The year 2022 is almost over and, as per tradition, Valve has once again shared with us the top 100 of the most popular and highest grossing games on Steam. Within a total of 6 categories, the top titles have been classified into Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze groups, but within these you can see the games in a random order.
The categories mentioned, and the platinum prize games within them, are as follows:
BEST SELLERi.e. “best games of the year measured in terms of gross revenue”:
• Counter-Strike: global offensive
Dota 2
• Dying Light 2 Stay human
Destiny 2
• PUBG BATTLEFIELDS
• ELDEN RING
• HELL: BLADEPOINT
• THE RISING OF THE MONSTER HUNTER
• Lost Ark
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Dueling master
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
NEW ASPECTSi.e. “best new releases of the year measured in terms of gross receipts”:
• V ascending
• Total War: WARHAMMER III
• EA SPORTS FIFA 23
• THE RISING OF THE MONSTER HUNTER
• Lost Ark
• Stray
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Dueling master
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Dying Light 2 Stay human
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• Warhammer 40,000: Dark Tide
• ELDEN RING
MOST PLAYEDi.e. “most played games of the year measured by number of concurrent players”:
In this category, the platinum group was replaced by “240,000+ concurrent players”, where the following games managed to enter:
• ARK: advanced survival
• Goose Goose Duck
Dota 2
• Counter-Strike: global offensive
• Apex legends
• Lost Ark
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Dueling master
Destiny 2
• Dying Light 2 Stay human
• PUBG: BATTLEFIELDS
• ELDEN RING
EXIT EARLY ACCESSi.e. “measured by the best Early Access exit gross of the year”:
• Fear of hunger
• Tear down
• Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
• PowerWash simulator
• To the ground
• Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
• Raft
• Vampire survivors
• Temporarily
• Rogue Legacy 2
• Trench
• Third World war
BEST VR GAMESi.e. “best exclusive VR experiences of the year measured in terms of gross revenue”:
• Half-life: Alyx
• Llama and Sorcery
• VTOL VR
• WORKS BONES
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
• BONELAB
• SUPER HOT VR
• Defeat Saber
• Zenith: The last city
• After the fall
• Within VR range
• Pavlova VR
STEAM PLATFORMor “most played games of the year measured by the number of daily active players on Steam Deck”:
•Cyberpunk 2077
• Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Cult of the Lamb
Red Dead Redemption 2
• ELDEN RING
• Hades
• MultiVersus
• Persona 5 Real
• Stray
• No man’s sky
• Vampire survivors
You can view the full list of games ITTor you can visit the ‘comments’ tab here for category details, as well as links to previous years’ best.
