Best video games of Steam 2022: Top sellers, most played, and more

Steam recently revealed the Best of 2022, which showcases the top video games across various categories and sections on the digital storefront. There are a number of exciting titles on this list, including Elden Ring for Top Games by gross revenue, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel for Most Played Games, After the Fall for Top VR title by gross revenue, and more.

Over the past few years, Valve has released a 'Best of' list to showcase the titles that players have been enjoying across the various sections featured on this list. This provides a deeper insight to see which titles have been successful over the past twelve months on the popular platform.

Steam showcases the Best of 2022 class featuring Top Sellers, Most Played, and more

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The Best of Steam 2022 list is as follows:

Best of Steam 2022 - Top Sellers

1) Platinum

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
PUBG Battlegrounds
Elden Ring
Destiny 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Naraka: Bladepoint
Dying Light 2 Stay Human
Monster Hunter Rise
Apex Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dota 2

2) Gold

Cyberpunk 2077
Warframe
Red Dead Redemption 2
Ready or Not
God of War
War Thunder
Forza Horizon 5
Dead by Daylight
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
FIFA 23
Grand Theft Auto V
Total War: Warhammer III

3) Silver

FIFA 22
It Takes Two
The Elder Scrolls Online
Rust
Team Fortress 2
V Rising
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Cities Skylines
Project Zomboid
The Sims 4
Sea of Thieves
Raft
The Forest
Marvel's Spider-man Remastered
Hunt: Showdown
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
NBA 2K22
RimWorld
Stray
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Cult of the Lamb
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Stellaris
Phasmophobia

4) Bronze

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
Planet Zoo
Terraria
Valheim
Halo Infinite
World of Warships
The Elden Scrolls V: Skyrim
Stardew Valley
Call of Duty: Black Ops III
F1 22
Battlefield 2042
Path of Exile
No Man's Sky
Age of Empires IV
DayZ
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Borderlands 3
Wallpaper Engine
Deep Rock Galactic
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition
Grounded
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Hearts of Iron IV
Undecember
Dread Hunger
Satisfactory
Horizon Zero Dawn
American Truck Simulator
Smite
NBA 2K23
Crusader Kings III
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Hell Let Loose
Football Manager 2023
Risk of Rain 2
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
New World
Fallout 76
theHunter: Call of the Wild
Arma 3
Battlefield V
Persona 5 Royal
Victoria 3
Monster Hunter: World
Squad
Farming Simulator 22
Forza Horizon 4
ARK: Survival Evolved

Best of Steam 2022 - New Releases

1) Platinum

Elden Ring
Stray
FIFA 23
Total War: Warhammer III
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Monster Hunter Rise
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Dying Light 2 Stay Human
V Rising

2) Gold

Dwarf Fortress
Victoria 3
Raft
Football Manager 3
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Persona 5 Royal
F1 22
High on Life
God of War
Cult of the Lamb
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered

3) Silver

Ghostwire: Tokyo
WWE 2K22
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Sniper Elite 5
Need for Speed Unbound
Crisis Core - Final Fantasy - Reunion
The King of Fighters XV
F1 Manager 2022
Rogue Legacy 2
Marvel's Midnight Suns
Sonic Frontiers
Farthest Frontier
Core Keeper
The Callisto Protocol
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Gotham Knights
SD Gundam Battle Alliance
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe
Grounded
NBA 2K23
Chivalry 2
Slime Rancher 2
Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Mounter & Blade II: Bannerlord

Best of Steam 2022 - Most Played

1) Over 240,000 peak Steam players

Goose Goose Duck
Call of Duta: Modern Warfare II
Destiny 2
Apex Legends
Elden Ring
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Dying Light 2 Stay Human
ARK: Survival Evolved
PUBG Battlegrounds
Dota 2

2) Over 130,000 peak Steam players

V Rising
Monster Hunter Rise
Team Fortress
New World
Cyberpunk 2077
Grand Theft Auto V
Wallpaper Engine
Naraka: Bladepoint
Rust
Total War: Warhammer III
Path of Exile

3) Over 75,000 peak Steam players

Football Manager 2022
FIFA 22
Valheim
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
War Thunder
Left 4 Dead 2
Warframe
The Forest
Vampire Survivors
Terraria
Raft
Raft
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
FIFA 23
Dead by Daylight
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Football Manager 2023
Unturned
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Need for Speed Heat
The Sims 4
Dread Hunger

