One more year, Valve has been encouraged to review best of 2021 and has done so based on data from Steam of gross income and simultaneous players. The company has thus drawn up several rankings from which it is possible to extract a good number of reflections. One is how fast the fashions go by, since there is no trace in the different lists of games such as Among Us or Fall Guys, the best-selling and most played of last year. This 2021 the substitute for both could be Rust, to whose fever Egoland surely contributed, the server with the most famous streamers on the Spanish scene. In the opposite position we have GTA V, DOTA 2 and Counter Strike: Global Offensive, which add six consecutive appearances (six!) In this type of tables. Never doubt Rockstar or the competitive scene. The same with Rainbow Six: Siege and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), which are a step below and meet just five years on the crest of the wave. Also highlight the role of Cyberpunk 2077, who despite the controversies is among the most played of the year.
If we talk only about new releases, the biggest hit is Naraka: Bladepoint, a battle royale up to 60 players set in feudal Japan. It may not sound familiar to you, but it is about Game with the highest gross revenue on Steam in 2021. Quite behind we would find Valheim, New World and Battlefield 2042. Interestingly, most of these names (all except the DICE title) are PC exclusive. If we look for multiplatform highlights the positive acceptance that Microsoft games are having on his arrival on PC, a philosophy that began a few years ago. Halo Infinite and Forza Horizon 5 are among the most successful of the year despite their late release and they are joined by Age of Empires IV. It has been a great year for the Redmond company. Regarding the list of virtual reality games, Half-Life: Alyx and Beat Saber remain in the ointment accompanied by a good number of essential jewels in VR among which unfortunately not too much news. Will 2022 put an end to the device drought?
Now, we leave you with the rankings so that you can draw your own conclusions:
Steam’s best-selling games of 2021
It is measured based on your gross income.
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Counter Strike: Global Offensive
- Destiny 2
- Apex Legends
- Valheim
- Dead by Daylight
- DOTA 2
- New World
- PUBG
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Battlefield 2042
The most played games on Steam in 2021
Based on the numbers of simultaneous players.
- Rust
- Apex Legends
- Valheim
- Counter Strike: Global Offensive
- Halo Infinite
- Grand Theft Auto V
- New World
- DOTA 2
- Cyberpunk 2077
- PUBG
The best releases of 2021
Those who have dated this year and have had more gross income.
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Battlefield 2042
- Resident Evil 8
- Halo Infinite
- Farming Simulator 22
- Age of Empires IV
- Back 4 Blood
- Valheim
- Outriders
- New World
- Forza Horizon 5
- Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
The best VR games on Steam of 2021
The exclusives of virtual reality with more gross income.
- Boneworks
- The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners
- Pavlov VR
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Arizona Sunshine
- Into the Raidus VR
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
- Blade and Sorcery
- super hot VR
- VR Kanojo
- Hot Dogs, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
- Beat Saber
The best early access games in 2021
Those who came out of Early Access this year, ordered by gross income.
- Skul: The Hero Slayer
- GTFO
- Hell Let Loose
- Draw & Guess
- Solasta: Crown of the Magister
- Wildermyth
- Breathedge
- Chernobylite
- Endzone – A World Apart
- Subnautica: Below Zero
- TABS: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
- Medieval Dinasty
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