Alinea Analytics: Steam's revenue in September reached a record $1.7 billion

According to the calculations of analysts, the September result exceeded the indicator of the same month in 2025 by 13%. The third quarter also ended with the maximum result for the platform - revenue reached about $5.5 billion, which is 12% higher than the level of the previous year. For the nine months of 2026, the total spending of users on the service is estimated at $16.5 billion, compared to $14.5 billion for the same period a year earlier. The indicated amounts reflect the volume of sales on the platform, not the net profit of the company Valve that owns it.

Among the most cash-paying paid releases in September was the game Wardogs, which earned about $86.9 million (according to iXBT.com - almost $87 million). The project Onimusha: Way of the Sword brought in $30.4 million, and The Blood of Dawnwalker - $26.9 million. A significant share of revenue was also provided by conditionally free projects: Counter-Strike 2, Apex Legends, PUBG, and Dota 2 together generated almost $168 million, occupying about 10% of the platform's monthly turnover.

In addition, the service approached the update of the record for the number of releases: by October 1, 20,220 new games appeared in the catalog. If the 1,156 releases planned for October are released on time, the total number of projects for 2026 will reach 21,376, surpassing the indicator of 2025 (21,268 games). In this regard, Alinea Analytics predicts that by the end of 2026, the platform's annual revenue will exceed $20 billion for the first time.