Steam reveals its top-selling games of 2018

[midian182]

In brief: Valve has just revealed the most successful Steam games of the year. In addition to the titles that brought in most revenue across 2018, it also listed the top 150 new releases, most-played games, top early access graduates, and most popular VR experiences.

As it usually does, Valve doesn’t list any figures for its top-sellers; instead, it groups them into four categories: platinum, gold, silver, and bronze. The rankings are based on revenue, which includes sales, in-game transactions, and DLC, which is why a few free-to-play titles such as DOTA 2 make the platinum category.

Out of the top 12 games, only three were released this year: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Monster Hunter: World, and Far Cry 5, all of which appear or have appeared on our Best PC Games (you should be playing) feature. You can check out the top 12 entries at the bottom of this page.

Valve also listed the top games (again, by revenue) that were released every month this year. March was a good month for gamers, with Vermintide II, Far Cry 5, Final Fantasy XV and Ni No Kuni II arriving on PC.

The most-played list is particularly interesting. It shows that despite their age, games such as Team Fortress 2, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike: GO still attract over 100,000 simultaneous players. The other titles in this category include Warframe, Realm Royale, Monster Hunter World, Path of Exile, PUBG, Grand Theft Auto V, and Rainbow Six Siege.

A few of the top games to have left early access this year include Rust, Conan Exiles, and Subnautica, while Fallout 4 VR, Superhot VR, and Beat Saber are some of the highest-grossing virtual reality experiences.

The majority of these games are currently discounted in the Steam sale, so grab them while you still can.

Top-grossing games of 2018 and their release dates:

• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (2012)
• Dota 2 (2013)
• Warframe (2013)
• The Elder Scrolls Online (2014)
• Grand Theft Auto 5 (2015 on Windows PC)
• Rainbow Six Siege (2015)
• Rocket League (2015)
• Civilization 6 (2016)
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (2017)

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[Cycloid Torus]

Gee, and I'm still playing STALKER.

 

[Experimentongod]

Gee, and I'm still playing STALKER.

I beat the three STALKER games a few weeks ago!

Still beating games from the previous decade now to get up to speed with my backlog

 

[fps4ever]

Wow, look at the dates on some of them. Impressive longevity.

 

[texasrattler]

Why is Siege on here? Cant even use it on Steam. Has to be played through Uplay.

 

[texasrattler]

Wow, look at the dates on some of them. Impressive longevity.

In some of those games it took them awhile to clean some of their mess. Like bugs, cheating n the toxicity that games have. Some havent fixed everything but at least they are trying. Its a start. Thats why they have longevity where other games just come n go.

 

[cliffordcooley]

Why is Siege on here? Cant even use it on Steam.

So a top selling game can't be played.

 

[texasrattler]

So a top selling game can't be played.

It cant on Steam. Its belongs to Ubisoft. Cant use it on Steam so it shouldnt count towards any ranking or ratings.

I love the game, this has nothing to do with the game. Any Steam stats should be only for games that acutally use its platform.

 

[Nobina]

Why is Siege on here? Cant even use it on Steam. Has to be played through Uplay.

If you can buy it from Steam and launch it from Steam (u can) than it counts.

 

[texasrattler]

If you can buy it from Steam and launch it from Steam (u can) than it counts.

You cant use Steam, it requires Uplay which is another platform all together. Steam can't launch the game n play it.

 

[Nobina]

You cant use Steam, it requires Uplay which is another platform all together. Steam can't launch the game n play it.

I bought the game on Steam and I can launch it from steam, it opens up Uplay in the background tho, bet a lot of people wouldn't even notice it.

 

[cliffordcooley]

I bought the game on Steam and I can launch it from steam, it opens up Uplay in the background tho, bet a lot of people wouldn't even notice it.

I don't own the game so couldn't check. That is what I could gather from reading other comments on Steam's forums. In my mind if the game is bought and launched from Steam. It does qualify for the top selling Steam games list. To be honest play-ability doesn't disqualify from a top selling position.