Wait a second... this is saying Spiral Knights is at ~5mil. What are the criteria for this list? Is this like active player or all time players?
And Skyrim to this day has 15-20k average daily players on Steam alone, no singleplayer game can pull those numbers so many years later, many multiplayer games can't either.Yeah, wow:
Code:The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 13,235,488 72850 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition 4,398,897 489830
There's a lot of meat here with these numbers on the whole, but the sheer bulk of the Skyrim numbers still amazes me. I think I'd maybe argue that The Elder Scrolls is in that rarefied tier of gaming phenomenons just under GTA and Minecraft and right alongside stuff like PUBG. Insane for a singleplayer game.
You say sales, but it's a free game with an optional like $5 DLC.Still maintaining the game, IIRC. It's a day-z like game, so it's something he still works on. Shit, at 27 million sales, dude should continue working on it as long as he can. That's a certified major hit, low cost or not. That number is fucking insane. Major props to the dev.
And Skyrim to this day has 15-20k average daily players on Steam alone, no singleplayer game can pull those numbers so many years later, many multiplayer games can't either.
Witcher 2 being within a million of Witcher 3 is surprising, I expected 3 to be twice as big.
To be clear, Ars didn't do the actual investigation here.Some real investigative, facts based journalism? On my gaming news websites? It's more likely than you think.
Quite remarkable to see ArmA 3 right next to Fallout 4 with 6 mil sales. That's strong.
Garry's Mod at 18.5 and Rust at 9.5. Garry needs more money hats.
...I'm one of those people. I will someday. I SWEAR.Edit: Almost 5 million users purchased HL2 but didn't get the rest of episodes LOL
And another 15 Million are prankster uncles and grandmothers accidentily installing PUBG
Evil Within 2 not even on the list. Means it sold less than 237k on Steam. Damn it must've sold way less that I thought, and I knew it did bad. At least Sebastian's story had a satisfactory ending, so I wouldn't be that sad about it being the final entry (which it probably is).
Prey on the other hand is at 700k, though I'm not sure how low its price was during sales. Dishonored 2 is at 1.1 million so that's not bad at all, though I could see how Bethesda would be disappointed considering the first one is at 3.7 million.
Dishonored II had a lot of bad press at launch for the performance of the PC version. They should have never switched engines IMO, it did nothing but hurt the game. It's a lot better now after patches, though it still has issues but I think it mainly too little too late for it.Evil Within 2 not even on the list. Means it sold less than 237k on Steam. Damn it must've sold way less that I thought, and I knew it did bad. At least Sebastian's story had a satisfactory ending, so I wouldn't be that sad about it being the final entry (which it probably is).
Prey on the other hand is at 700k, though I'm not sure how low its price was during sales. Dishonored 2 is at 1.1 million so that's not bad at all, though I could see how Bethesda would be disappointed considering the first one is at 3.7 million.
dragons dogma with nearly a million, smh capcom wheres the sequel
It's the number of people who played the game at least once. Active players is a public number already.Wait a second... this is saying Spiral Knights is at ~5mil. What are the criteria for this list? Is this like active player or all time players?
In fact, this is probably the baitiest headline I've ever see on Ars.
Yeah I know. I also remember AA being horrendous for Dishonored 2. TAA was a blurry mess, and anything else was either too jaggy, or hurt performance immensely. Great game though. Definitely need to do another playthrough. Also bought Death of the Outsider during the sale just a few days ago so I need to get on that as well.Dishonored II had a lot of bad press at launch for the performance of the PC version. They should have never switched engines IMO, it did nothing but hurt the game. It's a lot better now after patches, though it still has issues but I think it mainly too little too late for it.
It's a shame as it's a fantastic game (My personal GOTY that year) and has some of the best level design I've ever seen.
Original Counter-StrikePayday 2 is much bigger than I initially thought it was.
Any notable examples?
So, on the one hand, you're correct, these are the number of Steam licences for each game that's in the world, so for stuff that's been given away for free (e.g. Payday 2, Unturned) it doesn't necessarily represent sales.just for clarity, from my reading of the data, this doesn't necessarily suggest that these games currently have those totals of players, just that a given title has been bought and played at least once by its owner. someone please correct me of wrong. seeing people expressing surprise that pubg currently has such *current* numbers, but imo there's no way to estimate the current active playerbase from these values.
