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Valve’s Steam has come out with the 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.
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