Steam has revealed the most played games of 2023 on its platform. Throughout this year, a series of excellent names as well as “bombs” have been released on Steam, alongside timeless games. As 2023 comes to an end, let’s look back at the works most loved by Steam players through data shared by the platform.
First, to reiterate, Steam is a digital distribution platform for video games, offering a comprehensive library of titles for users to purchase, download, and play on their computers. Developed by Valve, Steam also offers multiplayer gaming and community features, establishing itself as a hub for players to enjoy a variety of games. Every year, Steam shares information about the biggest games of the year, providing insight into player preferences and the popularity of various titles on the platform. This annual reveal provides an overview of gaming trends, highlighting the titles that resonated the most with the Steam community throughout the year.
Steam listings have four different levels. At the height of its glory, the Platinum Tier was reserved for games that exceeded 300,000 peak players. The list includes veteran names such as Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2 and PUBG: Battlegrounds…and newcomers like Goose Goose Duck, Sons of the Forest, Hogwarts LegacyBaldur’s Gate 3, Destiny 2, Apex Legends, Starfield and Lost Ark…
The specific list is as follows:
Platinum Tier (More than 300,000 Peak 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
Gold Tier (More than 150,000 Peak Players)
- Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
- Call of Duty
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Lethal Company
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Path of Exile
- Resident Evil 4
- Rust
- Team Fortress 2
- The Finals
Silver Tier (Over 80,000 Peak Players)
- 7 Days to Die
- ARK: Survival Ascended
- ARK: Survival Evolved
- BattleBit Remastered
- Battlefield 2042
- Battlefield 5
- Cities: Skylines 2
- 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 2
- Sid Meier’s Civilization 6
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
- Unturned
- Valheim
- VPet-Simulator
- War Thunder
- Warframe
Bronze Tier (More than 40,000 Peak Players)
- Age of Wonders 4
- Cities: Skylines
- Crab Game
- DayZ
- Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Farlight 84
- Farming Simulator 22
- Final Fantasy 14
- Garry’s Mod
- Hearts of Iron 4
- 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 5: Skyrim Special Edition
- The Forest
- The Sims 4
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- tModLoader
- Total War: Warhammer 3
- V Rising
- VRChat
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
- Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel
Ranked below Platinum are the Gold, Silver and Bronze tiers, all of which have at least 40,000 concurrent players or more. Among them, in the Gold Tier (more than 150,000 peak players), The Finals is definitely the fastest “accelerating” name, taking less than half a month since its launch to enter this list with more than 260,000 peak players. . Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, a rather picky Mecha genre game released in August by FromSoft is also included in this level. Cyberpunk 2077, with the launch of the Phantom Liberty DLC, also had a spectacular return with more than 270,000 players at the same time.
Gold Tier is followed by Silver Tier, games with more than 80,000 peak players. Prominent names at this level include Remnant 2, an extremely high-quality souls-like shooting game released in July this year. In addition, older names such as Elden Ring, Valheim and Civilization 6 also had excellent performances.
Finally, the Bronze Tier (over 40,000 peak players) also has some established games like Stardew Valley and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, released in 2023, also made its mark on this level.
Besides the list above, Steam also revealed its best-selling games of 2023. Names that appear on the most played list are once again present, such as Baldur’s Gate 3 or Hogwarts Legacy.
The fact that Baldur’s Gate 3 won the “Game of the Year” award and also appeared on both the best-selling and most-played lists is not a coincidence. Steam’s reveals not only celebrate the games that shaped the year, but also provide a comprehensive look at the 2023 gaming landscape.
For detailed list”Best of 2023” of Steam, readers can access via the link below:
