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Top Strategy indie studios by revenue

indielist ranks 29 indie studios that ship Strategy games, by estimated revenue from their Strategy titles (white-box, Boxleiter-derived from Steam reviews). Leading is Firaxis Games at ~$1291.7M. Estimates, not financials — open the formula on any game.

  1. 1 Firaxis Games top: Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI 4 titles ~$1291.7M
  2. 2 World's Edge top: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 4 titles ~$474.1M
  3. 3 CREATIVE ASSEMBLY top: Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition 6 titles ~$434.4M
  4. 4 Ninja Kiwi top: Bloons TD 6 1 title ~$206.0M
  5. 5 AMPLITUDE Studios top: HUMANKIND™ 2 titles ~$106.6M
  6. 6 SkyBox Labs top: Age of Empires II (Retired) 1 title ~$86.9M
  7. 7 Petroglyph top: STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack 2 titles ~$66.2M
  8. 8 Numantian Games top: They Are Billions 1 title ~$62.8M
  9. 9 Relic Entertainment top: Company of Heroes 2 1 title ~$62.6M
  10. 10 Paradox Tinto top: Europa Universalis V 1 title ~$44.7M
  11. 11 Steel Balalaika top: Broken Arrow 1 title ~$40.0M
  12. 12 Mimimi Games top: Desperados III 1 title ~$33.7M
  13. 13 Proxy Studios top: Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War 1 title ~$32.8M
  14. 14 PopCap Games, Inc. top: Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition 1 title ~$28.1M
  15. 15 Shiny Shoe top: Monster Train 1 title ~$26.1M
  16. 16 Bulwark Studios top: Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 1 title ~$19.7M
  17. 17 KING Art top: Iron Harvest 1 title ~$19.0M
  18. 18 Shiro Games top: Dune: Spice Wars 1 title ~$17.4M
  19. 19 Ironhide Game Studio top: Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense 2 titles ~$13.1M
  20. 20 AnukenDev top: Mindustry 1 title ~$10.7M
  21. 21 PlayWithFurcifer top: Backpack Battles 1 title ~$8.7M
  22. 22 Armchair Interactive top: Master of Command 1 title ~$3.3M
  23. 23 Wise Wizard Games, LLC top: Star Realms 1 title ~$1.7M
  24. 24 MogDogBlog Productions top: Nubby's Number Factory 1 title ~$1.6M
  25. 25 Horizon Edge top: Decktamer 1 title ~$886K
  26. 26 Inkstone Atelier top: Cubic Cosmos 1 title ~$324K
  27. 27 Chute Apps top: Repterra 1 title ~$40K
  28. 28 Ramage Games top: One Move Away 1 title ~$13K
  29. 29 KONAMI top: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links 1 title ~Undisclosed

Estimates only. How is this calculated?

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Which indie studios earn the most from Strategy games?
By indielist's white-box estimate, Firaxis Games leads the Strategy ranking at ~$1291.7M. Figures are Boxleiter-derived estimates from public Steam data, summed per studio. See /methodology.