{"id":88893,"date":"2026-09-04T07:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=88893"},"modified":"2026-09-04T08:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:42:32","slug":"steam-has-generated-15-billion-in-revenue-so-far-and-new-games-are-a-big-part-of-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=88893","title":{"rendered":"Steam Has Generated $15 Billion In Revenue So Far, And New Games Are A Big Part Of It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the platform that gets the lion&#8217;s share of PC game sales, Steam naturally makes a lot of money every year from commissions, publishing fees, and more through its storefront. But how much cash has it made so far in 2026? Unsurprisingly, enough dough to buy Valve co-founder Gabe Newell a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/gabe-newell-gets-new-363-foot-superyacht-with-hospital-and-15-gaming-pcs-on-board\/1100-6536271\/\">few more superyachts<\/a>. According to the head of market analysis at Alinea Analytics, Rhys Elliot, Steam has made $15 billion in 2026, and with a massive period of high-profile game releases around the corner, that number is likely to surge even higher before the year is over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steam&#8217;s top releases by gross revenue include AAA games and breakout indie hits, with Forza Horizon 6 leading the charge. The new racing game earned Steam $210.5 million in revenue, while Crimson Desert sales were responsible for $203.3 million, Resident Evil Requiem made just over $200.9 million, and Slay the Spire 2 brought in over $148 million. Rounding out the list is Subnautica 2 at $139.2 million and Meccha Chameleon at $89.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>  https:\/\/twitter.com\/superhys\/status\/2095562045185822951  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s a lot of cheddar, but it only counts for 6.6% of the $15 billion that Steam has made so far. Elliot noted that the top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the platform that gets the lion&#8217;s share of PC game sales, Steam naturally makes a lot of money every year from commissions, publishing fees, and more through its storefront. But how much cash has it made so far in 2026? Unsurprisingly, enough dough to buy Valve co-founder Gabe Newell a few more superyachts. According&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":88895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=88893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88896,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88893\/revisions\/88896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/88895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=88893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=88893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=88893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}