4) Over 40,000 peak Steam players

Garry's Mod
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Farming Simulator 22
7 Days to Die
The Cycle: Frontier
The Scroll of Taiwu
DayZ
World of Tanks Blitz
Cult of the Lamb
Phasmophobia
Conan Exiles
Hearts of Iron IV
Halo Infinite
Mir4
Project Zomboid
RimWorld
Payday 2
Battlefield 1
Victoria 3
Stumble Guys
Dark and Darker Playtest
Euro Truck Simulator 2
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
Stray
Battlefield V
No Man's Sky
Warm Snow
The Elder Scroll V Skyrim
Risk of Rain 2
NBA 2K22
Crusader Kings III
Don't Starve Together
Mirror 2: Project X
Undecember
Stellaris
God of War
Gundam Evolution
Stardew Valley
Red Dead Redemption II
Super People 2
Fall Guys 2
VRChat
Deep Rock Galactic
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

Best of Steam 2022 - Early Access Graduates

1) Platinum

Grounded
Temtem
PowerWash Simulator
Vampire Survivors
Raft
Police Simulator: Patrol Officers
World War 3
Teardown
Rogue Legacy 2
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Foxhole
Dread Hunger

2) Gold

House Party
Bloody Spell
Potion Craft
King Arthur: Knight's Tale
Stranded Deep
Dorfromantik
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Across the Obelisk
Blood Hunt
Mortal Online 2
Settlement Survival

3) Silver

Kayak VR: Mirage
Nightmare Reaper
Gordian Quest
生死狙击2 - 国服
Divine Knockout (DKO)
Kynseed
Cartel Tycoon
Wobbledogs
The Tenants
Alina of the Arena
Prodeus
Session: Skate Sim
Weed Shop 3
Lost Eidolons
Dealer's Life 2
Postal 4: No Regrets
Not For Broadcast
Keplerth
Ez2on Reboot: R
Democracy 3
Frozenheim
No Place Like Home
The Guild 3
Live2DViewerEX
Despot's Game

Best of Steam 2022 - Top VR

1) Platinum

Beat Saber
Into the Radius
Boneworks
Superhot VR
After the Fall
Half-Life: Alyx
VTOL VR
Blade & Sorcery
Bonelab
Pavlov
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
Zenith: The Last City

2) Gold

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
VR Kanojo
Fallout 4 VR
Contractors
Legendary Tales
Hard Bullet
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades
Blood Trail
Cooking Simulator VR
Onward
Hellsplit: Arena

3) Silver

Virtual Desktop
Job Simulator
Green Hell VR
OVR Toolkit
Until you fall
Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality
I expect you to die 2
Medal of Honors: Above and Beyond
Among Us VR
Ancient Dungeon VR
Arizona Sunshine
Walkabout Mini Golf
Gorn
Zero Caliber VR
Rumble
Kayak VR Mirage
I expect you to die
Pistol Whip
Population: One
XSOverlay
The Room VR
Thrill of the fight!
Compound
Thief Simulator VR
Ragnarock
Eleven Table Tennis

Best of Steam 2022 - Most Played games on Steam Deck

1) Platinum

Stray
Elden Ring
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Hades
Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered
Cult of the Lamb
Vampire Survivors
Red Dead Redemption II
Cyberpunk 2077
Persona 5 Royal
No Man's Sky

2) Gold

Stardew Valley
Slay the Spire
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
RimWorld
Brotato
Fallout 4
Terraria
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Apperture Desk Job
Grand Theft Auto V
God of War

3) Silver

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Dead Cells
Soulstone Survivors
Doom Eternal
Sonic Frontiers
Resident Evil Village
Fallout: New Vegas
Rogue Legacy 2
Persona 4 Golden
Tales of Arise
Middle-Earth Shadow of War
Portal 2
Horizon Zero Dawn
Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales
Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection
Dreamlight Valley
Disco Elysium
Days Gone
Monster Hunter Rise
Return to Monkey Island
Gotham Knights
Valheim
Hollow Knight
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's Revenge
Apex Legends

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Steam has provided notes alongside the Best of 2022 list, explaining the various metrics taken into consideration while compiling these titles. Additionally, they mentioned that the games have been randomly sorted within each tier.