Steam’s top choices for March includes a Steam Deck category
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It’s well known by this point that Valve puts out a monthly post featuring the top 20 best selling games. It’s something I personally enjoy making a post about. I think a snapshot into what’s popular from month to month is always fun to look at. If a game manages to make the list across multiple months there’s probably something to give a deeper look at, there.
But it isn’t just a top 20 post that Valve puts together. The company covers free to play releases, DLC sales and releases by brand new developers. But it also has a floating category that changes month to month.
This month? That ever-changing category is covering the Steam Deck.
Don’t get me wrong. The standard top 20 list is still interesting to look at. When you have a massive Steam library it’s good for a quick look at what might be new and fun. But the Steam Deck category is for March, which makes it the first month after the Steam Deck launched.
It’s a look at what Steam Deck holders decided to play first. A glimpse into the launch of a new console is a rare prize. The difference, though, is that this is a Steam console. While Valve did produce a first-party experience to coincide with the launch, first-party titles aren’t what people were buying the thing for.
What, then, did people sink their teeth into with their new portable platform? Let’s have a look:
As it turns out gamers wanted a little bit of everything. There’s an experimental indie title, an auto-battler, games with RPG elements, games with online co-op, rogue-lites, first person shooters, cyberpunk games and even a crafting survival title.
We can’t forget probable game of the year contender,
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