NOTE: There are spoilers ahead for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and potentially for as-yet-unreleased post-launch content.
19.03.2024 - 10:01 / pcgamesinsider.biz / Rainbow VI (Vi) / Tom Clancy
Valve's online shooter Counter-Strike 2 has reclaimed the top spot on Steam.
It's actually the first time that the multiplayer title has been the biggest-selling title on the platform in a massive 19 weeks; Counter-Strike 2 was last in No.1 back in November. The game has been kept from the top spot by a number of things; in the last few weeks of 2023, the Steam sale brought the likes of Baldur's Gate 3 and Valve's own Steam Deck to the No.1 spot, while in 2024 to date, popular new releases like Palworld and Helldivers 2 have outperformed the shooter.
Speaking of Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Studios' smash hit charted in second place for the first time since its release last week. The game came out at the start of February and previously had been at No.1 but has fallen behind Counter-Strike 2 this week.
Pre-orders for Capcom's eagerly-anticipated Dragon's Dogma 2 were the third biggest seller of the week ahead of its upcoming March 22nd release. Both Valve's Steam Deck and PUBG: Battlegrounds dropped one place to fourth and fifth respectively week-on-week, while Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege returns to the Top Ten at No.6. Ubisoft's online shooter sat in 27th place last week and has shot up the charts thanks to a massive 80 per cent price cut on the base game as well as the launch of the new Operation Deadly Omen round of content.
Meanwhile Baldur's Gate 3 also returns to the charts in seventh place, rising up six places from last week's No.13. This appears to be thanks to a ten per cent price cut on the massively successful RPG title. A 60 per cent price cut sees Dead by Daylight resurface to the Top Ten at No.8, while a 50 per cent reduction to Cyberpunk 2077 saw the sci-fi RPG shoot up a massive 47 places to ninth in the Top TEn.
Rounding off the Steam Top Ten is EA Sports FC 24.
Here is the Steam Top Ten for the week ending March 19th:
1. Counter-Strike 2, Valve
2. Helldivers 2, PlayStation
3. Dragon's Dogma 2, Capcom (P)
4. Steam Deck, Valve
5. PUBG: Battlegrounds, Krafton
6. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft
7. Baldur's Gate 3, Larian Studios
8. Dead by Daylight, Behaviour
9. Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt
10. EA Sports FC 24, EA
NOTE: There are spoilers ahead for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and potentially for as-yet-unreleased post-launch content.
From April 6 to 13, the popular mobile puzzle RPG Monster Strike dives into an epic collaboration with the hit anime Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End. Frieren, Fern, and Stark join you as you battle fearsome foes and acquire exclusive characters and rewards! Monster Strike x Farewell Freelen collaboration marks the game’s eighth throughout its ten years of operation.
Despite Dragon's Dogma 2 boasting marginally better launch sales than Rise of the Ronin (with both titles releasing on the same day), it's Team Ninja's PS5 exclusive that's managed to stand stronger in the latest Japanese charts. Indeed, Ronin has actually done quite well for itself, shifting an additional 20,000 retail copies over the last week, bringing its total to a fairly respectable 85,000 units. It was topped only by Princess Peach: Showtime!.
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Capcom's Dragon's Dogma 2 fell from the No.2 spot to sixth in its second week on sale.
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Dragon's Dogma 2 is the first-ever Capcom game to surpass 200,000 concurrent players on Steam. This achievement further underlines the fantasy RPG's incredible launch weekend, which Dragon's Dogma 2 enjoyed in spite of some recent controversies.
Dragon's Dogma 2 arrives on PC and consoles today, but despite high critical acclaim when reviews hit earlier this week, players on Steam have begun review-bombing Capcom's high fantasy RPG after the appearance of some sudden and confusing microtransactions. These weren't present in the press build of the game, and players are so up in arms about them that the game is currently sitting on a fat red "Mostly Negative" Steam rating based on over 11,000 reviews and counting.
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