In early August, Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, stated that the majority of pre-orders for the upcoming GTA VI were for the ultimate edition. His statements have now been confirmed by analysts from VG Insights, a subsidiary of Sensor Tower.

Such data was shared by analysts from VG Insights on LinkedIn.

Exactly one month ago—on November 15, 2025—Escape from Tarkov had its full release. In light of this event, we decided to turn to VG Insights’ data to examine the extraction shooter’s performance on Steam.

Of Ash and Steel is an action-RPG in the spirit of “Gothic,” released by the Russian studio Fire & Frost and publisher tinyBuild on November 24. According to the analytics service VG Insights, the game has been performing well financially, at least on Steam.

The figure was mentioned by analysts from VG Insights in a LinkedIn publication. They provided the data as of November 24.

The analytical company VG Insights released a study on souls-likes on Steam. They examined all the games with the “similar to Dark Souls” tag, released on the platform from January 2015 to October 2025.

The analytical company VG Insights shared its data on the audience of the Chinese Soulslike Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.

A week ago, journalist and producer Geoff Keighley hosted Opening Night Live — a ceremony that kicked off the Gamescom 2025 gaming exhibition. The analytics company VG Insights reported which games mentioned at the event collected the most wishlists from August 18 to 23.

This was reported by the analytics company Sensor Tower, citing information from its subsidiary service VG Insights.

The news that the new installment of Mafia sold this number of copies was shared by VG Insights in a LinkedIn post.

Analysts from VG Insights examined the situation with wishlists on Steam using games released in the last 12 months as a case study. Below are the key findings.

Russia accounts for 4% of all players of the Chinese mech shooter Mecha BREAK, according to data from the analytics service VG Insights. Although this is a relatively small number, the title is more popular only in two countries: the USA (16%) and China (37%).

Last Thursday, June 26, saw the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. The Kojima Productions studio itself has yet to share any figures about the game, so the analytical service VG Insights did so instead.

The Russian strategy game Broken Arrow has generated millions of dollars for the studio Steel Balalaika and publisher Slitherine, according to data from analytical services.

The VG Insights service continues to share wishlist data. It has now compiled a list of the top games that gamers most frequently added to their wishlists* during the period from June 2 to June 8.

Less than 24 hours remain until the release of the action game MindsEye by former GTA producer Leslie Benzies. In light of this, VG Insights’ Director of Business Development, Vic Bassey, calculated the game’s wishlists.

The analytical service VG Insights studied the initial sales of Elden Ring Nightreign. According to their data, by the end of the debut week, FromSoftware and Bandai Namco sold 4.3 million copies of the game, with more than half attributed to the PC version.

The past year was eventful for indie horror games on Steam. Hundreds of new games appeared on the Valve platform, yet only a handful achieved success. This conclusion was reached by gaming marketer Dmitriy Afanasyev, who studied the situation in this niche.

Last week, Sensor Tower announced the acquisition of the Video Game Insights platform to enhance its product with data on console and PC games. This raises the question: what are the consequences of consolidation in the gaming analytics sector? Today, we will take a close look at the objectives of Sensor Tower’s M&A strategy and the potential risks to the market.