The top-grossing game on Steam for the week from October 22 to 29 was predictably Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. The new shooter from Activision climbed nine ranks in the charts, dethroning Counter-Strike 2.

The top-grossing game on Steam for the week of October 22 to 29 was predictably Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. The new shooter from Activision climbed nine spots in the charts, dethroning Counter-Strike 2.

The list of top-grossing products in the Valve store for the week from October 15 to 22 has been published. Let’s dive into the top ten without considering free-to-play products.

Valve has published a list of the most popular demos from the October “Games to Be” festival on Steam. It includes games tried by the highest number of unique players during the event’s week.

DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO, the first new installment in the main fighting game series in 17 years, continues to show excellent results on Steam. During the week of October 8 to October 15, the game confidently took first place in the premium products chart and second in overall revenue, second only to Counter-Strike 2. This surge indicates significant interest in the franchise even after a long hiatus.

From January 1 to September 30, 2024, indie games earned a total of $4 billion on Steam, according to a report from the analytics company VG Insights. This accounts for 48% of the total revenue of all games on Valve’s store during this period.

There are currently no plans to restrict access to the Steam gaming platform in Russia. This information was reported by Roskomnadzor in a statement to TASS.

Three pages from the “Community” section of the Steam platform have appeared in the registry of Roskomnadzor, which compiles websites containing information prohibited for distribution in Russia.

The updated Silent Hill 2 by Bloober Team has reached its release: owners of the deluxe edition started playing on October 6, and today, October 8, buyers of the standard edition gained access to the remake. At least in terms of Steam sales, the game had a good start.

The SteamDB service has published a list of the top-grossing products on the Valve store for the week from September 24 to October 1. Among the leaders is the Korean MMORPG Throne and Liberty, which ranked third, just behind EA Sports FC 25 and Counter-Strike 2.

Valve has updated the Steam Subscriber Agreement. It has relaxed the rules for dispute resolution between the store and its users.

The football simulator EA Sports FC 25 is gearing up for release—the game is already available for owners of premium editions, and for everyone else, it will be released on September 27. As a result, it has significantly improved its position on the Steam top-grossing products chart, pushing Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 from the top spot.

Valve has completely revamped the editor used for creating and editing game descriptions in the Steam store. They have named the updated tool “What You See Is What You Get.”

The action game about space marines has solidified its success in the Steam chart for the most profitable games. For the week from September 10 to September 17, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 once again secured the top spot in both the paid and overall charts.

Expanded set of links to social networks is not the only new feature in Steam. Valve has introduced several more changes to the platform.

Valve has expanded the list of social networks to which developers can link in dedicated fields on game pages in Steam. The list has grown by 11 entries.

The new release from Saber Interactive took first place on the Steam chart of the highest-grossing products for the week from September 3rd to September 10th. It pushed the previously leading Black Myth: Wukong to third place.

On September 9, the full release of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 took place. Prior to this, only owners of the expanded editions were able to play the new Saber Interactive game.

For the week of August 27 to September 3, Black Myth: Wukong returned to the top of the best-selling products list on Steam. However, the rest of the chart saw significant changes. Notably, the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 surged to second place.