Approaching the end of 2021, Valve began publishing the best lists of the Steam platform. At this point, it presented the best sellers of the year, the most played games and more. Valve’s data reveals that ten-year-old games sell more than newly released titles.
Valve’s end-of-year list is progressing in a random order. For this reason, it is unclear which of the categorized games is the best-selling compared to the next one. So in short, we have a mixed list before us.
2021 Steam’s best selling games
The most important ranking on Steam’s best of 2021 list is the bestseller. This list was announced by Valve. At this point, the company listed the games as follows:
- Apex Legends
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Battlefield 2042
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Dead by Daylight
- Destiny 2
- New World
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
- Valheim
- Dota 2
- Grand Theft Auto 5
Valve relisted some long-time bestseller games in a blog post. When we look at it, Dota 2, CS: GO, GTA 5, PUBG: Battlegrounds and Rainbow Six Siege have been on the current list for the fifth time in a row, six years. Battle in Destiny 2. He has been on this list for three consecutive years after leaving net.
There are also games that join the list for the first time. New games such as Battlefield 2042, New World and Valheim stand out on the list. In particular, Apex Legends came to Steam towards the end of last year, and it looks interesting at this point.
Steam 2021 newly released games
The new releases category was another category that Valve created for Steam. The company has also identified games under this category. He listed them as follows:
- Age of Empires 4
- Back 4 Blood
- Forza Horizon 5
- Outriders
- Valheim
- Halo Infinite
- Resident Evil Village
- Battlefield 2042
- New World
- Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Farming Simulator 22
Valve has also provided a breakdown of the months when new releases have appeared compared to 2020. Although the company had a good March last year, it also experienced some strong bearish months. Especially the months of May, September and November did not go well on the platform.
2021 Steam’s most played games
Finally, Valve also announced the most played games on Steam. At this point, the company’s list of games that randomly exceed 200,000 simultaneous players are as follows:
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- New World
- Dota 2
- Valheim
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Apex Legends
- Halo Infinite
- Rust
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Grand Theft Auto 5
Steam data for 2021 ends here. When we look at the list, we see that old games are generally preferred this year. How did you find the list? Do not forget to share your ideas with us in the comments section!
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