December 27, 2023 10:00 AM
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Valve’s Steam is unveiling the highly-anticipated top games of the year for the digital storefront in 2023. It didn’t say much about the games, but here’s the information it shared. We hope you’re having a great holiday season. As for the top games of the year, here’s my own list.
Most Played Games
Sorted alphabetically within each tier.
Over 300k peak concurrent players
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
Over 150k peak concurrent players
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Call of Duty
Cyberpunk 2077
Grand Theft Auto V
Lethal Company
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
Path of Exile
Resident Evil 4
Rust
Team Fortress 2
THE FINALS
Over 80k peak concurrent players
7 Days to Die
ARK: Survival Ascended
ARK: Survival Evolved
BattleBit Remastered
Battlefield 2042
Battlefield V
Cities: Skylines II
Dave the Diver
Dead by Daylight
Don’t Starve Together
EA SPORTS FC 24
EA SPORTS FIFA 23
ELDEN RING
Football Manager 2023
Football Manager 2024
Left 4 Dead 2
Party Animals
Phasmophobia
Remnant II
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Unturned
Valheim
VPet-Simulator
War Thunder
Warframe
Over 40k peak concurrent players
Age of Wonders 4
Cities: Skylines
Crab Game
DayZ
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Farlight 84
Farming Simulator 22
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
Garry’s Mod
Hearts of Iron IV
HoloCure – Save the Fans!
Hunt: Showdown
Last Epoch
Lords of the Fallen
Love Is All Around
Monster Hunter Rise
Monster Hunter: World
My Hero Ultra Rumble
NBA 2K23
New World
Overwatch 2
Payday 2
Payday 3
Project Zomboid
Red Dead Redemption 2
Risk of Rain Returns
Rocket League
Sea of Thieves 2023 Edition
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Stardew Valley
Street Fighter 6
Terraria
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
The Forest
The Sims 4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
tModLoader
Total War: Warhammer III
V Rising
VRChat
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Most Played on Steam Deck
Sorted alphabetically within each tier
Platinum
ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON
Baldur’s Gate 3
Cyberpunk 2077
DAVE THE DIVER
ELDEN RING
Grand Theft Auto V
Half-Life
Hogwarts Legacy
Resident Evil 4
Starfield
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Vampire Survivors
Gold
Brotato
Counter-Strike 2
Dead Cells
Diablo IV
DREDGE
Hades
Halls of Torment
Red Dead Redemption 2
Risk of Rain Returns
Sea of Stars
Stardew Valley
Street Fighter 6
Silver
Coral Island
Cult of the Lamb
Fallout 4
God of War
Hi-Fi RUSH
HoloCure – Save the Fans!