Ahh i see, thank you. Puzzle Pirates is at 469,196It's the number of people who played the game at least once. Active players is a public number already.
By the way, can anyone tell me the numbers for Puzzle Pirates? Can't open the list here.
FF13 on top, where it belongs.
Probably lots of reasons. It's a sequel of a niche game. The future of the series is uncertain. It's long and requires some investment in earlier (equally long) games.
XSEED prices their games so that they don't have to move so many copies (because they know they won't). Sky FC is the cheapest (and oldest) of all those, which is why its numbers are so high (it goes on sale for sub-$10, which is impulse territory for a lot of people).
It was already 50% off in the summer sale, which is the maximum discount any FF game has ever received on Steam.Did FFXV get any price cuts yet? It probably will end up the best selling FF game on steam after all is said and done.
RE6 1,317,100
RE5 1,005,089
RE4 704,953
RE7 668,829 + 8,864 (Grotesque Ver.)
REv2 658,030
REv1 503,330
REmake 415,885
RE0HD 199,427
Umbrella Corps 79,802
HL2 was free as a part of an ATi promoNieR:Automata 1,175,123
We are almost there for a performance patch, people! We can do it!
Edit: Almost 5 million users purchased HL2 but didn't get the rest of episodes LOL
Evil Within 2 not even on the list. Means it sold less than 237k on Steam. Damn it must've sold way less that I thought, and I knew it did bad. At least Sebastian's story had a satisfactory ending, so I wouldn't be that sad about it being the final entry (which it probably is).
Those are good sales for a company as small as XSEED (now at 20 employees according to one of their editors). Falcom's basically getting free money and incentive to do more of these ports so long as XSEED's profiting from these releases, building up a stronger fanbase every year.
Nothing strange about this. 3rd came out just before CS PC and can turn off some players who beat SC but see the game as more of a fandisk-type experience than something essential. What's strange is the lack of bundle deals after all this time. That's something we need to remind XSEED to hunker down and get done, assuming that getting some done ASAP will make future bundles easier to submit.XSeeds discounts were also strange. During this summer sale TiTS3 was 25% off, Cold Steel 1 was 30% off.
To clarify, you mean Tokyo Xanadu? I'm nitpicking because I hate to see people now refer to that as the main "Xanadu" game of note when it bears no relation to Xanadu Next aside from the name. Xanadu Next should have done much better, too, but a bumpy launch and poor release timing/marketing hurt it.But Ys 8 and Xanadu show what happens when you go too high, especially when you turn out a boring (Xanadu) or absolute garbage (Ys) port.
It's definitely going over a million, just wait till clearance bin price.It was already 50% off in the summer sale, which is the maximum discount any FF game has ever received on Steam.
I doubt it will get up that high (maybe another 100-150K), unless the modding scene goes crazy and/or they reduce the base price later on.
L4D2 had a promo where it was free to own a couple Christmas's ago. Payday 2 did the same thing not too long ago.It's amazing to think that after all these years TF2 is still the #1 game on Steam. L4D2 is higher up than I thought as well. Guess Valve really doesn't need to count to three, lol.
F2P DayZ that was made by a 16 year old
50% off during summer salesDid FFXV get any price cuts yet? It probably will end up the best selling FF game on steam after all is said and done.
THhe thing is Final Fantasy games never go to clearance bin price. 50% off is all they will ever get.It's definitely going over a million, just wait till clearance bin price.
Yeah, but that applies to all games, no? And compared to Evil Within 1, it must have sold way less. For all we know, maybe the difference in sales between EW 1 and 2 may be larger than what is shown.Again, this is players, not sales. It won't count anyone who hasn't installed/launched the game and, correct me if I'm wrong, it may not count if if you haven't played to the first achievement.
Did Pillars of Eternity 2 tank? The first game is at 1.275 mil. Divinity OS2 is at 1.69mil as a comparison.