At the end of the year, all major game manufacturers have started their year-end summary, and Dr. noticed that Valve also announced the 2023 Steam platform annual best product list, they conducted a comprehensive evaluation of all Steam games, and got seven annual best lists in different categories, namely: best-selling games, best-selling new products, most popular games, best-selling early access works, most popular Steam deck games, The game with the most active players on the controller and the best-selling VR game.
Here's a note from the doctor: ".Best-selling"refers to sorting by revenue of the product, while".Hot playIt is ranked according to the peak number of players at the same time, so the above games on the list are either high in income or high in popularity, and they are successful products on Steam. In addition, a hundred games are included in each list, among themTop TwelveIt is the so-called "platinum" grade. The game that can enter the platinum hall is obviously the winner of the winner, the master of the master!
In seven classifications,The best-selling games, the best-selling new products, the hottest gamesThese three categories are obviously more valuable, and they are considered to be the three mainstream lists. So, is there a game that can make it to all three of these lists at the same time, and all of them are in the top 12?The doctor went out of his way to take a look, and there really is!There are a total of four games that have won the "Platinum" glory in the three lists: "Baldur's Gate 3", "Hogwarts Legacy", "Starfield" and "Children of the Forest".
These four games are all new products launched in 2023, and they are all very lucrative, and there are many active players, which can be regarded as the most profitable and popular products on Steam this year. Among them, "Baldur's Gate 3" should be thought of by everyone, after all, it is a phenomenal product that has swept many awards on the TGA. It also won the Golden Joystick Game of the Year award, and if DICE and GDC are next, Baldur's Gate 3 could well become the fourth game in history to win a Grand Slam (the first three being The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Elden Ring).
Hogwarts Legacy is a trendy game launched in February this year, although the game itself has some problems, such as: lack of enough depth, post-gameplay and content are a bit boring, etc., but its data is phenomenal, and its performance on Steam speaks for itself. As for "Hogwarts Legacy" has not been nominated in major award activities, the doctor believes that it is mainly because of the controversy of the author of "Harry Potter", and the public** or the brand will not nominate the game if they don't want to cause trouble.
Next up is Starfield, which currently has a mixed overall player rating on Steam (65%), and the recent positive rating has dropped to 29%, and the word of mouth and number of active players are not as good as the old title "The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim Special Edition" from 7 years ago, much to the disappointment of fans!However, before the launch of the product, everyone was still very confident in B Company, so the data before and after the launch of "Starry Sky" was very eye-catching.
Presumably, everyone in front of the screen didn't expect that "Sons of the Forest" could be comparable to the above three masterpieces on Steam, right?When it debuted in February, it sold 2 million units in one day, and the highest number of people at the same time rushed to 4140,000 people, that's a good number. This kind of cooperative survival game where you can build and fight in the game is very popular on Steam, and "Sons of the Forest" is one of the best, if you are interested, you can keep an eye on it. Well, that's all for today's sharing, see you next time!