Medieval action game Chivalry 2 got off to a great start on Steam. The game appeared in the Valve store on June 12 and, according to the developers, has already sold over 300 thousand copies there by today.

The VG Insights service shared statistics on the geography of publishers on Steam. According to it, the USA is the unequivocal leader on the platform. Most publishers (24%) come from this country, and they account for a significant part of both revenue (39%) and the number of copies of games sold (48%).

As a result of last week, Valve‘s portable console again became the best—selling on Steam – for the third week in a row. However, the rest of the bestseller chart has changed a lot. This time, five new products got into it at once, including Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.

Vampire survival V Rising is selling well, but not enough for the first place in the Steam bestseller chart. At the end of last week, he gave up his place to Steam Deck. At the same time, thanks to the presentation of State of Play, a pre-order of Stray, a game about the adventures of a cat in cybergorod, burst into the last place in the chart.

Vampire Survival V Rising continued to lead the list of the best-selling games on Steam. As a result of last week, he again got the first place (and taking into account the set of Founder’s Pack: Eldest Bloodline, he also got the sixth). Also on the bestseller chart were My Time at Sandrock and Sniper Elite 5.

At the end of May, Steam revealed which new games were best sold on the platform last month. It took into account sales for the first two weeks after the release.

Last night, Valve seems to have fixed a bug thanks to which players from Russia could buy games “banned” for them on Steam.

Now Steam users from Russia can again buy FIFA 22, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Dying Light 2 and a number of other games. The Russian media were the first to draw attention to the incident. The companies themselves have not officially announced plans to return to the region.

The PlayTracker platform drew attention to the situation. According to her, the rapid growth of online began in January 2022. If last year the average figure was kept at the level of 300-800 people, then in January the number of simultaneous Metal Gear Rising players on Steam reached two thousand.

Valve‘s portable PC has ceased to lead the Steam bestseller chart. Last week, the first place went to the vampire survival V Rising. The set for him — Founder’s Pack: Eldest Bloodline — also got into the rating, taking the fifth place.

There are a lot of changes in the latest Steam bestseller chart. The Overlord add—on for Stellaris, released at the end of the week, was among the leaders – it took second place immediately after Steam Deck, which topped the ranking for the fifth week in a row. Red Dead Redemption 2 also returned to the chart.

This conclusion was reached by gaming expert Simon Carless after he counted the number of reviews for VR horror on Steam.

Last week, Steam Deck and Elden Ring became the leaders in the Steam bestseller chart again. But the third place unexpectedly went to Cyberpunk 2077. A 50% discount helped him return to the top ten best-selling games.

Developers from Russia were given back the opportunity to receive payments from Steam. Yesterday, the administration of the platform sent a system message with instructions for the updated payment system.

Released in early April, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga did not hold the lead in the Steam bestseller chart. As a result of last week, its publications were located in third and fourth places, and the top of the top meanwhile went to a portable PC from Valve.

A month and a half later, Elden Ring stopped topping the Steam bestseller chart. Now LEGO Star Wars has climbed to the top of the rating: The Skywalker Saga, which snatched four places at once, including the first.

Elden Ring still tops the Steam bestseller chart (for the sixth week in a row). However, in the very top this time is not without changes. For example, Death Stranding Director’s Cut, which recently appeared on PC, got into it.

Released last Friday, GhostWire: Tokyo, although it did not become a sales leader on Steam, was able to grab two places in the fresh chart at once — fourth and eighth. As for the first three games, it remained unchanged. It’s still Elden Ring, Steam Deck and It Takes Two.GhostWire: Tokyo

Unity will release a free game on Steam. It’s called Gigaya. It is designed to help developers understand the engine, and companies understand how to simplify the life of game teams.