Destiny 2 and Sekiro are among the highest—grossing games on the site in the outgoing year.
A few days before the New Year, Steam announced which of the projects distinguished themselves within the framework of the store. He has prepared five nomination lists:
- highest – grossing games;
- the highest-grossing novelties (i.e., those released in 2019);
- the highest-grossing VR games;
- the highest-grossing early access games (we are talking exclusively about projects that came out of early access in 2019)
- games with the largest online.
Let’s focus on each in more detail.
Highest – grossing games
There are 100 games in total in this list. They are divided into four groups (platinum, gold, silver and bronze) depending on how much each game earned over the year. However, Steam does not name specific figures. Plus, the games are randomly distributed within the groups, so there is no way to find out which particular project turned out to be the highest-grossing on Steam at the end of the year.
The main surprise is getting into the Top 12 most commercially successful releases of Destiny 2, which appeared on Steam this fall, as well as Sekiro, which was released in the spring. The rest of the games are traditional participants of the top.
The highest – grossing novelties
Steam segments this group differently. It indicates the Top-12 most earning new products, and also gives a selection of the box office leaders among new games for each month.
This selection does not raise questions. Each of these projects was widely discussed at the release and was warmly received by both the audience and the press. It’s worth noting that the only indie game on the list is Mordhau.
The highest-grossing VR games
Steam picked up 85 cash VR projects. This chart is also divided into four groups by profitability.
Platinum, in addition to the obvious Beat Saber and Boneworks, includes the not so sensational Pavlov and Zero Caliber. Unfortunately, VR adaptations of L.A. Noire and Borderlands 2 are not even close to them in terms of indicators. In both cases, the key problem is the quality of the ports.
The highest-grossing Early access games
This top is formed only from those games that were previously in early access, but left it in 2019. The money that the games earned this year was taken into account both before and after the official release.
Unlike the top of the highest—grossing games and new products, there are mainly indie projects. Among the most notable are Slay the Spire and They are Billions. There is also a conditional blockbuster — Hunt.
Games with the highest number of hours played
The general list of 100 games includes only those whose online has reached more than 15 thousand people at least once during the year. The “platinum” group included only those projects whose number of users in the game at the same time reached 100 thousand.
This top almost completely duplicates the top of the highest-grossing games of the year. That’s just instead of Monster Hunter: World and The Elder Scrolls Online, it has Halo and Dota Underlords.