Every year starting 2017, Steam reveals the rank of top games purchased and played on the PC store and launcher.
For 2022, the results are now revealed.
In these lists, Steam never outright rank all the 100 games, rather they place them in “buckets”. The top 11 are in the Platinum, the following 12 in Gold, another 26 in Silver, and 50 more in Bronze. The order within these buckets are randomised- if you go to the results page each game banner will be placed slightly different.
So here’s the top-selling games on Steam in 2022. This counts overall sales, including free-to-play games with micro-transactions.
Platinum
- Apex Legends
- Call Of Duty Modern Warfare II (2022)
- CS: GO
- Destiny 2
- Dota 2
- Dying Light 2 Stay Huiman
- Elden Ring
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Naraka Bladepoint
- PUBG Battlegrounds
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Gold
- FIFA 23
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Total War Warhammer III
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Dead By Daylight
- Forza Horizon 5
- War Thunder
- Warframe
- Ready Or Not
- Grand Theft Auto V
- God Of War (2018)
Here’s the most played games on Steam in 2022:
Over 240,000 Peak Players
- Apex Legends
- Ark: Survival Evolved
- Call Of Duty Modern Warfare II (2022)
- CS:GO
- Destiny 2
- Dota 2
- Dying Light 2 Stay Human
- Elden Ring
- Goose Goose Duck
- PUBG Battlegrounds
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Over 130,000 Players
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Naraka Bladepoint
- New World
- Path Of Exile
- Rust
- Team Fortress 2
- Total War III Warhammer
- V Rising
- Wallpaper Engine (not really a game)
You can find the full list of Steam’s Best Of 2022 here.