Top Action indie studios by revenue
indielist ranks 100 indie studios that ship Action games, by estimated revenue from their Action titles (white-box, Boxleiter-derived from Steam reviews). Leading is Facepunch Studios at ~$2399.2M. Estimates, not financials — open the formula on any game.
- 1 Facepunch Studios top: Rust 3 titles ~$2399.2M
- 2 Hello Games top: No Man's Sky 3 titles ~$1010.2M
- 3 Endnight Games Ltd top: The Forest 2 titles ~$898.8M
- 4 Iron Gate AB top: Valheim 1 title ~$628.4M
- 5 Team Cherry top: Hollow Knight 2 titles ~$607.0M
- 6 Re-Logic top: Terraria 1 title ~$600.6M
- 7 Kinetic Games top: Phasmophobia 1 title ~$585.3M
- 8 Studio Wildcard top: ARK: Survival Evolved 2 titles ~$551.2M
- 9 The Fun Pimps top: 7 Days to Die 1 title ~$538.0M
- 10 Supergiant Games top: Hades 5 titles ~$492.8M
- 11 TaleWorlds Entertainment top: Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 1 title ~$492.7M
- 12 VOID Interactive top: Ready or Not 1 title ~$489.5M
- 13 Pocketpair top: Palworld 3 titles ~$407.4M
- 14 Sandfall Interactive top: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 1 title ~$397.4M
- 15 Offworld top: Squad 3 titles ~$371.1M
- 16 Klei Entertainment top: Don't Starve Together 6 titles ~$307.6M
- 17 Nicalis, Inc. top: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth 3 titles ~$307.2M
- 18 Arsi "Hakita" Patala top: ULTRAKILL 1 title ~$291.3M
- 19 Red Barrels top: The Outlast Trials 3 titles ~$291.1M
- 20 Hopoo Games top: Risk of Rain 2 3 titles ~$286.2M
- 21 Expression Games top: Hell Let Loose 1 title ~$227.4M
- 22 Studio MDHR Entertainment Inc. top: Cuphead 1 title ~$203.9M
- 23 Monomi Park top: Slime Rancher 2 titles ~$202.2M
- 24 Motion Twin top: Dead Cells 2 titles ~$187.7M
- 25 TVGS top: Schedule I 1 title ~$164.4M
- 26 AdHoc Studio top: Dispatch 1 title ~$163.9M
- 27 Fatshark top: Warhammer: Vermintide 2 2 titles ~$158.0M
- 28 Tuxedo Labs top: Teardown 1 title ~$140.6M
- 29 Gamepires top: SCUM 1 title ~$138.9M
- 30 Eleventh Hour Games top: Last Epoch 1 title ~$138.4M
- 31 Lo-Fi Games top: Kenshi 1 title ~$134.5M
- 32 Steel Wool Studios top: Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach 1 title ~$134.3M
- 33 The Behemoth top: Castle Crashers® 4 titles ~$133.9M
- 34 Zeekerss top: Lethal Company 3 titles ~$130.2M
- 35 Playdead top: INSIDE 2 titles ~$129.0M
- 36 Croteam top: The Talos Principle 7 titles ~$126.5M
- 37 Crate Entertainment top: Grim Dawn 1 title ~$125.6M
- 38 mestiez top: People Playground 1 title ~$119.0M
- 39 RobTop Games top: Geometry Dash 1 title ~$118.3M
- 40 Frictional Games top: SOMA 4 titles ~$118.2M
- 41 Crowbar Collective top: Black Mesa 1 title ~$115.3M
- 42 Maddy Makes Games Inc. top: Celeste 2 titles ~$115.0M
- 43 Triternion top: MORDHAU 1 title ~$109.9M
- 44 Afterthought LLC top: The Isle 1 title ~$109.7M
- 45 Ninja Theory top: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice 1 title ~$108.6M
- 46 Hazelight Studios top: A Way Out 1 title ~$107.0M
- 47 Sloclap top: Sifu 3 titles ~$106.6M
- 48 Dennaton Games top: Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 2 titles ~$106.5M
- 49 FakeFish top: Barotrauma 1 title ~$105.8M
- 50 The Game Kitchen top: Blasphemous 3 titles ~$105.5M
- 51 Empyrean top: House Flipper 1 title ~$105.3M
