Valve supplied a peek behind the scenes of Steam’s greatest video games of 2023 on Wednesday, revealing which titles dominated the gross sales charts on PC gaming’s greatest digital platform. Valve additionally divulged which video games Steam customers — and Steam Deck homeowners — performed essentially the most this yr, with Baldur’s Gate 3, Hogwarts Legacy, Starfield, and Sons of the Forest showing in a number of top-12 lists.
Among the information gained’t be too shocking to Steam customers who take note of Valve’s publicly available stats; perennial Steam favorites like Counter-Strike 2 (née Counter-Strike: International Offensive), Dota 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, and Apex Legends are properly represented within the best-selling and most-played video games lists. However 2023 introduced new contenders, like The Finals and Deadly Firm, to Steam’s most-played video games.
Valve doesn’t present particular gross sales figures or numbered rankings, however fairly reveals the top-100 Steam video games throughout a number of classes, breaking every 100-game checklist into a number of tiers based mostly on gross sales or play efficiency:
- Platinum: 1st – twelfth
- Gold: thirteenth – twenty fourth
- Silver: twenty fifth – fiftieth
- Bronze: 51st – a centesimal
The corporate’s information spans Jan. 1 to Dec. 15 of this yr, so high-performing 2023 latecomers like The Finals largely missed out on increased rankings on Valve’s lists. Right here’s a breakdown of the most important, most-played, and best-selling video games on Steam this yr.
Bestselling video games on Steam in 2023
The highest 12 (platinum-tier) video games on Steam, based mostly on complete gross income earned in 2023, contains loads of free-to-play titles like Apex Legends and Misplaced Ark, alongside paid premium video games like Hogwarts Legacy and Starfield. (Writer Activision additionally lists Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare 2, Trendy Warfare 3, and Warzone as merely Name of Obligation on Steam, to elucidate that naming conference.)
- Apex Legends
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Name of Obligation
- Counter-Strike 2
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Future 2
- Dota 2
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Misplaced Ark
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Sons Of The Forest
- Starfield
Showing simply exterior of the highest 12, within the “gold” gross sales tier, are stalwart video games like Useless by Daylight and Grand Theft Auto 5, alongside newer releases just like the Resident Evil 4 remake and EA Sports activities FC 24.
Bestselling new video games on Steam in 2023
Solely a 3rd of the top-12 bestselling video games on Steam this yr had been truly launched in 2023, so Valve highlights the new-release bestsellers individually. It additionally bases the next checklist on the primary two weeks of income after launching.
- Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Cities: Skylines 2
- EA Sports activities FC 24
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Payday 3
- Remnant 2
- Resident Evil 4
- Sons Of The Forest
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Starfield
- Road Fighter 6
Notable 2023 new releases like Useless Area, Mortal Kombat 1, and Celebration Animals ranked within the gold tier, whereas Diablo 4, Lies of P, and Six Days in Fallujah ranked within the silver tier. (Valve didn’t reveal bronze-tier information.)
Most performed Steam video games of 2023
Probably the most-played Steam video games of 2023 is a largely acquainted checklist, with venerable favorites Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and Future 2 rating within the high 12. Newcomers on the most-played checklist embody large hits like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Hogwarts Legacy, alongside challengers like Goose Goose Duck.
Listed below are the top-12 most-played Steam video games of the yr, all of which peaked at greater than 300,000 concurrent gamers. (Valve stated it excluded video games with “temporary spikes in participant counts resulting from issues like giveaways and free weekends.”)
- Apex Legends
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Counter-Strike 2
- Future 2
- Dota 2
- Goose Goose Duck
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Misplaced Ark
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Sons Of The Forest
- Starfield
Most performed video games on Steam Deck in 2023
Steam customers performed loads of acquainted favorites on the go this yr, together with blockbusters Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfield, alongside smaller fare like Dave the Diver and Vampire Survivors. The unique Half-Life additionally made it to the highest 12 most-played Steam Deck video games, virtually assuredly as a result of Valve made it free for its twenty fifth anniversary.
Valve says the checklist of most-played Steam Deck video games was measured by “each day lively participant counts all year long.”
- Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Dave the Diver
- Elden Ring
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Half-Life
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Resident Evil 4
- Starfield
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Vampire Survivors
Simply exterior of the top-12 Steam Deck video games are notable 2023 releases like Diablo 4, Dredge, and Danger of Rain Returns.
Extra 2023 Steam information, together with the most-played Steam VR video games and which video games gamers most performed with a controller, may be discovered at Valve’s Best of 2023 page on Steam.