Steam Reveals its Best of 2024 Games

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Steam has revealed its best of 2024 games across several categories

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Steam has revealed its best games of 2024 across several categories: Top Sellers, New Releases, Most Played, Steam Deck, Controller, and VR. While revenue specifics aren’t revealed for each title, Steam groups them into buckets, and the games within those buckets are randomly sorted: Platinum (1-12), Gold (13-24), Silver (25-50), and Bronze (51-100). Data from January 1, 2024 through December 15, 2024 was used to generate these lists.

Regarding each category, Top Sellers are the best-selling games on Steam based on total gross revenue, which is why you’ll see some free-to-play titles on the list. The New Releases category covers the best-selling releases of 2024 based on their first two weeks of revenue after release. For Most Played, Steam showcases the games that surpassed 50,000 peak players during the year.

The Steam Deck category is self-explanatory; it’s the most played games for Steam Deck users in 2024, and any game is eligible to make this list. For Controller, these are the most played games among controller users. Finally, the VR category features the top VR games based on revenue earned during 2024.

You can see the full list of games below, broken down by category and tier.

Top Sellers

Platinum

  • Dota 2
  • PUBG: Battlegrounds
  • Palworld (first impressions)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Counter-Strike 2
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Elden Ring
  • Destiny 2
  • Apex Legends
  • Baldur’s Gate 3 (review)
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
  • Helldivers 2

Gold

  • Path of Exile 2 (first impressions)
  • EA Sports FC 24
  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
  • Enshrouded
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • War Thunder
  • Naraka: Bladepoint
  • The First Descendant
  • EA Sports FC 25
  • Dead by Daylight
  • Warframe
  • Throne and Liberty

Silver

  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Lethal Company
  • Dragon’s Dogma 2
  • Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut
  • Forza Horizon 5
  • Tekken 8
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
  • Diablo IV (review)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
  • The Elder Scrolls Online
  • Stardew Valley
  • Lost Ark
  • Rust
  • Forza Horizon 4
  • Final Fantasy XIV Online (Dawntrail review)
  • Grand Theft Auto V
  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Fallout 76
  • Manor Lords
  • Last Epoch (first impressions)
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
  • Gray Zone Warfare
  • Once Human
  • Call of Duty: Warzone

Bronze

  • Phasmophobia
  • Sons of the Forest (first impressions)
  • Hunt: Showdown 1896
  • Project Zomboid
  • Path of Exile
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Supermarket Simulator
  • RimWorld
  • Persona 3 Reload (review)
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
  • Battlefield 2042
  • Ready or Not
  • The Finals
  • Monster Hunter Wilds
  • Total War: Warhammer III
  • Bodycam
  • Stellaris
  • Balatro
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Overwatch 2
  • Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition
  • Farming Simulator 25
  • It Takes Two
  • Factorio (Space Age review)
  • Euro Truck Simulator 2
  • Fallout 4
  • Team Fortress 2
  • Chained Together
  • Liar’s Bar
  • Content Warning
  • American Truck Simulator
  • NBA 2K25
  • Sea of Thieves: 2024 Edition
  • Hades II
  • Satisfactory (review)
  • V Rising
  • World of Warships
  • ARK: Survival Ascended
  • Silent Hill 2
  • Hearts of Iron IV
  • Crusader Kings III
  • Black Desert
  • Wallpaper Engine
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio (review)
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • TCG Card Shop Simulator
  • Street Fighter 6 (review)
  • The Sims 4
  • Monster Hunter: World

New Releases

Platinum

  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • NBA 2K25
  • Dragon’s Dogma 2
  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
  • EA Sports FC 25
  • Palworld
  • Manor Lords
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Helldivers 2
  • Path of Exile 2

Gold

  • Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut
  • The First Descendant
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Farming Simulator 25
  • Last Epoch
  • Enshrouded
  • Gray Zone Warfare
  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink
  • Marvel Rivals
  • Hades II
  • Throne and Liberty
  • Tekken 8

Silver

  • God of War Ragnarök
  • Bodycam
  • Age of Mythology: Retold
  • Nightingale
  • Planet Coaster 2
  • Final Fantasy XVI (review)
  • Once Human
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Gundam Breaker 4
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
  • Chained Together
  • Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition
  • Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
  • V Rising (review)
  • Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-
  • Content Warning
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
  • Persona 3 Reload
  • Sins of a Solar Empire II
  • Silent Hill 2
  • No Rest for the Wicked
  • Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
  • Sons of the Forest
  • Satisfactory
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Frostpunk 2

Most Played

Platinum (over 450,000 peak players)

  • Path of Exile 2
  • PUBG: Battlegrounds
  • Palworld
  • Elden Ring
  • Helldivers 2
  • Apex Legends
  • Counter-Strike 2
  • Dota 2
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Marvel Rivals

Gold (over 200,000 peak players)

  • Grand Theft Auto V
  • Lethal Company
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
  • Stardew Valley
  • Destiny 2
  • Last Epoch
  • Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Throne and Liberty
  • Once Human
  • Naraka: Bladepoint
  • Dragon’s Dogma 2
  • The First Descendant
  • Content Warning
  • Path of Exile
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Silver (over 100,000 peak players)

  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink
  • Hades II
  • Team Fortress 2
  • Liar’s Bar
  • Delta Force
  • MultiVersus
  • Rust
  • V Rising
  • EA Sports FC 24
  • EA Sports FC 25
  • Warframe
  • Manor Lords
  • Wallpaper Engine
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
  • 7 Days to Die
  • Monster Hunter World
  • Fallout 4
  • Factorio
  • Farming Simulator 25
  • Enshrouded
  • Satisfactory
  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
  • War Thunder
  • The Finals

