Weekly Steam Chart: Discounts Boost Baldur’s Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 Back into Top 5, But Ghost of Tsushima Proves More Successful

In the week from May 14 to May 21, the highest-earning game on the Steam sales chart was not Hades II, but Ghost of Tsushima’s Director’s Cut version, taking over the number one spot.

Having become the most successful single-player Sony PC game and the company’s second top-grossing computer release after Helldivers 2, Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut amassed 77,154 simultaneous users on May 19th. With over 10,500 reviews, the game boasts an 88% rating.

Here are some other key events in the chart:

  • Baldur’s Gate 3, benefiting from its largest discount since release (15%), shot up 15 places to become third.
  • Cyberpunk 2077 returned to the top-5 thanks to a 50% discount, skyrocketing from the 50th position to the fourth.
  • Also entering the top-10 was Elden Ring, moving from 16th to seventh place.
  • Another new entry was Men of War II, a military strategy game from Best Way which took the 23rd spot. The game attracted 3,829 simultaneous players at its peak and received a 61% rating (based on 2,100 reviews), with users criticizing its unrealistic gameplay, clunky interface, weak AI, and questionable design decisions.
  • After initiating its fourth season, Diablo IV made a comeback to the chart, landing at 25th position and establishing a new record for simultaneous players (29,035).

  • Thanks to the release of the Nebraska DLC, the long-haul truck simulator American Truck Simulator saw a boost in sales, securing the 12th position. The Nebraska DLC holds an 83% rating based on 142 reviews).
  • Hello to Mullet Mad Jack, a Cyberpunk roguelite shooter with a classy anime style from Hammer95 starting from the 55th spot with “extremely positive” reviews (98% based on 1,700 ratings) and 808 maximum concurrent users.
  • Making its appearance at number 45 in the chart is Fabledom, a fantasy city-building simulator which didn’t make it to the top-100 the previous week, but now boasts “very positive” reviews (88% based on 3,500 critiques). It has recorded a peak of 4,266 players online.

Here are the top-10 games by revenue, considering the previous week’s position:

  1. Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut (13)
  2. Steam Deck (2)
  3. Baldur’s Gate 3 (18)
  4. Cyberpunk 2077 (50)
  5. Hades II (1)
  6. Helldivers 2 (4)
  7. Elden Ring (16)
  8. V Rising (3)
  9. Fallout 76 (12)
  10. Stellaris (5)

Here are the top-10 games by revenue, including free-to-play games:

  1. Counter-Strike 2 (free-to-play)
  2. Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut
  3. Steam Deck
  4. PUBG: Battlegrounds (free-to-play)
  5. Dota 2 (free-to-play)
  6. Baldur’s Gate 3
  7. Cyberpunk 2077
  8. Hades II
  9. Apex Legends (free-to-play)
  10. Helldivers 2

This post was last modified on 05/21/2024

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