Why it issues: Steam’s Better of The Yr function is a type of end-of-year occasions that has became custom. 2024 noticed a mixture of older and newer video games that had been prime sellers, and there are a few titles conspicuously low within the charts – or lacking fully.
Valve by no means reveals particular person complete gross income numbers of its best-selling titles; as a substitute, it teams them into Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze classes.
The Platinum group options among the greatest releases from 2024: Area Marine 2, Helldivers 2, Black Fable: Wukong, and Name of Obligation: Black Ops 6. You may discover all of those in our Greatest PC Video games You Ought to be Enjoying function.
A number of older video games are nonetheless making their studios and publishers cash — Elden Ring and Baldur’s Gate 3 are additionally within the Platinum group.
Because the chart is predicated on complete gross income for the yr, well-liked free-to-play titles with in-game transactions, together with Counter-Strike 2, Apex Legends, and Future 2, make up the remainder of the Platinum class.
Scanning additional down the listing, it is good to see that Cyberpunk 2077 made it into the Gold group this yr. After being universally panned on launch, the RPG’s lengthy redemption arc has led to a Very Optimistic ranking – its 94% constructive Latest Critiques ranking is simply 1% off Overwhelmingly Optimistic.
The Silver Group options the likes of Dragon’s Dogma 2, Diablo IV, and Stalker 2, which was solely launched on November 20 and lately turned worthwhile. The FPS survival/horror bought 1,000,000 items in two days – spectacular, contemplating it is also on Sport Go.
The Bronze part of the best-sellers chart
Because the chart is predicated on income, you may discover the wonderful, budget-priced Balatro within the Bronze part. Silent Hill 2 can also be right here, which is slightly stunning, as is Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which is not. One other recreation that went from loser to winner, No Man’s Sky, made sufficient cash to enter the Bronze group this yr.
PC Gamer notes that each recreation from final yr’s Platinum class is someplace within the 2024 listing, with the one exception being Starfield.
Steam additionally compiles a most-played listing based mostly on peak participant numbers. The class for video games with 450,000 or extra peak concurrent gamers options the same old multiplayer video games, in addition to Black Fable, Elden Ring, and the latest Path of Exile 2.
The remainder of the charts are made up of most-popular Steam Deck video games, which incorporates Balatro, Dave the Diver, and Hades. There may be additionally a New Releases chart that includes Manor Lords and Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero within the Platinum part. Valve even features a listing of the highest video games performed with a controller.
