Top 10 Steam Sales of the Week: PlayStation Console Exclusives, Survival Fest Aftermath

Valve, known for its digital store, Half-Life, Counter-Strike and Dota 2 series of games, has traditionally shared the statistics of the Steam platform over the past week. The top consists of both games and add-ons to them, as well as devices of the developer company. Some of the titles on the list may be duplicated as Valve lists different editions and packs in the top. In our weekly column, we will look at interesting projects that have become bestsellers from July 25 to July 31, 2022.

Steam Deck has maintained its leadership almost since its release. Regular users and fans of the company are buying back all portable PCs as soon as they go on sale. Because of this, many buyers are faced with a shortage. Recently, the device, which can work in both fixed and portable modes, can be pre-ordered in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

A game from BlueTwelve Studio called Stray, published by Annapurna Interactive, is in second place, as it was last week. The linear adventure about a cat in a cyberpunk setting received mostly rave reviews and critical acclaim. We can say that the game became a hit and one of the candidates for the Game of the Year nomination.

The closer a PlayStation exclusive is to a PC release, the more hype it gets. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered jumped from number five to three in the weekly chart. There are more and more people who want to play for Peter Parker. The original Marvel's Spider-Man was released on the PlayStation 4 in 2018 and has received many awards and great reviews from the video game press. On PC, the game will be available to play on August 14, 2022.

Elden Ring keeps its positions. A game from FromSoftware, known for such a series as Dark Souls and projects Bloodborne and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Many players call Elden Ring "Dark Souls in the open world", which is close enough to the truth. The project boasts difficult bosses, leveling variability and nice location design.

Valve Index VR Kit dropped to eighth place. The device is called one of the best VR devices on the market. It was specially released for the release of Half-Life Alyx, the long-awaited new part of the legendary franchise from Valve.

Grand Theft Auto V hit the top last week due to the sale of games from Rockstar Games. For the same reason, the last currently licensed part of the GTA remains in tenth place.

Also worth noting is the current sale on Steam called Survival Fest, which is dedicated to games focused on survival. Thanks to this, such games as Rust, Raft and The Forest got into the weekly top. The oldest representative of the genre in the ranking is Project Zomboid - the project was released in November 2013, and it is still in early access.

The top 10 Steam sales over the past week are listed below:

1. Steam Deck
2. Stray
3. Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
4. Rust
5. Raft
6. The Forest
7. ELDEN RING
8. Valve Index VR Kit
9. Project Zomboid
10. Grand Theft Auto V

About what projects were in demand the week before last, you can read in the relevant news.