Video Game Sales Wiki

Steam is a major PC distribution platform home to thousands of games and millions of users. The service is owned by Valve and is largest game platform with over 125 million active users. The platform most notably lacks Blizzard games as well as Electronic Arts games since they established their own distribution service. It has a notably weak presence in Asia due to Chinese regulations limiting its presence there until recently.

Best-selling games[]

These are the best-selling games on the service. Sales figures are based on Steam Spy unless otherwise noted. This list does not include free-to-play games or sales figures that include a free weekend.

Rank Title Year Publisher Sales Ref
1 PUBG: Battlegrounds 2017 Bluehole Studio 67,900,000 [1]
2 Grand Theft Auto V 2015 Rockstar Games 53,823,000 [2]
3 Elden Ring 2022 Bandai Namco 36,310,000 [3]
4 Left 4 Dead 2 2009 Valve 35,138,320 [4][5]
5 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 2012 Valve 29,388,000 [6][7][8]
6 Terraria 2011 Re-Logic 23,000,000 [9]
7 Cyberpunk 2077 2020 CD Projekt Red 21,156,000 [10]
8 Payday 2 2013 Starbreeze 19,121,390 [11][12]
9 Counter-Strike 2003 Valve 18,082,000 [13]
10 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2015 CD Projekt Red 17,922,500 [14]
11 Don't Starve Together 2016 Klei Entertainment 17,843,000 [15]
12 ARK: Survival Evolved 2017 Studio Wildcard 16,649,109 [n 1]
13 Tale of Immortal 2023 GuiGu Studio 16,120,000 [23]
14 Counter-Strike: Source 2004 Valve 15,876,055 [24]
15 Hogwarts Legacy 2023 Warner Bros. 14,196,000 [25]
16 Garry's Mod 2006 Facepunch Studios 15,110,646 [26][27]
17 Palworld 2024 Pocket Pair 15,000,000 [28]
18 Rust 2018 Facepunch Studios 12,481,079 [29]
19 Monster Hunter: World 2018 Capcom 11,947,000 [30]
20 Borderlands 2 2012 2K Games 11,378,522 [31][32]
21 Dark Souls III 2016 Bandai Namco 10,600,000 [33]
22 Civilization V 2010 2K Games 10,238,000 [34]
23 H1Z1 2018 Daybreak 10,000,000 [35]
24 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice 2019 FromSoftware 9,226,000 [36]
25 Rocket League 2015 Psyonix 8,946,320 [n 2]
26 Portal 2 2011 Valve 8,726,401 [43][44]
27 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011 Bethesda 8,435,612 [45][46]
28 Fallout: New Vegas 2010 Bethesda 6,295,000 [47]
29 Resident Evil 2 2019 Capcom 6,274,000 [48]
30 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition 2016 Bethesda 6,246,231 [n 3]
31 Total War: Warhammer II 2017 Sega 6,216,000 [53]

Notes[]

  1. ARK: Survival Evolved
    • 2015-06-12 - 416,684[16]
    • 2015-09-18 to 2016-07-07 (free weekend 2015-08-27) - 1,756,444[17][18]
    • 2016-08-07 to 2018-04-11 (free weekend 2016-07-28) - 2,342,981[19][20]
    • 2020-11-11 to 2023-06-15 (free weekend 2020-11-05) - 12,133,000[21][22]
  2. Rocket League
    • Up until 2016-04-05 - 2,866,933[37]
    • 2016-04-25 to 2017-01-31 (free weekend 2016-04-21) - 1,651,954[38][39]
    • 2017-05-09 to 2020-09-09 (free weekend 2017-05-04) - 4,427,433[40][41]
    • 2020-09-23 - Free-to-play[42]
  3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
    • Up until 2017-08-31 - 6,184,324[49]
    • 2017-10-01 to 2018-03-10 (free weekend 2017-09-07) - 61,907[50][51]
    • 2018-04-12 to 2018-04-15 - Free weekend[52]

References[]

  1. PUBG
  2. https://steamspy.com/app/271590
  3. https://steamspy.com/app/1245620
  4. https://www.steamspy.com/app/550
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20150722092251/www.steamspy.com/app/550
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20180411213413/steamspy.com/app/730
  7. https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/10621
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20150405210933/steamspy.com/app/730
  9. "Terraria State of the Game – May 2022". Terraria Forums. May 23, 2022.
  10. https://steamspy.com/app/1091500
  11. https://steamspy.com/app/218620
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20151011125546/steamspy.com/app/218620
  13. https://steamspy.com/app/10
  14. https://steamspy.com/app/292030
  15. https://steamspy.com/app/322330
  16. https://web.archive.org/web/20150612234848/steamspy.com/app/346110
  17. https://web.archive.org/web/20160707051258/steamspy.com/app/346110
  18. https://web.archive.org/web/20150918230724/steamspy.com/app/346110
  19. https://web.archive.org/web/20180411213324/steamspy.com/app/346110
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807170310/steamspy.com/app/346110
  21. https://steamspy.com/app/346110
  22. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111232009/steamspy.com/app/346110
  23. https://steamspy.com/app/1468810
  24. https://steamspy.com/app/240
  25. https://steamspy.com/app/990080
  26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180411213719/steamspy.com/app/4000
  27. https://steamdb.info/sub/419396/info/
  28. Romano, Sal (February 22, 2024). "Palworld Early Access tops 15 million sales on Steam, 10 million players on Xbox". Gematsu. Archived from the original on February 22, 2024. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  29. "Onwards and upwards". Steam. 6 January 2022.
  30. https://steamspy.com/app/582010
  31. https://steamspy.com/app/49520
  32. https://web.archive.org/web/20150918231112/steamspy.com/app/49520
  33. https://playtracker.net/insight/game/814
  34. https://steamspy.com/app/8930
  35. https://web.archive.org/web/20190227183825/steamspy.com/app/433850
  36. https://steamspy.com/app/814380
  37. https://web.archive.org/web/20160405183532/steamspy.com/app/252950
  38. https://web.archive.org/web/20170131090310/steamspy.com/app/252950
  39. https://web.archive.org/web/20160425111246/steamspy.com/app/252950
  40. https://web.archive.org/web/20200909061746/steamspy.com/app/252950
  41. https://web.archive.org/web/20170509142944/steamspy.com/app/252950
  42. Wright, Steven (September 15, 2020). "Rocket League Going Free-To-Play September 23 With A Fortnite Crossover". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  43. https://steamspy.com/app/620
  44. https://web.archive.org/web/20150408073420/steamspy.com/app/620
  45. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504171358/steamspy.com/app/72850
  46. https://store.steampowered.com/oldnews/16507
  47. https://steamspy.com/app/22380
  48. https://steamspy.com/app/883710
  49. https://web.archive.org/web/20171001191609/steamspy.com/app/489830
  50. https://web.archive.org/web/20180310193905/steamspy.com/app/489830
  51. https://web.archive.org/web/20170831233558/steamspy.com/app/489830
  52. https://steamspy.com/app/489830
  53. https://steamspy.com/app/594570

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