Steam Reveals Its Best-Selling and Most Played Games of 2023

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Steam has revealed its “Best of 2023” list that reveals the best-selling games on the platform alongside which titles were played the most on PC, Steam Deck, VR, Controller, and more.

While Steam doesn’t rank the games that were in each category, its “Best of 2023” list does group them into Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers. The top 12 games in each category are placed in Platinum, the next 12 are in gold, the next 26 games are in Silver, and the last 50 are in Bronze. As for how the lists are compiled, Steam has only looked at data from January 1, 2023, through December 15, 2023.

The first category is the Top Sellers by gross revenue, and the Platinum tier includes Apex Legends, Baldur’s Gate 3, Starfield, Hogwarts Legacy, Lost Ark, Cyberpunk 2077, Dota 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Destiny 2, Counter-Strike 2, Sons of the Forest, and Call of Duty HQ (MW III, MW II, and Warzone).

New Releases in 2023 by gross revenue is next and the Platinum tier incudes Street Fighter 6, Starfield, Cities: Skylines II, Remnant II, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, Payday 3, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, FC 24, Hogwarts Legacy, Sons of the Forest, and Baldur’s Gate 3.

Most Played followed and is measured by peak concurrent players. The Platinum Tier consists of games that had over 300,000 peak players and includes Goose Goose Duck, Sons of the Forest, Hogwarts Legacy, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Counter-Strike 2, Baldur’s Gate 3, Destiny 2, Apex Legends, Dota 2, Starfield, and Lost Ark.

The top Early Access graduates by gross revenue include Sun Haven, Ready or Not, Baldur’s Gate 3, Wartales, Marvel Snap, Everspace 2, My Time at Sandrock, Farlight 84, Against the Storm, Dave the Diver, Demonologist, and Disney Dreamlight Valley.

The top Steam Deck games by daily active players include Elden Ring, Dave the Diver, Hogwarts Legacy, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, Baldur’s Gate 3, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Grand Theft Auto V, Half-Life, Starfield, Vampire Survivors, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, and Cyberpunk 2077.

The most played games by daily active controller players include Call of Duty HQ, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, Rocket League, FIFA 23. Hofwarts Legacy, Elden Ring, FC 24, Street Fighter 6, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Starfield, NBA 2K23, and Apex Legends.

Lastly, the top VR-exclusive experiences measure by gross revenue include Boneworks, Blade & Sorcery, Bonelab, Beat Saber, Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2, Gorilla Tag, Half-Life: Alyx, VTOL VR, Pavlov, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR, Into the Radius, and Ghosts of Tabor.

For more, be sure to check out which of these games became winners in IGN’s Best of 2023 awards, including Baldur’s Gate 3 as best PC game.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.