- 52 Massive Monster top: Cult of the Lamb 2 titles ~$104.4M
- 53 Keen Games GmbH top: Enshrouded 1 title ~$103.6M
- 54 Mobius Digital top: Outer Wilds 1 title ~$99.9M
- 55 Axolot Games top: Scrap Mechanic 1 title ~$99.5M
- 56 Owlcat Games top: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader 2 titles ~$97.0M
- 57 Keen Software House top: Space Engineers 3 titles ~$94.2M
- 58 Creepy Jar top: Green Hell 2 titles ~$93.9M
- 59 Chucklefish top: Starbound 1 title ~$93.0M
- 60 鬼谷工作室 top: 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal 1 title ~$86.8M
- 61 Ghost Town Games Ltd. top: Overcooked! 2 2 titles ~$82.4M
- 62 New World Interactive top: Insurgency 2 titles ~$78.5M
- 63 Render Cube top: Medieval Dynasty 1 title ~$77.3M
- 64 Gunfire Reborn Studio top: Gunfire Reborn 1 title ~$75.8M
- 65 SteelRaven7 top: Ravenfield 1 title ~$70.7M
- 66 Torn Banner Studios top: Chivalry: Medieval Warfare 2 titles ~$70.5M
- 67 Nolla Games top: Noita 1 title ~$69.4M
- 68 SUPERHOT Team top: SUPERHOT 2 titles ~$65.9M
- 69 WarpFrog top: Blade and Sorcery 1 title ~$65.7M
- 70 Videocult top: Rain World 1 title ~$63.1M
- 71 Questline top: Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon 2 titles ~$62.3M
- 72 Dodge Roll top: Enter the Gungeon 2 titles ~$62.3M
- 73 Team PEAK top: PEAK 1 title ~$61.0M
- 74 Running With Scissors top: POSTAL 2 2 titles ~$59.8M
- 75 NeocoreGames top: Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr 5 titles ~$59.3M
- 76 Reissad Studio top: Bodycam 1 title ~$58.7M
- 77 Boneloaf top: Gang Beasts 1 title ~$56.3M
- 78 BlackMill Games top: Verdun 4 titles ~$54.0M
- 79 Free Lives top: Broforce 5 titles ~$52.1M
- 80 Frozenbyte top: Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince 6 titles ~$51.5M
- 81 SOUTHPAW GAMES top: Skul: The Hero Slayer 1 title ~$49.3M
- 82 Live Wire top: ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights 1 title ~$49.1M
- 83 Stress Level Zero top: BONEWORKS 3 titles ~$48.9M
- 84 Tour De Pizza top: Pizza Tower 1 title ~$45.4M
- 85 Siege Camp top: Foxhole 2 titles ~$44.7M
- 86 RedCandleGames top: Nine Sols 1 title ~$44.5M
- 87 Tripwire Interactive top: Maneater 1 title ~$44.3M
- 88 Bugbear top: Wreckfest 1 title ~$43.0M
- 89 Team Soda top: Escape From Duckov 1 title ~$42.9M
- 90 Askiisoft top: Katana ZERO 1 title ~$42.6M
- 91 FYQD-Studio top: Bright Memory: Infinite 2 titles ~$40.7M
- 92 Hidden Variable Studios top: Skullgirls 2nd Encore 1 title ~$39.6M
- 93 WOLCEN Studio top: Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem 1 title ~$38.8M
- 94 Runic Games top: Torchlight II 2 titles ~$38.8M
- 95 Flashbulb top: Trailmakers 1 title ~$38.0M
- 96 Easy Day Studios Pty Ltd top: Skater XL - The Ultimate Skateboarding Game 1 title ~$37.8M
- 97 Rebuilt Games top: Pummel Party 1 title ~$37.1M
- 98 Eugen Systems top: WARNO 2 titles ~$36.2M
- 99 President Studio top: Crime Scene Cleaner 1 title ~$35.3M
- 100 Vankrupt Games top: Pavlov 1 title ~$35.1M
Estimates only. How is this calculated?
Frequently asked questions
- Which indie studios earn the most from Action games?
- By indielist's white-box estimate, Facepunch Studios leads the Action ranking at ~$2399.2M. Figures are Boxleiter-derived estimates from public Steam data, summed per studio. See /methodology.