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News video games 28 February 2023, 14:11

author: Adrian Werner

Valve Makes Major Changes to Its Bestseller List [UPDATE]

Valve has mixed up a lot on Steam's bestseller list with a major change in the methodology for creating these lists.

Update

SteamDB has released a new list of Steam's biggest bestsellers (by revenue). It covers the period Feb. 21, 2023 - Feb. 28, 2023. The list omits free-to-play games.

Valve Makes Major Changes to Its Bestseller List [UPDATE] - picture #1
Source photo SteamDB.

Previous message (February 27, 2023)

A list of the biggest (by revenue) hits of the past week on Steam has been released. This time it significantly deviates from what we are used to, as Valve has changed the operation of the database from which these lists are taken by services like SteamDB. Previously, only paid games were listed there. In contrast, now they have also started to take into account free-to-play games..

We are curious to know whether this change extends only to the database, or whether Valve itself will stop separating free-to-play games with microtransactions into a separate category in its summaries of the biggest bestsellers of the month.

The top earning items of the past week on Steam (14.02-21.02.2023)

#

Game:

1.

Apex Legends

2.

Hogwarts Legacy

3.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

4.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

5.

PUBG: Battlegrounds

6.

Steam Deck

7.

Wild Hearts

8.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

9.

Destiny 2

10.

Naraka: Bladepoint

As can be seen here, Hogwarts Legacy continues to sell like hot cakes. A good debut, despite many technical problems, was also recorded by Wild Hearts.

A change in the way the list is compiled meant that it was dominated by free-to-play games such as Apex Legends, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel or Destiny 2.

SteamDB asked its readers how the service should respond to this change. After consulting with them, it was decided that the service's website will add the option to filter out free-to-play games, so as to get a list in the style of those published so far. After using this feature, the list of last week's biggest bestsellers is as follows:

Valve Makes Major Changes to Its Bestseller List [UPDATE] - picture #2
Source photo SteamDB.
  1. Hogwarts Legacy - game guide
  2. Hogwarts Legacy - official website

Adrian Werner

Adrian Werner

A true veteran of the Gamepressure newsroom, writing continuously since 2009 and still not having enough. He caught the gaming bug thanks to playing on his friend's ZX Spectrum. Then he switched to his own Commodore 64, and after a short adventure with 16-bit consoles, he forever entrusted his heart to PC games. A fan of niche productions, especially adventure games, RPGs and games of the immersive sim genre, as well as a mod enthusiast. Apart from games, he devourers stories in every form - books, series, movies, and comics.

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