We knew that Slay the Spire 2 had a massive launch, if only based on the fact that it reached 574,638 concurrent players on Steam just three days after it launched, after it had already seemingly had a huge start when it hit well over 400K concurrent players and took a jab at Marathon.
Not long after its arrival, a report from data firm Alinea Analytics spied that it had already sold an estimated 4.6M copies and generated an estimated $92M in revenue, and now, Alinea's latest newsletter report calls MegaCrit's long-awaited sequel the best-selling game on Steam for March 2026.
Crimson Desert, one of the other major releases for March this year came in second place, behind Slay the Spire 2, but it didn't come in second by a small margin. The gap between the two titles is an estimated 3.4 million copies. Yes, it's worth noting that Slay the Spire 2 is an established IP, with years behind it and millions of fans already invested in it, and yes, it is far cheaper than Crimson Desert.
But that is still an incredible gap between the top two best-selling titles, especially when the rest of the top-five titles, which include Resident Evil Requiem in fourth place, are not nearly as far from each other.
Slay the Spire 2 has now reached an estimated 5.3 million copies sold, according to Alinea Analytics, which has also resulted in an estimated $108 million in revenue for MegaCrit. Even in its early access state, Slay the Spire 2 is currently primed to be the biggest launch on Steam for 2026.
Of course, Crimson Desert was no slouch, as Alinea reports it selling almost 2M copies on Steam alone, while publisher Pearl Abyss reports that it sold over 4M copies across all platforms. It'll likely close out the year as one of the best-selling games in 2026, even after its launch was a huge mix of positive and negative reviews, both from critics and players, and faced a wave of backlash for its use of GenAI and Pearl Abyss' failure to properly disclose that use.
But Peal Abyss's quick response and its ability to fix many of the issues players had from launch will likely set it up to stay in the monthly top-selling charts for the remainder of the year.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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