Shooter games on Steam: market size, sales and what works

34 games on Steam carry the Shooter tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 367,860 reviews and 91% pass 1,000.

Games released per year

  • 1 2015
  • 0 2016
  • 2 2017
  • 1 2018
  • 1 2019
  • 4 2020
  • 0 2021
  • 2 2022
  • 4 2023
  • 4 2024
  • 5 2025
  • 4 2026

2026 is the year so far.

What games make

PercentileReviewsEstimated owners
Median game367,860about 8M
Top 25%804,655about 10.7M
Top 10%1,268,850about 20.2M

71% of games get over 50 reviews and over 70% positive. Owners are modeled from review counts, see how the estimates work.

Pricing

Median paid price $24.99

  • Free 42%
  • Under $5 0%
  • $5 to $15 18%
  • $15 to $30 21%
  • $30 to $60 15%
  • $60 and up 3%

Most reviewed Shooter releases of the last 24 months

Upcoming Shooter games 1 on Steam

Tags these games also carry

  • Action 32
  • FPS 26
  • Multiplayer 26
  • Co-op 25
  • First-Person 21
  • Online Co-Op 19
  • PvP 17
  • Tactical 14
  • Third Person 13
  • Third-Person Shooter 13

What good store pages do

Medians across the 34 most reviewed Shooter games.

Screenshots
11.5
Trailers
3
Description length
4,532 characters