The Steam weekly sales charts, as measured by revenue and not overall unit sales, has seen another shake-up. After several weeks ofRustdominating the chart to start off 2021, new indie game releases have shifted things dramatically. Last week saw the Chinese space expansion gameDyson Sphere Programtake the lead, and this week the Early Access release ofValheim, a new cooperative multiplayer survival game, is in high demand.
While Steam doesn’t provide revenue numbers or any specific sales information as part of its weekly top-sellers list,Valheim’s success is self-evident. The new game launched this past Tuesday and is already boasting over 100,000 concurrent players. Its peak topped off above 131,000, so suffice to say the game has likely already sold hundreds of thousands of copies. For an indie game just launching in Early Access, it’s blowing away all expectations.
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In second place is another surprise returning game from the top of the chart last week.Tale of Immortalis a Chinese open-world game that continues to be very popular, even crossing 175,000 concurrent players. In comparison, last week’s number one game,Dyson Sphere Program, has dropped down to sixth on the list.
AfterValheimandTale of Immortal, the newNioh 2 Complete Editionrelease has taken third. Fourth isTotal War: Warhammer 3, which launches later this year but is already on sale via pre-purchase. In fifth is the Valve Index VR Kit, followed byDyson Sphere Program,Rust,Cyberpunk 2077,Mass Effect Legendary Edition, andSekiro: Shadows Die Twice GOTY Edition. Altogether a mix of brand-new titles and returning favorites.
The lesser story of the list is regarding bothRustandCyberpunk 2077.RustandCyberpunk 2077have been mainstays onSteam’s top-selling listfor some time now due to a holiday surge. This week, however, both of them dropped three spaces down the list, and it’s possible that one or both could fall off the list entirely next week. It’s also possible that a patch or viral Twitch stream could lead to them climbing up the list once more.
What this list of top-selling Steam games doesn’t reveal is whySteam broke its record for concurrent userson the platform again this morning. Well over 26 million Steam users were online at the same time even though tere were no major game releases, but that apparently didn’t slow PC gamers down. It’s just a great season to be playing games on Steam.
