Steam presented the best novelties of January

Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DXThe best novelties

The Valve store selected 20 new products in January with the highest revenue in the first two weeks. The games in the list are sorted by release date.

Let’s note a couple of features in advance:

• of the entire list of games in Asia, more than half have been made;
• Japan was the leader in the number of games in the top: eight projects followed it. And half of them belong to the Japanese publisher Koei Tecmo Games.

1. Sands of Salzaar (Han-Squirrel Studio, China)
2. Paranormal HK (Ghostpie Studio, China)
3. SUPER ROBOT WARS X (B.B.STUDIO, Japan)
4. GemCraft — Frostborn Wrath (Game in a Bottle, Hungary)
5. Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX (Koei Tecmo Games, Japan)
6. Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX (Koei Tecmo Games, Japan)
7. Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea DX (Koei Tecmo Games, Japan)
8. some some convenience store (Talesshop, South Korea)
9. Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (CyberConnect2, Japan)
10. Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV (Koei Tecmo Games, Japan)
11. DEEEER Simulator: Your Average Everyday Deer Game (Naspapa Games, Japan)
12. Temtem (Crema, Spain)
13. Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception (Aquaplus, Japan)
14. The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners (Skydance, USA)
15. Commandos 2 — HD Remaster (Yippee!, UK, and Pyro Studios, Spain)
16. Warhammer Underworlds: Online (Steel Sky, Australia)
17. Coffee Talk (Toge Productions, Indonesia)
18. The Pedestrian (Skookum Arts, USA)
19. Astellia (Studio 8, South Korea)
20. Not For Broadcast (NotGames, UK)

The best free novelties

This list includes free—play games released in January with the maximum number of unique users in the release two weeks. Two Russian projects have been highlighted here. One is from a single indie developer L. Stotch. The second one is from the independent studio EvilCharm Games.

Grim Clicker
Important: Steam does not specify which method this list is sorted by.

1. Darwin Project (Scavengers Studio, Canada)
2. Coloring Game 2 (L. Stotch, Russia)
3. Soviet Jump Game (Fantastic Passion, USA)

4. Grim Clicker (EvilCharm Games, Russia)
5. Soccer Manager 2020 (Soccer Manager, UK)

Also on the topic:

• The highest-grossing games of Russian-speaking developers on Steam 2019