As someone who has spent countless hours immersed in the digital world, I must say that this year’s gaming landscape is nothing short of breathtaking. The variety and quality of games available are truly remarkable.
Towards the close of the year, it’s customary to compile summaries. A prime example of this recently took place when Valve Corporation shared their list featuring the top-performing games of 2024 on the Steam platform.
The lists were organized based on their respective earnings, but the exact financial figures weren’t revealed. The games were categorized into four groups: Platinum (positions 1-12), Gold (13 – 24), Silver (25 – 50), and Bronze (51 – 100). However, the sequence of titles within each category is not in any particular order.
Best earning games on Steam in 2024
Platinum
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Destiny 2
- Counter-Strike 2
- Palworld
- Helldivers 2
- Dota 2
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
- Elden Ring
- Apex Legends
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
It’s important to mention that the top rankings of “Destiny 2” and “Elden Ring” are primarily because they’ve both recently launched significant expansion packs, namely “The Witch Queen” for “Destiny 2” and “Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.
Gold
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- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Dead by Daylight
- The First Descendant
- Warframe
- Enshrouded
- Throne and Liberty
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Path of Exile 2
- War Thunder
- EA SPORTS FC 25
- EA Sports FC 24
Silver
- Manor Lords
- FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
- Fallout 76
- Granblue Fantasy: Relink
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
- Lethal Company
- TEKKEN 8
- Forza Horizon 4
- Forza Horizon 5
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Diablo IV
- Call of Duty: Warzone
- Lost Ark
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- Rust
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Gray Zone Warfare
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
- S. T. A. L. K. E. R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Last Epoch
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT
- Once Human
- Stardew Valley
Bronze
- Wallpaper Engine
- Project Zomboid
- Battlefield 2042
- Hearts of Iron IV
- Satisfactory
- World of Warships
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
- Fallout 4
- CRUSADER KINGS III
- V Rising
- Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition
- No Man’s Sky
- American Truck Simulator
- Ready or Not
- Factorio
- Persona 3 Reload
- NBA 2K25
- ARK: Survival Ascended
- Silent Hill 2
- Farming Simulator 25
- Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Balatro
- The Sims 4
- Liar’s Bar
- Stellaris
- Black Desert
- Sea of Thieves
- Bodycam
- Street Fighter 6
- THE FINALS
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Total War: WARHAMMER III
- Overwatch 2
- Hunt: Showdown 1896
- Monster Hunter Wilds (pre-sale)
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Phasmophobia
- Content Warning
- Supermarket Simulator
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – GOTY Edition
- It Takes Two
- TCG Card Shop Simulator
- Sons Of The Forest
- Hades II
- Chained Together
- Path of Exile
- RimWorld
- Monster Hunter: World
- Team Fortress 2
Biggest releases of 2024, according to gross income
Platinum
- Palworld
- Helldivers 2
- S. T. A. L. K. E. R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- EA SPORTS FC 25
- NBA 2K25
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Black Myth: Wukong
- DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
- Path of Exile 2
- Manor Lords
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Most frequently played games of 2024, according to the highest number of concurrent players
Thanks to SteamDB, we managed to independently ascertain the top-ranking games of the current year.
| # | Game | Activity record in 2024 (number of players playing simultaneously on Steam) |
| 1. | Black Myth: Wukong | 2.4 million |
| 2. | Palworld | 2.1 million |
| 3. | Counter-Strike 2 | 1.7 million |
| 4. | Dota 2 | 951 thousand |
| 5. | PUBG: Battlegrounds | 808 thousand |
| 6. | Elden Ring | 781 thousand |
| 7. | Path of Exile 2 | 578 thousand |
| 8. | Marvel Rivals | 480 thousand |
| 9. | Apex Legends | 470 thousand |
| 10. | Helldivers II | 458 thousand |
Most popular games on Steam Deck
Platinum
- Fallout 4
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Stardew Valley
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Dave the Diver
- Vampire Survivors
- Hades
- Elden Ring
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Balatro
- Palworld
Most popular games of the year played on a controller
Platinum
- Palworld
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Forza Horizon 5
- Elden Ring
- Apex Legends
- Forza Horizon 4
- Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Monster Hunter: World
- EA Sports FC 24
- Black Myth: Wukong
- It Takes Two
This year’s best applications available only on VR according to gross revenue
Platinum
- BONELAB
- VTOL VR
- Arizona Sunshine 2
- Blade and Sorcery
- Beat Saber
- Fallout 4 VR
- Ghosts of Tabor
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Into the Radius 2
- Gorilla Tag
- Pavlov
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
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