Rockstar’s hit Red Dead Redemption 2 suddenly became the top premium game on Steam last week. Here is more data on the highest-grossing titles on the platform over the past seven days.
Red Dead Redemption 2 (left), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (right)
Counter-Strike 2 reclaimed the top spot as the highest-grossing product on Steam for the week of January 21-28, displacing PUBG.
Red Dead Redemption 2 experienced a significant increase in gross revenue, moving up 74 places to #3 overall. Thanks to a historically low price (80% off), the game also broke its CCU record, peaking at over 86.7k concurrent players over the weekend.
Rockstar’s publisher sale also had a positive impact on other games from the company. GTA V jumped 18 positions to #18 overall (#10 when only looking at premium titles). Red Dead Redemption and GTA: San Andreas — The Definitive Edition returned to the charts at #53 and #54 respectively, while GTA IV placed 83rd.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth continued to climb the charts, moving up six spots to #6 overall (#2 among premium games). The long-waited PC port of Square Enix’s RPG also peaked 40.5k concurrent players, the biggest single-player FF game by that metric. The previous installment in the remake trilogy, Final Fantasy VII Remake Integrade, climbed 13 positions to #23 overall.
Thanks to pre-orders, Civilization VII remained in the top 10, while Monster Hunter Wilds and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II placed 15th and 18th, respectively.
Below are the top premium games gross revenue for the week of Januar 21-28, excluding free-to-play titles and Steam Deck:
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (↑74 places overall)
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (↑6)
- EA Sports FC 25 (↑2)
- Path of Exile 2 (↓1)
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VII (↑1)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (↑33)
- Tokyo Xtreme Racer (new)
- Dynasty Warriors: Origins (↓10)
- Monster Hunter Wilds (↑¹)
- Grand Theft Auto V (↑18)
Top 20 highest-grossing products on Steam, including F2P titles and Steam Deck, for the week of January 21-28
Genki’s racing game Tokyo Xtreme Racer made an impressive debut, entering the Steam charts at #12 overall (#7 among premium titles). It currently has an “Overwhelmingly Positive” (95%) rating on the platform based on 5,100 reviews, with the peak CCU of 15,824.
Interestingly, this is the first game in the long-running series that launched outside of consoles (Tokyo Xtreme Racer is now only available on PC).
Looking at other products on the charts, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, a recently launched remaster of Team Ninja’s classic hack and slash game, debuted at #25 overall (#15 among premium titles).
Several strategy titles from Paradox Interactive ended up in the top 50: Hearts of Iron IV (#34, ↑34 places), Stellaris (#40, ↑38), and Crusader Kings III (#41, ↑49). Another game that benefited from the recent Real-Time Strategy Fest is Manor Lords, which climbed 48 positions to #44 overall.