Valve names the most popular games on Steam for 2022

Valve has summed up its own results of the year, naming the most popular games on Steam. By tradition, they are divided into several categories: games with the highest profit, best new games, early access graduates, and others.

Each category includes platinum, gold, and bronze awards. The full list can be viewed at https://store.steampowered.com/sale/BestOf2022?tab=1

We will publish only platinum award receivers. Note that Valve does not disclose sales data and all games are in random order.

Most Sales:

• Dota 2
• Naraka: Bladepoint
• Destiny 2
• PUBG: Battlegrounds
• Yu Gi Oh! Master Duel
• Elden Ring
• Apex Legends
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• Lost Ark
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Dying Light 2
• Monster Hunter Rise

Top Newcomers:

• Yu Gi Oh! Master Duel
• Dying Light 2
• Elden Ring
• Stray
• Lost Ark
• Monster Hunter Rise
• Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• Dying Light 2
• Total War: Warhammer 3
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• V Rising
• FIFA 23

Most Popular(240+ thousand online players):

• Dying Light 2
• ARK: Survival Evolved
• Dota 2
• Apex Legends
• Goose Goose Duck
• Yu Gi Oh! Master Duel
• Destiny 2
• Lost Ark
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• PUBG: Battlegrounds
• Elden Ring
• Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Early Access Graduates:

• World War 3
• Raft
• Temtem
• PowerWash Simulator
• Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord
• Dread Hunger
• Foxhole
• Grounded
• Vampire Survivors
• Rogue Legacy 2
• Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
• Teardown

Best VR Games:

• Boneworks
• After the Fall
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
• PavlovVR
• Bonelab
• Beat Saber
• Blade and Sorcery
• Into the Radius VR
• Superhot VR
• Half Life: Alyx
• VTOL VR
• Zenith: The Last City

Best Games For Steam Deck:

• Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• MultiVersus
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Elden Ring
• No Man’s Sky
• The Witcher 3
• Stray
• Vampire Survivors
• Hades
• Cult of the Lamb
• Persona 5 Royal