Here Are The Top Performing Steam Games Of 2023

Valve has released its annual "Best Of" list highlighting the top-performing games on Steam measured by gross revenue and player engagement. The categories are top sellers, best-selling new releases, most-played games on PC, most-played games on Steam Deck, highest-grossing early access games, most-played using a controller, and best-selling VR titles. The top 12 games in each category earn Platinum status, while everything below them is grouped into a descending ranking of Gold, Silver, and Bronze. It's a fun snapshot of the games Steam users dug into most this year and a reminder that games seemingly on the downtrend or long in the tooth (like, say, Destiny 2) clearly have a lot of players still logging in to play.   You can view the complete list here, but we’ve listed the Platinum-ranked games alphabetically in each category (Valve does not rank these games). Top Sellers (highest gross revenue earned in 2023) Apex Legends Baldur’s Gate 3 Call of Duty (MW III, Warzone, MW II) Counter-Strike 2 Cyberpunk 2077 Destiny 2 Dota 2 Hogwarts Legacy Lost Ark PUBG: Battlegrounds Sons of the Forest Starfield New Releases (most revenue earned during first two weeks of launch) Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Baldur's Gate 3 Cities: Skylines II EA Sports FC 24 Hogwarts Legacy Payday 3 Remnant II Resident Evil 4 (remake) Sons of the Forest Starfield Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Street Fighter 6 Most Played (number of peak concurrent player counts over 40,000) Apex Legends Baldur's Gate 3 Counter-Strike 2 Destiny 2 Dota 2 Goose Goose Duck Hogwarts Legacy Lost Ark PUBG: Battlegrounds Sons of the Forest Starfield  Early Access (highest gross revenue earned before and after launching in 1.0 this year) Against the Storm Baldur's Gate 3 Dave the Diver Demonologist Disney Dreamlight Valley Everspace 2 Farlight 84 Marvel Snap My Time at Sandrock Ready or Not Sun Haven Wartales Steam Deck (most played games on the device based on daily active player counts this year) Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Baldur's Gate 3 Cyberpunk 2077 Dave the Diver Elden Ring Half-Life Hogwarts Legacy Grand Theft Auto V Resident Evil 4 (remake) Starfield Vampire Survivors The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Controller (games most played using a gamepad) Apex Legends Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon Call of Duty (MW III, Warzone, MW II) EA Sports FC 24 Elden Ring FIFA 23 Hogwarts Legacy NBA 2K23 Resident Evil 4 (remake) Rocket League Starfield Street Fighter 6 VR (highest revenue earned) Beat Saber Blade & Sorcery Bonelab Boneworks The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 Ghosts of Tabor Gorilla Tag Half-Life: Alyx Into the Radius VR Pavlov VTOL VR