Valve announced its 2021 best of lists including top sellers, best new releases, most-played games, and more. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Grand Theft Auto 5 continue to be dominant on Steam and outsell other titles, according to the data shared by Valve.
Steam: Best of 2021
It’s hard to say exactly which game was the best-selling or most-played because Valve doesn’t reveal that information, instead, games are ranked by tier:
- Top 12 games are called Platinum Tier
- Top 13-24 games are called Gold Tier
- Top 25-40 games are called Silver Tier
- Top 41-100 games are called Bronze Tier
These lists are based on data from internal Valve records between January 1, 2021 and ending December 15, 2021.
Let’s see top seller games of 2021 that are included in the Platinum tier in random order:
- Apex Legends
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Battlefield 2042
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Dead by Daylight
- Destiny 2
- New World
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
- Valheim
- Dota 2
- Grand Theft Auto 5
Dota 2, GTA V and CS:GO have been able to become top sellers last six years and PUBG: Battlegrounds and Rainbow Six Siege were able to appear on the list fifth time in a row. There are several first-time winners on the list, too such as Battlefield 2042, New World, and Valheim.
Let’s see the Platinum-tier 2021 Top New Releases in random order:
- Age of Empires 4
- Back 4 Blood
- Forza Horizon 5
- Outriders
- Valheim
- Halo Infinite
- Resident Evil Village
- Battlefield 2042
- New World
- Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Farming Simulator 22
We’ll finally be able to see how much time gamers are spending playing on Steam, in categories broken down by the number of concurrent players. These games were able to reach 200,000 concurrent players also made to the list:
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- New World
- Dota 2
- Valheim
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Apex Legends
- Halo Infinite
- Rust
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Grand Theft Auto 5
For more information, you can check Valve’s Best of 2021 post here.
