Well, Valve has released their 2022 list of Steam’s best sellers (which actually measures which games produced the most gross revenue, rather than unit sales). Valve doesn’t provide an exact ranking, instead sorting them into pools – Platinum for the #1 through #12, Gold for #13 to #24, and Silver for #25 to #50. They’re listed here in alphabetical order. Platinum
Apex Legends Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Destiny 2 DOTA 2 Dying Light 2 Stay Human Elden Ring Lost Ark Monster Hunter Rise Naraka: Bladepoint PUBG Battlegrounds Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Gold
Cyberpunk 2077 Dead by Daylight FIFA 23 Forza Horizon 5 God of War Grand Theft Auto V Rainbow Six Siege Ready or Not Red Dead Redemption 2 Total War: Warhammer III War Thunder Warframe
Silver
Black Desert Cities: Skylines Civilization VI Cult of the Lamb FIFA 22 Final Fantasy XIV Hunt: Showdown It Takes Two Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga NBA 2K22 Phasmophobia Project Zomboid Raft Rimworld Rust Sea of Thieves Spider-Man Remastered Stellaris Stray Team Fortress 2 The Elder Scrolls Online The Forest The Sims 4 V Rising Warhammer 40K: Darktide
Some interesting results! Stuff like Elden Ring and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II aren’t a huge shock, but Dying Light 2, Monster Hunter Rise, and Lost Ark did better than I thought. Also, I guess everyone still loves Yi-Gi-Oh! Go figure. Valve also listed the most-played Steam games, grouped by whether they surpassed certain peak player milestones. While these largely mirror the highest-grossing games, there are some key differences. Over 240K Peak Players
Apex Legends Ark: Survival Evolved Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Destiny 2 DOTA 2 Dying Light 2 Stay Human Elden Ring Goose Goose Duck Lost Ark PUBG Battlegrounds Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Over 130K Peak Players
Cyberpunk 2077 Grand Theft Auto V Monster Hunter Rise MultiVersus Naraka: Bladepoint New World Path of Exile Rust Team Fortress 2 Total War: Warhammer III V Rising
Over 75K Peak Players
Civilization VI Dead by Daylight Dead Hunger FIFA 22 FIFA 23 Football Manager 2022 Football Manager 2023 Left 4 Dead 2 Need for Speed Heat Raft Rainbow Six Siege Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Terraria The Forest The Sims 4 The Witcher 3 Unturned Valheim Vampire Survivors War Thunder Warframe Warhammer 40K: Darktide Warhammer: Vermintide 2
What do you think? Surprised by this year’s Steam hits? Which games listed above did you pick up?
