author: Bart Swiatek
Steam's most popular and profitable in 2018
Valve have presented lists of games that were the most popular among the users of Steam.
The most profitable games
The list of games generating the highest gross revenues on Steam has been organized along several categories, such as platinum, gold, silver and bronze – pretty straightforward. The order doesn't matter here (we don't know which of the listed games performed best). This year in the most elite, platinum collection, we have both new titles as well as games that were released some time ago.
The most profitable – Platinum
- Warframe
- Civilization VI
- Dota 2
- Monster Hunter World
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Playerunknown's Battlegrounds
- Rainbow Six: Siege
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Far Cry 5
- Rocket League
- The Elder Scrolls Online
The golden category is also pretty interesting, with games such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Total War: Warhammer 2, Divinity: Original Sin II or Kingdom Come: Deliverance. It is also noteworthy that separate lists – also divided into the above-mentioned categories – have been prepared for Virtual Reality games. Below, you will find the most popular games of this category, as well as a list of the most profitable titles that left Early Access during the passing year.
VR Bestsellers
- Superhot VR
- VR Kanojo
- Arizona Sunshine
- Skyrim VR
- Gorn
- Pavlov VR Shooter
- Onward
- Fallout 4 VR
- Hot Dogs, Horseshoes, Hand Grenades
- Job Simulator
- OrbusVR
- Beat Saber
Leaving Early Access
- Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr
- Kenshi
- The Forest
- Northgard
- Conan Exiles
- Subnautica
- Chinese Parents
- Dead Cells
- RimWorld
- Rust
- Wallpaper Engine
- Bless Online
Time devourers
The folks from Steam also published several other lists. There’s, for example, a list showing the best premieres for each month. We also got to know the games users played the most in 2018 – as follows: