC	~$239Kup20%	~$34.9M$20.9M–$55.8M	2.0×	$4.24M$2.33M–$6.15M	92%Very Positive
21	Black Mesa$BLME · Crowbar CollectivePC	~$123Kdown19%	~$34.1M$20.4M–$54.5M	1.9×	$2.97M$1.63M–$4.31M	94%Very Positive
22	Gunfire Reborn$GURE · Gunfire Reborn StudioPC · PS · Xbox	~$39.8Kdown8.5%	~$30.6M$18.4M–$49M	2.0×	$971K$534K–$1.41M	93%Very Positive
23	Stranded Deep$STDE · Beam Team GamesPC · PS · Xbox · Switch	~$62.3Kup45%	~$28.6M$17.2M–$45.8M	2.1×	$1.1M$603K–$1.59M	74%Mostly Positive
24	Dyson Sphere Program$DSP2 · Youthcat StudioPC	~$67.7Kdown2.8%	~$28.1M$16.9M–$44.9M	2.4×	$1.74M$957K–$2.52M	97%Overwhelmingly Positive
25	Supermarket Simulator$SUSI · Nokta GamesPC	~$123Kdown6.4%	~$28M$16.8M–$44.7M	2.0×	$4.01M$2.21M–$5.81M	92%Very Positive
26	Blade and Sorcery$BLSO · WarpFrogPC	~$98.5Kdown6.3%	~$26.5M$15.9M–$42.4M	2.2×	$2.36M$1.3M–$3.42M	96%Overwhelmingly Positive
27	Beat Saber$BESA · Beat GamesPC · PS	~$41.3Kup24%	~$24.1M$14.5M–$38.6M	1.8×	$568K$312K–$823K	95%Overwhelmingly Positive
28	Escape the Backrooms$ESBA · Fancy GamesPC	~$374Kdown44%	~$22.7M$13.6M–$36.2M	2.2×	$8.9M$4.9M–$12.9M	90%Very Positive
29	Ravenfield$RAVE · SteelRaven7PC	~$83.2Kdown12%	~$21.7M$13M–$34.7M	2.4×	$2.04M$1.12M–$2.95M	96%Overwhelmingly Positive
30	My Summer Car$MSC · Amistech GamesPC	~$145Kdown29%	~$21.4M$12.8M–$34.2M	2.1×	$4.27M$2.35M–$6.19M	94%Very Positive
31	Wreckfest$WREC · BugbearPC · PS · Xbox	~$84Kdown31%	~$20.9M$12.5M–$33.5M	2.8×	$2.03M$1.12M–$2.95M	87%Very Positive
32	Plague Inc: Evolved$PIE · Ndemic CreationsPC · PS · Xbox · Switch	~$83Kdown33%	~$16.8M$10.1M–$26.9M	2.9×	$3.35M$1.84M–$4.86M	94%Very Positive
33	WorldBox - God Simulator$WGS · Maxim KarpenkoPC · iOS · Android	~$147Kdown24%	~$16.3M$9.79M–$26.1M	2.4×	$3.67M$2.02M–$5.32M	95%Overwhelmingly Positive
34	Rivals of Aether$RIAE · Aether StudiosPC · Switch	~$46.7Kdown31%	~$16.2M$9.72M–$25.9M	2.4×	$1.12M$614K–$1.62M	96%Overwhelmingly Positive
35	The Long Drive$LODR · GeneszPC	~$77.2Kdown22%	~$14.5M$8.72M–$23.2M	1.8×	$1.89M$1.04M–$2.74M	88%Very Positive
36	Peglin$PEGL · Red Nexus Games Inc.PC · iOS · Android	~$24.2Kdown44%	~$7.98M$4.79M–$12.8M	1.9×	$584K$321K–$846K	83%Very Positive
37	Liar's Bar$LSB · Curve AnimationPC	~$31.4Kdown28%	~$7.62M$4.57M–$12.2M	2.0×	$849K$467K–$1.23M	89%Very Positive
38	Inside the Backrooms$INBA · MrFatcatPC	~$14.5Kdown36%	~$7.53M$4.52M–$12M	1.9×	$318K$175K–$462K	80%Very Positive
39	ShellShock Live$SHLI · kChamp GamesPC · PS · Xbox · iOS	~$5,056down29%	~$5.4M$3.24M–$8.65M	2.0×	$114K$62.9K–$166K	93%Very Positive
40	Mirror 2: Project X$M2PX · KAGAMI Ⅱ WORKsPC	~$417down61%	~$3.56M$2.14M–$5.7M	1.6×	$8,078$4,443–$11.7K	24%Mostly Negative
41	Kingdoms Reborn$KIRE · EarthshinePC	~$10.6Kup6.5%	~$3.3M$1.98M–$5.29M	2.8×	$227K$125K–$329K	90%Very Positive
42	The Infected$INFE · DigX StudiosPC	~$7,613down4.0%	~$2.55M$1.53M–$4.07M	1.9×	$112K$61.9K–$163K	84%Very Positive
43	KINGDOMS$KING · OreolPC	~$1,497up100%	~$1.43M$858K–$2.29M	2.1×	$17.8K$9,773–$25.8K	71%Mostly Positive
44	Saurian$SAUR · Urvogel Games, LLCPC	~$1,615down38%	~$812K$487K–$1.3M	1.6×	$27.8K$15.3K–$40.3K	61%Mixed
45	Ancient Dungeon$ANDU · Eric ThullenPC	~$5,342up6.3%	~$614K$368K–$982K	2.3×	$95.8K$52.7K–$139K	95%Overwhelmingly Positive
46	SAELIG$SAEL · Atorcoppe GamesPC	~$4,146up75%	~$465K$279K–$743K	2.1×	$76K$41.8K–$110K	87%Very Positive
47	Breakwaters: Crystal Tides$BCT · Soaring Pixels GamesPC	~$333—	~$391K$235K–$626K	2.0×	$5,058$2,782–$7,334	63%Mixed
48	Space Tyrant$SPTY · Blue Wizard DigitalPC	—	~$362K$217K–$579K	1.9×	$4,425$2,434–$6,417	83%Very Positive
49	Block Story™$BLST · Big Cube Interactive, LLCPC	~$3,404up8.8%	~$238K$143K–$382K	2.1×	$44.6K$24.5K–$64.6K	84%Very Positive
50	The Bug Butcher$BUBU · Awfully Nice StudiosPC · PS · Switch	~$0—	~$205K$123K–$328K	1.6×	$1,654$910–$2,398	87%Very Positive
51	Zero G Arena$ZGA · Jonathan WoodPC	~$173—	~$108K$64.5K–$172K	2.0×	$468$258–$679	88%Very Positive

Top-earning Early Access games on Steam

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