Steam Weekly Chart: Cyberpunk 2077 returns to the top, reaching December 2020 online levels

The action role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077 was at the top of the list for the first time in 2023 Steam sales table. The sales growth was facilitated by the release of a major update 2.0 and the Phantom Liberty add-on, as well as discounts on the main game and the DLC bundle.

Cyberpunk 2077. Image source: Steam

Cyberpunk 2077’s online performance has returned to its release month levels. In the last 24 hours it has tightened 246 754 Simultaneous players – such a number of users was last recorded on December 29, 2020. The Phantom Liberty expansion reached fifth place and received 89% positive reviews (over two thousand reviews in total).

Other chart events of the week:

• after the start Early access Pre-order of football simulator EA Sports FC 24 rose from 15th to second place (official release – September 29);
• The best new product of the week, the co-op shooter Payday 3, started with a rating in fourth place 32% based on 26.6 thousand reviews (criticism refers to network problems, a small amount of content, controversial decisions and general unfinished work) and a personal online record 77,938 Human;

• The second most popular release (excluding Phantom Liberty), fighting game Party Animals, debuted in seventh place with “mixed” reviews (63% based on 11.6 thousand reviews) and our own online record 104 174 Player. Negative reviews are mostly related to price and micropayments;

• The remake of Resident Evil 4 rose from 12th to 8th place thanks to the release of the “Separate Ways” add-on, which took 12th place (Rating – 95% based on 3.6 thousand reviews) and a free update for “Mercenaries” mode;

• Last week’s highest paid game, Baldur’s Gate 3, fell to sixth place, and Starfield, which was displaced by it, now closes out the top ten;
• after the release of the Oceania Pack add-on, the zoo simulator Planet Zoo climbed to 16th place;

• The third best new product was Studio Supersoft’s open-world life simulator with construction, card battles and creature taming mechanics Moonstone Island (rating based on 555 reviews – 84%maximum online – 3451 Human);

• Last week’s release, a top-down cooperative survival simulator set in a zombie apocalypse, HumanitZ from Yodubzz Studios (Early Access), entered the charts at #75: 79% positive feedback (495 reviews in total), 1531 Users at the top.

Top 10 by sales among paid products (in brackets – place in the previous week if the product was included in the table):

1. Cyberpunk 2077 (9);
2. EA Sports FC 24 (15);
3. steam deck (1);
4. Payday 3 (5);
5. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty (11);
6. Baldur’s Gate 3 (2);
7. party animals (14);
8. Resident Evil 4 Remake (12);
9. Mortal Kombat 1 (4);
10. Starfield (3).

Top 10 by revenue, including free-to-play games:

1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (shareware);
2. Cyberpunk 2077;
3. EA Sports FC 24;
4. Steam Deck;
5. Payday 3;
6. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty;
7. Baldur’s Gate 3;
8. party animals;
9. Apex Legends (shareware);
10. Resident Evil 4 Remake.