Steam nears $500 million in 1st Half Revenues of 2011 thanks to Portal 2, Indie Titles

According to Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment, LLC (FADE), Steam and its Steamworks-enabled titles have generated an estimated $468 million USD in revenues through June 2011.

With Portal 2 leading the strong growth of Steam, selling an estimated 1.1 million copies between the service and Steamworks. Portal 2 was the #1 title of the year in both unit sales and revenues, with a notable $56 million USD of revenue. However, indie titles came into their own this year by way of two hugely popular titles - Paradox Interactive's 'Magicka' and Re-Logic's 'Terraria'. Both titles sold over 500,000 units during the tracking period, with Terraria having only seen two months of data since its debut in mid-May.

Revenues among all titles was estimated at $468 million USD, up from $329 million USD through the same time period in 2010 - a 42% increase year-over-year. Steamworks-enabled titles were very active during the half with titles such as 'Total War: Shogun 2', 'Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Retribution', and 'Brink', making the Top-10.

Steam Estimated Top 10 Titles, by Units Sold (1st Half, 2011)


Portal 2 - 1,128,000 Units Sold ($56.4 Million USD)
Magicka  - 789,000 Units Sold ($6.2 Million USD)
Terraria  - 580,000 Units Sold ($5.8 Million USD)
Counter-Strike  - 399,000 Units Sold ($2.7 Million USD)
Total War: Shogun 2 - 326,000 Units Sold ($15.1 Million USD)
Monday Night Combat  - 264,000 Units Sold ($2.9 Million USD)
Brink  - 256,000 Units Sold ($13.5 Million USD)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - 250,000 Units Sold ($4.2 Million USD)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution - 224,000 Units Sold ($13.0 Million USD)
Borderlands  - 204,000 Units Sold ($1.6 Million USD)