The primary six months of the yr had been Steam’s largest, because of continued development in back-catalogue gross sales in addition to blockbuster new releases like Forza Horizon 6 and Resident Evil Requiem. As trade analysts Alinea Analytics report, September was one other report breaker based mostly on their estimated figures.
“Steam generated $1.7 billion in September 2026,” Rhys Elliott, Alinea’s head of market evaluation, wrote, “the platform’s finest September up to now, up 13% on the earlier report, September of final yr.”
Wardogs was the smash hit new launch of September, although Elliott famous the “hype cycles and virality” of comparably leftfield surprises Arc Raiders and Helldivers 2 had been extra sustained. “By this level, Helldivers 2 had made $130M (26.5% greater than Wardogs) on Steam, whereas Arc Raiders had made about $125M (21.2% extra).”
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Nonetheless, Wardogs generated an estimated $86.9M on Steam in September. Elliott highlights Onimusha: Manner of the Sword ($30.4M), The Blood of Dawnwalker ($26.9M), Bodycam ($24.2M), and EA Sports activities FC27 ($20.7M) as the opposite massive new launches on Steam that month.
“Steam additionally had its best-ever Q3,” Elliott wrote, “producing $5.5B (up 12% on final yr). That brings the 2026 complete to $16.5B to this point, a 13% improve from the $14.5B Steam made within the first 9 months of 2025. Given the insane launch slate for the remainder of the yr, it is protected to say Steam’s yearly income will blow previous $20B for the primary time.”
He isn’t mistaken about the remainder of the yr. Taking a look at simply October’s calendar exhibits how spoiled for selection we’re.
