Site SteamDB published a list of games that generated the most revenue on Steam between July 23 and July 30.
Earth Defense Force 6. Image source: Steam
The week’s big new release is Sandlot and D3Publisher’s co-op shooter about fighting alien invaders, Earth Defense Force 6, which has been released in the West almost two years after its Japanese premiere. The game has shot up to fourth place despite devastating reviews. At launch, the ratings were “extremely negative” (17% based on about 300), and now the rating is 52 % (the number of reviews increased to 3.2 thousand). At its peak, the shooter attracted 18 641 human.
The most common complaint was the link to the Epic Games Store – when the game is launched, the services of a third-party store are automatically installed, without an account in which you cannot access the multiplayer (which the developers did not warn about). Later, the publisher apologized before buyers, but the requirement remains in force. In addition to this feature, users are unhappy with the lack of regional prices, outdated graphics and technical problems, including slow loading. In terms of gameplay, the shooter is mostly praised – many put it above Helldivers 2.
Other events in the chart:
Steam Deck remains the leader for the third week in a row; Call of Duty HQ has added 17 positions at once and has become the third — the surge in sales is explained by the start of the fifth season of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3; the space adventure No Man’s Sky, which returned to the top 100 last week, has dropped from fourth place to fifth; the cooperative action game Chained Together has returned to the top ten (seventh place); the second among the new releases was Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD — the strategy in the genre of “tower defense” from Ironhide Game Studio started from the 14th place with “very positive” reviews (84 % based on 2.8 thousand) and the peak of online 21 133 user;
The third best release (17th place) is VR shooter Into the Radius 2 from CM Games (Early Access). Rating based on 1.2 thousand reviews – 75 %personal online record – 1935 players;
Frontier Developments’ sports sim F1 Manager 2024 debuted at #25 with “mixed” reviews (63 % based on 856), and online reached 12 066 users. Players note the almost complete lack of innovations and technical problems that have migrated from the previous part;
Hunter Studio’s early access roguelike beat ’em up Lost Castle 2 has begun its climb from #32, despite “mixed” reviews (69 % based on 2 thousand), online continues to grow (peak – 20 280 players);
Also among the new games in the chart was the sandbox 7 Days to Die from The Fun Pimps (41st place), which came out of early access after ten years, breaking its own online record (125 419 users), and two expansions – Home Invasion for the tactical shooter Ready or Not (24th place) and Lovestruck for the life simulator The Sims 4 (46th); the post-apocalyptic real-time strategy Cataclismo from Digital Sun (the creators of Moonlighter), new last week (early access), entered the chart at number 21. Reviews are “very positive” (94 % based on 1.1 thousand), maximum online – 3152 human.
Top 10 by revenue (in brackets – place in the previous week, if the product was present in the chart):
Steam Deck (5);
Elden Ring (2);
Call of Duty HQ (20);
Earth Defense Force 6 (15; новинка);
No Man’s Sky (4);
Dead by Daylight (3);
Chained Together (11);
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — «Чёрный сектор», сезон 5 (новинка);
Black Myth: Wukong (9; предзаказ);
Red Dead Redemption 2 (6).
Top 10 by revenue, including free-to-play games:
Counter-Strike 2 (1, free-to-play); PUBG: Battlegrounds (2, free-to-play); Steam Deck (5); The First Descendant (3, free-to-play); Dota 2 (4; free-to-play); Elden Ring (6); Naraka: Bladepoint (12, free-to-play); Call of Duty HQ (32); Apex Legends (14, free-to-play); Once Human (7, free-to-play).
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