Steam has revealed a list of the “Best of 2020” games. The list doesn’t rank the top games, but you can make some estimations.
The Top Sellers category features Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers. Steam didn’t detail what amount of gross revenue is needed to qualify for a certain level.
Platinum Top Sellers (alphabetically)
- Among Us
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Destiny 2
- Doom Eternal
- DOTA 2
- Fall Guys
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Monster Hunter: World
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Top New Releases are also measured in terms of gross revenue, but are not categorized.
Top New Releases
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Borderlands 3
- Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
- Crusader Kings III
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Death Stranding
- Doom Eternal
- Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
- FIFA 21
- Football Manager 2021
- Grounded
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition
- Mafia: Definitive Edition
- Marvel’s Avengers
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- (and more…)
And now let’s talk about the icing on the cake. The most-played games in 2020. The Most-Played category is measured by highest peak concurrent players and the top tier includes games that reached over 200,000 peak players.
Most-Played Games
- Among Us
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Destiny 2
- DOTA 2
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Life Is Strange 2
- Monster Hunter: World
- Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
- PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
- Terraria
Absolutely all the games in the most-played category were played also by me or I watched them on streaming platforms. However, there are a few things that impressed me.
Grand Theft Auto 5 remains popular seven years after its initial release thanks to updates and fresh Grand Theft Auto Online content. Same for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and PUBG. Cyberpunk 2077 reached the list of the most played games even if it had some problems.