Bronze (over 50,000 peak players)

  • New World: Aeternum
  • Risk of Rain 2
  • Valheim
  • It Takes Two
  • Hunt: Showdown 1896
  • Final Fantasy XIV
  • Unturned
  • Dark and Darker
  • Gray Zone Warfare
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Crosshair X
  • Governor of Poker 3
  • TCG Card Shop Simulator
  • Deep Rock Galactic
  • The Forest
  • Payday 2
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Crab Game
  • Hearts of Iron IV
  • Farming Simulator 22
  • Supermarket Simulator
  • Left 4 Dead 2
  • Terraria
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio
  • Overwatch 2
  • Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut
  • Endless Legend
  • Forza Horizon 4
  • Don’t Starve Together
  • Dragon Age: The Veilguard
  • Diablo IV
  • Football Manager 2024
  • Battlefield V
  • Street Fighter 6
  • Fallout 76
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
  • Crusader Kings III
  • Phasmophobia
  • Sons of the Forest
  • Euro Truck Simulator 2
  • Limbus Company
  • Total War: Warhammer III
  • Chained Together
  • VRChat
  • Dead by Daylight
  • DayZ
  • The Crew 2
  • Half-Life 2
  • Lost Ark
  • Hades
  • The Sims 4
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • RimWorld
  • Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

Steam Deck

Platinum

  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Elden Ring
  • Vampire Survivors
  • Grand Theft Auto V
  • Fallout 4
  • Palworld
  • Balatro
  • Hogwarts Legacy
  • Dave the Diver
  • Hades
  • Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Stardew Valley

Gold

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • Monster Hunter World
  • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • Diablo IV
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
  • Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
  • Hades II
  • Brotato
  • Helldivers 2
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Slay the Spire

Silver

  • Persona 5 Royal
  • Valheim
  • Euro Truck Simulator 2
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
  • Counter-Strike 2
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – GOTY Edition
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection
  • Warframe
  • Forza Horizon 4
  • Forza Horizon 5
  • Cult of the Lamb
  • Hollow Knight
  • War Thunder
  • Dark Souls III
  • Persona 3 Reload
  • Aperture Desk Job
  • Dead Cells
  • Terraria
  • Left 4 Dead 2
  • No Man’s Sky
  • Fallout: New Vegas
  • Project Zomboid
  • Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
  • Metaphor: ReFantazio

Controller

Platinum

  • Apex Legends
  • EA Sports FC 24
  • Forza Horizon 4
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
  • Grand Theft Auto V
  • Palworld
  • Forza Horizon 5
  • Black Myth: Wukong
  • It Takes Two
  • Elden Ring
  • Monster Hunter World
  • Euro Truck Simulator 2

Gold

  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Overcooked! 2
  • Helldivers 2
  • Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
  • Stardew Valley
  • Assetto Corsa
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – GOTY Edition
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • eFootball
  • Brawlhalla
  • BeamNG.drive
  • Hogwarts Legacy

Silver

  • Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
  • Party Animals
  • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  • Hades II
  • Dark Souls III
  • Cult of the Lamb
  • Street Fighter 6
  • MultiVersus
  • NBA 2K23
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Dragon’s Dogma 2
  • Cuphead
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Need for Speed Heat
  • Persona 5 Royal
  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink
  • Hollow Knight
  • Monster Hunter Rise
  • EA Sports FC 25
  • Counter-Strike 2
  • The Crew 2
  • NBA 2K24
  • Fallout 4
  • Baldur’s Gate 3
  • Hades
  • EA Sports FIFA 23

VR

Platinum

  • Gorilla Tag
  • Bonelab
  • The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
  • Into the Radius 2
  • Beat Saber
  • Ghosts of Tabor
  • Blade and Sorcery
  • Arizona Sunshine 2
  • Pavlov
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • Fallout 4 VR
  • VTOL VR

Gold

  • Hard Bullet
  • Into the Radius VR
  • Underdogs
  • Contractors Showdown: ExfilZone
  • Blood Trail
  • Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
  • Boneworks
  • Metro Awakening
  • Legendary Tales
  • Standable: Full Body Estimation
  • Contractors

Silver

  • The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
  • Kayak VR: Mirage
  • Virtual Desktop Classic
  • VR Kanojo
  • Arizona Sunshine
  • Pistol Whip
  • Hellsplit: Arena
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2
  • Vail VR
  • Among Us VR
  • Waltz of the Wizard
  • Bootstrap Island
  • Vertigo 2
  • I Expect You To Die 3: Cog in the Machine
  • Tactical Assault VR
  • After the Fall
  • Job Simulator
  • Convrgence
  • Cooking Simulator VR
  • Rumble
  • Superhot VR
  • OVR Toolkit
  • Walkabout Mini Golf VR
  • Ancient Dungeon
  • Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality

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With over 20 years in online publishing, Jason Siu is the Community Director at Autoverse Studios, where he also contributes to the design and development of Auto Legends. His extensive background includes serving as Content Director at VerticalScope and writing about cars for prominent sites like AutoGuide, The Truth About Cars, EV Pulse, FlatSixes, and Tire Authority. As a co-founder of Tunerzine.com and former West Coast Editor of Modified Magazine, Jason has also authored two books for CarTech Books. In his spare time, he founded FullCleared to channel his passion for gaming, with a particular fondness for RPGs.

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