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Real-time strategy: Ensemble Studios: Microsoft: Magicka: 2 million [76] — January 25, 2011: Action-adventure: Arrowhead Game Studios: Paradox Interactive: Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars: 2 million [77] Cossacks: April 15, 2005: Real-time strategy: GSC Game World: CDV Software: Crusader Kings III: 2 million [78] Crusader Kings: September 1 ...
This is a list of fifty video games that have globally sold the highest number of software units. The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a 2011 sandbox game released by Mojang for multiple platforms, eventually selling more than 300 million copies in 2023.
Steam is a digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation.It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005.
By 15 March 2024, Helldivers 2 was estimated to have sold 8 million units and reached 450,000 concurrent players on Steam. [70] By 5 May 2024, 12 million units of the game had been sold, making it PlayStation's fastest selling video game of all time as well as Sony's most successful Windows title. [71]
Marvel Rivals reached 10 million players worldwide within 72 hours. [78] [79] Furthermore, it peaked at 480,990 concurrent players on Steam on December 8, 2024. [78] [80] It surpassed 20 million players as announced on December 17. [81] Throughout its first month, the game maintained most of its in-game player count.
Eurogamer.pt reported the game appeared to launch poorly on Steam with a peak of 83 concurrent players. [25] In an interview with Gamer.no , director Ragnar Tørnquist said that the game sales have significantly exceeded those reported online but fallen below the studio's internal short-term expectations.
The reception of their games, along with the creation of Steam, has prompted some publications to list Valve as one of the top game developers of all time and the most powerful company in PC gaming. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Newell received a BAFTA Fellowship award in 2013 for recognizing the impact Valve had left on the gaming industry in producing ...
The series was well-received, and the game itself saw a resurgence in players and new purchases; its concurrent player count on Steam exceeded one million users within weeks of the series' launch, and surpassed records set by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, another CD Projekt title.