Valve lists the 100 best-selling Steam games of 2018
Find out the top Early Access graduates and most-played games, too.
As we approach the end of 2018, Valve has revealed its traditional best-of-the-year lists, which includes a tiered ranking of the 100 top-selling Steam games by revenue, as well as the games that drew in the most players.
All the games you'd expect to be in the top 12 best-sellers, grouped in the Platinum tier, have made it, such as Elder Scrolls Online is also in the group, likely because of its various expansions this year.
It's good to see Path of Exile. It's worth browsing through the full top 100 to see if any have escaped your library, and their prices and current discounts are clearly marked.
The Artifact, though—that made it into the group that pulled in more than 50,000 players. So did Football Manager 2018, Garry's Mod and, of course, Farming Simulator 19. PC gaming, eh?
Once you're done with that, you can move on to the list of the best-performing new releases, which showcases the best new sellers in every month of the year. It's far more obscure, and might be useful if you took a few months off gaming and want to see what you missed.
There are a few surprises in the best Early Access graduates: among the Platinum tier is Ghost of a Tale sneak into the Gold tier, too.
Lastly, if you're looking for some new VR games, then you can browse the find our list here.
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Samuel Horti is a long-time freelance writer for PC Gamer based in the UK, who loves RPGs and making long lists of games he'll never have time to play.