Like every year, Steam has unleashed its ‘Best of Steam’ list for 2023, and like every year, there are some obvious shoo-in choices that are not at all surprising, and then there are some surprises.
It’s that time of year. When Christmas is in the rearview mirror and New Year’s Day is looming, Valve puts out its Best of Steam lists. For 2023, the categories are as follows: Top Sellers (gross revenue), New Releases (gross revenue within two weeks of release), Most Played (peak concurrent players over 40,000), Early Access (gross revenue after version 1.0 releases), Most Played on Steam Deck (daily active players), Most Played with a Controller (daily active players), and the year’s top VR experiences (gross revenue).
In each of these categories, the Best of Steam lists view the top 12 titles as ‘Platinum ranked,’ the next 12 as ‘Gold ranked,’ and so on. So below, we have listed the top 12 games in each of the categories for 2023. Surprisingly, EA Sports FC 24 and FIFA 23 are both listed on the top-grossing list in the Gold Category, and they’re two titles in the same series on the 2023 list. It’s also worth mentioning there are many repeat offenders on this year’s list, as Hogwarts Legacy and Baldur’s Gate 3 are present on almost every list.
Best of Steam 2023 – Top Sellers
- Apex Legends
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Call of Duty (Modern Warfare II, Warzone, Modern Warfare III)
- Counter-Strike 2
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Destiny 2
- Dota 2
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Lost Ark
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Sons of the Forest
- Starfield
Best of Steam 2023 – New Releases
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Cities: Skylines II
- EA Sports FC 24
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Payday 3
- Remnant II
- Resident Evil 4 (remake)
- Sons of the Forest
- Starfield
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Street Fighter 6
Best of Steam 2023 – Most Played
- Apex Legends
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Counter-Strike 2
- Destiny 2
- Dota 2
- Goose Goose Duck
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Lost Ark
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Sons of the Forest
- Starfield
Best of Steam 2023 – Early Access
- Against the Storm
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Dave the Diver
- Demonologist
- Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Everspace 2
- Farlight 84
- Marvel Snap
- My Time at Sandrock
- Ready or Not
- Sun Haven
- Wartales
Best of Steam 2023 – Steam Deck
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Dave the Diver
- Elden Ring
- Half-Life
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Resident Evil 4
- Starfield
- Vampire Survivors
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best of Steam 2023 – Controller
- Apex Legends
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Call of Duty (Modern Warfare III, Warzone, Modern Warfare II)
- EA Sports FC 24
- Elden Ring
- FIFA 23
- Hogwarts Legacy
- NBA 2K23
- Resident Evil 4
- Rocket League
- Starfield
- Street Fighter 6
Best of Steam 2023 – VR
- Beat Saber
- Blade & Sorcery
- Bonelab
- Boneworks
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
- Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2
- Ghosts of Tabor
- Gorilla Tag
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Into the Radius VR
- Pavlov
- VTOL VR
That just about wraps up the Best of Steam 2023 list. Fans looking for more info on the titles mentioned above can head over to the official ‘Best of’ Steam website.
