To the delight of many, 2020 is about to end and, like every end of the year, it's time to take stock of the past 12 months.
While discounts are raging on every digital delivery portal, Steam has released six different annual rankings of the most successful games, four of which show a subdivision in platinum, gold, silver and bronze.
But stop the chatter and let's take a look at the report of this 2020 closing.
Bestsellers
In this category they were reported the 100 most popular stocks by gross revenue. 12 of these are in the platinum category. It's interesting to see how sacred monsters the likes of Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and GTA V are still among the most profitable titles. Unmissable the presence of multiplayer titles that this year have found an overwhelming success such as Among Us and Fall Guys, while the recently released Cyberpunk 2077 is already among the top of the category:
- Among Us
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- cyberpunk 2077
- Destiny 2
- Doom Eternal
- DOTA 2
- Fall Guys
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Monster Hunter: World
- PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
New releases
There are multiple rankings in this category: one month by month and one global. It is interesting to observe how more famous titles such as Death Stranding and Horizon Zero Dawn and others more controversial such as Resident Evil 3 Remake and Marvel's Avengers coexist in the same list.
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Borderlands 3
- Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
- Crusader kings iii
- cyberpunk 2077
- Death Stranding
- Doom Eternal
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- FIFA 21
- F
- Grounded
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
- Mafia: Definitive Edition
- Marvel's Avengers
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
- 4 Golden Person
- Resident Evil 3
- Sea of Thieves
- Star Wars: Squadrons
- Temtem
- The Outer Worlds
- Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
Most played
The various brackets of this category are divided by contemporary players. As expected, the ranking does not differ too much from that of the best sellers. Here is the list of titles with more than 200 simultaneous players:
- Among Us
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- cyberpunk 2077
- Destiny 2
- DOTA 2
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Life is Strange 2
- Monster Hunter: World
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
- PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
- Terraria
"Promoted" by Early Access
Steam Early Access is often a grave for thousands of titles. Fortunately, this is not the case for everyone. This is certainly the most unpredictable and varied category of all. We recommend taking a look at the titles contained here: you might find some interesting gems.
- Deep Rock Galactic
- DJMAX RESPECT V
- Factor
- Golf With Your Friends
- Hades
- Noita
- Risk of Rain 2
- Skater XL
- Torchlight 3
- Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem
The best of VR
This is certainly the least accessible category for most players. What is certain is that reading the titles of certain masterpieces, the desire to put your hand to your wallet and equip yourself with a VR headset is certainly very strong.
- Arizona Sunshine
- Beat Saber
- Blade & Sorcery
- Boneworks
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
- Pavlov VR
- Pistol Whip
- Superhot VR
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
- The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners
- VR Kanojo
Games compatible with controllers
Perhaps due to the transition of different players from console to PC and certainly thanks to the increasing support of the various pads, controller usage is higher than ever on Steam. This ranking is dedicated to lovers of this control peripheral.
- cyberpunk 2077
- Dark Souls 3
- Destiny 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Fall Guys
- FIFA 21
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Hades
- Monster Hunter: World
- NBA 2K20
- 4 Golden Person
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
We have only reported the top steps of the rankings, to see the complete list, we recommend that you visit Steam and hide your credit card as far as possible.
Compulsive buying is always lurking, will you be tempted?
