Many free-to-play hits on Steam have experienced an increase in gross revenue over the past seven days. Here’s our weekly roundup of the top games on the platform, including new releases and impressive comebacks from older hits.

Krafton has released a financial report for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024. The South Korean company posted strong revenue and profit growth thanks to the success of the PUBG franchise.

It’s time for a weekly review of the highest-grossing games on Steam. Last week, four of the top 5 products on the platform were free-to-play titles.

PUBG has suddenly skyrocketed on the Steam charts last week, outperforming other evergreen hits and new releases by gross revenue. Here is an overview of the top titles on the platform over the previous seven days.

PUBG has started a twisted cross-border love story. A married Pakistani woman was so impressed by the Indian man’s gaming skills that she decided to flee her homeland, taking her four underaged kids with her. This adventure nearly cost her freedom.

Afghanistan has become another region where PUBG is facing local restrictions. Krafton’s global hit will be banned in the country, alongside TikTok.

Biubiubiu (硬汉枪神) is a new Chinese film about a streamer who forms an esports team with his friends. A video game presented in the movie is very similar to PUBG. That’s why Krafton is now considering legal actions against its creators.

Krafton finally went public on August 10, raising $3.8 billion through IPO. However, the company’s shares dropped due to investors’ concerns that it relies only on one single game.

PUBG company KRAFTON announced it it has signed Adi Shankar to create and showrun an animated project based on its hit franchise.

Last week, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds became the best-selling game on Steam. And Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin was the only new title in the chart.

Krafton has officially announced that it is going public next month. The company behind PUBG is now planning to raise ₩5.6 trillion ($5 billion) through IPO.

The PUBG developer Krafton has announced its decision to give away some shares to its employees. It’s worth noting that overseas workers will receive $89 million in stock.

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds parent company Krafton has applied for an IPO.

Krafton, which owns PUBG, significantly increased its earnings in 2020 and has now become one step closer to going public.

Players will no longer be able to play PUBG Lite, a special version of the battle royale for low-end PCs. The developers announced that they will close the game’s servers on April 29.

Krafton can become one of the biggest gaming companies in the world. PUBG parent company is planning an initial public offering in the second half of 2021. It could value Krafton at as much as $27.2 billion.

Geoff Keighley teased another game reveal to be featured at the upcoming The Game Awards 2020 show. It’s a new game in the PUBG universe developed by Striking Distance.

PUBG Corp. is discontinuing all access to PUBG Mobile in India on October 30. This is despite the company’s decision to withdraw the publishing rights from Tencent in the country. The talks with the local publishers have also failed.

PUBG Corp and its parent company Krafton are merging later this year. The PUBG dev team will continue to operate independently, while Krafton is taking over the game’s publishing and support.