I don’t remember seeing anything official like this in years past, so found it rather interesting. Placement within tiers on Steam was random so I alphabetized.
Platinum (1-12)
Civilization VI
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dark Souls III
Dota 2
Fallout 4
Grand Theft Auto V
No Man’s Sky
Rocket League
The Witcher III
Tom Clancy’s The Division
Total War: Warhammer
XCOM 2
Gold (13-24)
ARMA III
Ark: Survival Evolved
Call of Duty Black Ops III
Dead by Daylight
Doom
H1Z1: King of the Kill
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Stardew Valley
Stellaris
Team Fortress 2
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Warframe
Silver (25-40)
Cities Skylines
Civilization V
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
Dying Light
Elder Scrolls Online
Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim
Europa Universalis IV
Farcry Primal
Hearts of Iron IV
Payday 2
Planet Coaster
Rust
Smite
Subnautica
War Thunder
Watch_Dogs 2
Bronze (41-100)
7 Days to Die
Age of Empires II HD
American Truck Simulator
Astroneer
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
Battlerite
Borderlands 2
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
Crusader Kings II
Darkest Dungeon
DayZ
Dishonored
Dishonored 2
Divinity: Original Sin
Don’t Starve Together
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
Dragonball Xenoverse 2
Elite Dangerous
Endless Legend
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Factorio
Farcry 4
Farming Simulator 17
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Final Fantasy X|X-2 HD Remaster
Firewatch
Football Manager 2016
Football Manager 2017
Garry’s Mod
Grim Dawn
H1Z1: Just Survive
Hitman
Just Cause 3
Kerbal Space Program
Knight Online
Left 4 Dead 2
Life is Strange
Mafia III
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
NBA 2K17
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
Path of Exile
Rimworld
Scrap Mechanic
Slime Rancher
Squad
Starbound
Steam Controller
Street Fighter V
Terraria
The Culling
The Forest
The Sims 3
Total War: Attila
Total War: Rome II
Train Simulator 2017
Tree Savior
Undertale
Youtubers Life
Biggest surprises for me are Rocket League in the top tier, and Team Fortress 2 still being such a huge cash cow after all these years – I honestly expected most of that revenue had moved on to Dota, CSGO, and Overwatch.
I’ve two Platinum (Civ VI and Witcher 3 [on GoG]), no Gold, three Silver (Civ V, Skyrim, EU IV), and a scattering of Bronze. I feel I don’t care for many of the games that make top grossing seller lists. Which probably means I save money, so yay for me?
Steam Spy shows 470k copies owned, and it’s never been discounted or bundled. That’s ~$14M gross, so just a bit under $10M after Steam takes their cut.
It’s from my butt…seriously. Just doing the math and fudging it a little. RW has ~470K owners to date according to Steam Spy. RW has never been discounted. There are also some pricey premium packages to it as well, but let us ignore those and just take the core price of $30 and also forget he sells some non-DRM and minus the $9 Valve takes for a total $21 per unit - That yields $9,870,000. If you look at the game, the expenditures beyond his own time (didn’t he take a 6 month hiatas?) are very small so the vast majority of it is split between him and Uncle Justin Trudeau - but it still counts as earnings by that point.
I’m happy to see that The Elder Scrolls Online did so well on Steam. The game has improved so much from its early state, and that degree of effort should be rewarded.