Valve revealed the Top 100 Steam best sellers for 2016. This was a surprise of sorts since it never really happened before.
The Steam best sellers chart is a bit unusual, though. First of all, it's based on generated revenue rather than copies sold. Most importantly, though, the games are divided into categories: Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
Other than that, they're also listed in random order inside those categories. Still, the Platinum category does include some of the best games released in the past two years on PC with the notable exceptions of Valve's Dota 2 and Counter Strike: Global Offensive, two games that have massive communities on Steam. Surprisingly, there's also No Man's Sky among the Top 12 titles, even though reportedly a lot of players asked for a refund.
Platinum
- Tom Clancy's The Division
- Fallout 4
- The Witcher III: Wild Hunt
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Rocket League
- Total War: Warhammer
- Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- XCOM 2
- Dark Souls III
- No Man's Sky
- Dota 2
- Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Gold
- ARK: Survival Evolved
- Stardew Valley
- Dead by Daylight
- Warframe
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III
- Stellaris
- Team Fortress 2
- Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration
- H1Z1: King of the Kill
- Doom
- Rainbow Six: Siege
- Arma III
Silver
- Planet Coaster
- Watch Dogs 2
- Rust
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
- Europa Universalis IV
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Payday 2
- Subnautica
- Dying Light: The Following - Enhanced Edition
- War Thunder
- Cities Skylines
- Far Cry Primal
- Hearts of Iron IV
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited
- SMITE
- Sid Meier's Civilization V
Bronze
- Undertale
- HITMAN
- Just Cause 3
- NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
- DayZ
- Train Simulator 2017
- Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Dishonored
- Starbound
- Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
- The Forest
- Farming Simulator 17
- Slime Rancher
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Dishonored 2
- Path of Exile
- 7 Days to Die
- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
- Knight Online
- Factorio
- Darkest Dungeon
- Terraria
- The Culling
- H1Z1: Just Survive
- Age of Empires II HD Edition
- Football Manager 2017
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
- Youtubers Life
- Life is Strange - Episode 1
- Endless Legend
- Total War: ATTILA
- Astroneer
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Grim Dawn
- Far Cry 4
- Don't Starve Together
- Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
- Borderlands 2
- RimWorld
- Crusader Kings II
- Firewatch
- Street Fighter V
- Garry's Mod
- Scrap Mechanic
- Kerbal Space Program
- Steam Controller
- Elite Dangerous
- Tree of Savior
- The Sims 3
- Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
- Mafia III
- Squad
- American Truck Simulator
- Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
- Battlerite
- Total War: Rome II - Emperor Edition
- Football Manager 2016
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
- NBA 2K17
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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