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Number of indie games sold on Steam from 2018 to 2024 YTD (in millions)

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Release date

October 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2018 to September 30, 2024

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based on source metrics, wider industry figures may vary; includes free-to-play downloads

Supplementary notes

Publisher definition according to the source:

AAA Publishers
Publishers who have over $7.5m revenue per game released, over $250m lifetime revenues on Steam, average game price of over $17 and has an average game complexity above a VGI defined threshold. This list has then been manually refined by VGI to adjust for generally accepted classifications

AA Publishers
Publishers who have $1-7.5m revenue per game released, $50-250m lifetime revenue on Steam, average game price of $10-17 and has an average game complexity above a VGI defined threshold. This list has then been manually refined by VGI to adjust for generally accepted classifications.

Indie Publishers
Publishers who don't fit the AA criteria. This categorie includes some bigger names as well as tiny 1 person self published games.

The source defines the indie market into further segments:

Triple I Indies
Big and well-funded teams working on games that match AAA quality.

Middle Market
Professional companies that don’t have the AAA level of funding.

Small Teams
Small teams of people with some level of professionalization.

Hobbyists
Typically solo developers where the focus is more on creativity than business.

Citation formats

In the first nine months of 2024, independent (indie) games accumulated *** million unit sales on PC gaming platform Steam with projections estimating full-year sales at *** million units. This represents a ** percent growth from the *** million indie games sold on Steam in 2023. The strong increase in indie game revenue in 2024 was mainly driven by hit titles Back Myth: Wukong and Palworld.