Weekly Steam Chart: Tactical Shooter ‘Ready or Not’ Skyrockets 80 Positions Thanks to Discount, Outranking Main Newcomer

SteamDB recently published a list of the games that generated the most revenue on Steam from May 21 to May 28, 2024.

The best newcomer was Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II. This adventurous action game by Ninja Theory started off at the tenth position. The sequel received “very positive” reviews (88% based on 2,600 reviews) and hit a peak of 3982 simultaneous users. The most common criticisms were a weak plot and superficial gameplay, which were also expressed by Alexey Likhachev in his review for 3DNews.

Significant changes in the chart include:

• The Steam Deck portable PC reclaimed the top spot after five weeks.
• The director’s cut of adventure action game Ghost of Tsushima, last week’s leader, slipped to the second place.
• The role-playing action Elden Ring, whose sales are spiking as the release of its Shadow of the Erdtree expansion nears, climbed up four spots to the third place.
• The strategy game Total War: Warhammer III rocketed from the 44th to the fifth place thanks to a 50% discount (expires on May 30).
• Other popular titles due to the Warhammer Skulls festival sale have also returned to the list, such as Total War: Warhammer II (37th), Total War: Warhammer I (56th), add-on Total War: Warhammer III: Shadows of Change (65th), role-playing game Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (31st) and shooter Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (52nd).
• The shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (21st) entered the chart following the opening of pre-orders (releases on September 9).
• The tactical shooter Ready or Not demonstrated a remarkable growth, a 40% discount (also ends on May 30) pushed it from the last position of the overall chart (87th in paid-for list) to the seventh.

The week’s best sellers:

1. Steam Deck (2).
2. Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut (1).
3. Elden Ring (7).
4. Cyberpunk 2077 (4).
5. Total War: Warhammer III (44).
6. Baldur’s Gate 3 (3).
7. Ready or Not (87).
8. Helldivers 2 (6).
9. Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree (50).
10. Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II.

The highest-grossing titles, including free-to-play games, are:

1. Counter-Strike 2 (free-to-play).
2. Dota 2 (free-to-play).
3. Steam Deck.
4. Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut.
5. Elden Ring.
6. Destiny 2 (free-to-play).
7. PUBG: Battlegrounds (free-to-play).
8. Cyberpunk 2077.
9. Total War: Warhammer III.
10. Baldur’s Gate 3.