Valve has released its annual “Best Of” list highlighting the top-performing games on Steam measured by gross revenue and player engagement.

The categories are top sellers, best-selling new releases, most-played games on PC, most-played games on Steam Deck, highest-grossing early access games, most-played using a controller, and best-selling VR titles. The top 12 games in each category earn Platinum status, while everything below them is grouped into a descending ranking of Gold, Silver, and Bronze. It’s a fun snapshot of the games Steam users dug into most this year and a reminder that games seemingly on the downtrend or long in the tooth (like, say, Destiny 2) clearly have a lot of players still logging in to play.  

You can view the complete list here, but we’ve listed the Platinum-ranked games alphabetically in each category (Valve does not rank these games).

Top Sellers (highest gross revenue earned in 2023)

Apex Legends
Baldur’s Gate 3
Call of Duty (MW III, Warzone, MW II)
Counter-Strike 2
Cyberpunk 2077
Destiny 2
Dota 2
Hogwarts Legacy
Lost Ark
PUBG: Battlegrounds
Sons of the Forest
Starfield

New Releases (most revenue earned during first two weeks of launch)

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Baldur’s Gate 3
Cities: Skylines II
EA Sports FC 24
Hogwarts Legacy
Payday 3
Remnant II
Resident Evil 4 (remake)
Sons of the Forest
Starfield
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Street Fighter 6

Most Played (number of peak concurrent player counts over 40,000)

Apex Legends
Baldur’s Gate 3
Counter-Strike 2
Destiny 2
Dota 2
Goose Goose Duck
Hogwarts Legacy
Lost Ark
PUBG: Battlegrounds
Sons of the Forest
Starfield 

Early Access (highest gross revenue earned before and after launching in 1.0 this year)

Against the Storm
Baldur’s Gate 3
Dave the Diver
Demonologist
Disney Dreamlight Valley
Everspace 2
Farlight 84
Marvel Snap
My Time at Sandrock
Ready or Not
Sun Haven
Wartales

Steam Deck (most played games on the device based on daily active player counts this year)

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Baldur’s Gate 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Dave the Diver
Elden Ring
Half-Life
Hogwarts Legacy
Grand Theft Auto V
Resident Evil 4 (remake)
Starfield
Vampire Survivors
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Controller (games most played using a gamepad)

Apex Legends
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
Call of Duty (MW III, Warzone, MW II)
EA Sports FC 24
Elden Ring
FIFA 23
Hogwarts Legacy
NBA 2K23
Resident Evil 4 (remake)
Rocket League
Starfield
Street Fighter 6

VR (highest revenue earned)

Beat Saber
Blade & Sorcery
Bonelab
Boneworks
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2
Ghosts of Tabor
Gorilla Tag
Half-Life: Alyx
Into the Radius VR
Pavlov
VTOL VR