The Helldivers 2 cooperative shooter continues to grow online on Steam. On February 19, it simultaneously attracted 409,367 people, becoming one of the most popular games in the history of the platform.

The cooperative shooter Helldivers 2 interrupted Palworld’s three-week lead in the chart of the highest-grossing products on Steam. In the week from February 6 to 13, he got the first place in the chart — this is taking into account both premium games and free titles.

Baldur’s Gate 3 managed to take a new achievement. The number of reviews of the game on Steam has exceeded half a million, which is more than Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

The Helldivers 2 co-op shooter has set a record for peak online play on Steam among Sony games. According to SteamDB, on the debut day, the Steam version of the title attracted 81,840 simultaneous players.

Ensrouded survival debuted from the second place in the chart of the highest—grossing products on Steam over the past week, taking into account the free titles. The game was second in revenue only to the hit Palworld.

On January 19, Palworld, an action game with Pokemon—like creatures, was released in early access. Steam users liked the game.

Apex Legends Battle Royale managed to top the weekly Steam sales chart, surpassing Steam Deck, Counter-Strike 2 and other products at the box office. The last time this happened was almost a year ago — in February 2023.

Steam has relaxed its policy regarding games created with the help of artificial intelligence. Now developers can release such games on the site, but only if certain conditions are met.

The new role-playing game from Owlcat Games studio may turn out to be one of the most moneyed releases in December. The project started from the fifth place of the top Steam bestsellers, taking into account free projects and Steam Deck. If you do not take them into account, then the game is in second place in terms of earnings per week, second only to the cooperative indie hit Lethal Company.

The cooperative indie horror Lethal Company managed to become the most highly rated game on Steam among all projects that were released in 2023. He beat Baldur’s Gate 3, the remake of Resident Evil 4 and Dave the Diver.

The cooperative horror Lethal Company, created by a lone developer Zeekerss, has become a hit on Steam. It took the third place in the chart of the highest-grossing premium products on the site for the last week.

SteamDB creator Pavel Djundik noticed that Valve is working on new family settings on Steam. There are few details yet, but it is known that there are three functions.

Starting from November 20, Steam will stop selling games and other products for Turkish lira and Argentine pesos. The US dollar will be used instead of these currencies.

Unlike mobile, it is almost impossible to track the metrics of freeplay titles on a PC. Nevertheless, gaming expert Simon Carless tried to do it. He analyzed the Steam games released on the site over the past 12 months*.

Valve has decided to increase the security level of Steamworks. The company notified the developers that now they will need to link a phone number to the account.

The analytical service Gamalytic shared infographics on the total number of games released on Steam and their approximate revenue. Most of the titles do not earn even $ 1000, but the number of successful projects in the total mass continues to grow.

The slasher “Russ vs Lizards”, based on a popular meme, is selling great. The game took the sixth place in the top of the highest-grossing products on Steam in Russia as a result of the last week.

The hype around the release of patch 2.0 and the Phantom Liberty add-on allowed Cyberpunk 2077 to take first place in the list of the highest-grossing premium products on Steam over the past week.

The release of NBA 2K24 on Steam turned out to be very unsuccessful. The game was released on September 8 and to date has collected over 3 thousand negative reviews.