New World Continues to Surprise on Steam

As every Monday, Valve released a list of last week's biggest Steam bestsellers (by revenue). The list was dominated by pre-orders of New World. Various editions of this MMORPG took the first two places. The release is still a month away, but its success comes from the fact that pre-orders are a sure way to get into the ongoing closed beta.

Last Wednesday we wrote about how successful the beta tests were. During them the game set a new activity record of 190,811 people on Steam. It was broken yesterday - at the hottest moment on Sunday, the virtual New World was explored by 200,856 users.

The release of the RimWorld: Ideology expansion, which ranked third on the bestseller list, was also a big success. This achievement is all the more impressive that the DLC costs less than $20, and as we mentioned, the list is created based on revenue. The expansion not only sells nicely, but has also been warmly received by fans. On Steam, 87% of user reviews are positive, which is categorized as "very positive reception". The release of the expansion also enabled the production to reach a new activity record - yesterday, at the peak of the day, the title was played by 50,907 people.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin and the racing game F1 2021 continue to sell well, while the action game Death's Door from indie studio Acid Nerve also made a good debut, taking 9th place. Two Rockstar hits - Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2- also returned to the top ten. The increase in interest is driven by, among other things, the release of new content for the online modules of both titles.

The biggest hits on Steam last week (by revenue):