The year 2024 was marked by the release of numerous indie hits on Steam: Palworld, Manor Lords, Content Warning, Balatro, Backpack Battles, and others. Some of these successes were quite a surprise. Raphael van Lierop, the founder and CEO of Hinterland, the studio that developed The Long Dark, listed possible reasons for the indie boom on LinkedIn.

Although Ghost of Tsushima was removed from sale on Steam in 181 countries, the game still did well in Valve’s store. It topped the paid game sales chart for the week of May 14 to May 21, displacing Hades II from the number one spot.

Tesla has started warning buyers of Model X and Model S electric cars that they will not be able to run Steam games on the onboard computers. Other entertainment features will continue to work without changes.

Polish residents want Valve to update the recommended regional zloty price tags on Steam, taking into account the current exchange rate. The other day they created on the site Change.org the relevant petition.

The Polish Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (UOKiK) suspects that a number of digital gaming platforms are hindering the development of competition. It has launched a preliminary investigation.

In the week from May 7 to May 14, Hades II earned the most money on Steam as a premium project. However, in the general sales chart, which also takes into account the performance of free games, it took second place — the first went to Counter-Strike 2.

Vietnamese gamers may have been restricted access to Steam. This is reported by the SteamDB service, which drew attention to mass complaints from users from Vietnam.

There are permutations at the top of the chart of the highest-grossing products on Steam. Counter-Strike 2, which was in the lead for seven weeks in a row, lost the first place to the extraction shooter Gray Zone Warfare.

Valve has made changes to the refund policy on Steam. She began to take into account the time spent by the user in the game during the extended access period.

The new Moon Studios game has become one of the highest-grossing projects on Steam over the past week. No Rest for the Wicked started from the fifth place in the Steam sales chart, considering the free games. If you exclude them, then she will be in third place.

The premiere of the series from Amazon and large discounts significantly increased Fallout sales on Steam. According to the results of the last week, five games of the series were included in the top 100 highest-grossing products on Steam at once.

Medieval town planner Manor Lords topped the top of the most desired games in the Steam store, overtaking Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong and Frostpunk 2. According to the publisher of Hooded Horse, the title was added to the wish list of 2.5 million people.

Released in honor of the first of April, the cooperative horror Content Warning is selling great. The game debuted from fifth place on the chart of the highest-grossing games on Steam, ahead of PUBG in weekly sales: BATTLEGROUNDS, Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3.

Capcom announced that Dragon’s Dogma 2 has crossed the 2.5 million copies sold milestone in less than two weeks: the role-playing game was released on March 22.

The role-playing action game Dragon’s Dogma 2 topped the chart of the highest—grossing premium games on Steam over the past week, shifting Helldivers 2 from the top. However, Capcom’s novelty failed to get to the first place in the overall chart, which also takes into account free games – Counter-Strike 2 is leading it for the second week in a row.

On the night of March 22, Capcom released Dragon’s Dogma 2 on Steam and consoles. The game instantly garnered thousands of angry reviews.

The Helldivers 2 cooperative shooter has been leading the chart of the highest-grossing products on Steam since the beginning of February, but it lost ground in the week from March 12 to March 19. In the general chart, which takes into account the Steam Deck and free games, it was bypassed by Counter-Strike 2.

Valve has added a new set of family features to the beta version of the Steam client, allowing users to share access to games – family groups. They replaced Steam Family Sharing and the family browsing feature.

Steam users are actively pre-ordering Dragon’s Dogma 2. On the eve of the release, the game reached the sixth place in the weekly Steam bestseller chart. If you remove free games and Steam Deck from the top, then Dragon’s Dogma 2 will get the second place.