The highest-grossing games of Russian-speaking developers on Steam in 2018

Steam has published data on which new items in each individual month of 2018 were distinguished by high sales. We have identified projects developed or published by Russian-speaking companies.

In February, one of the best-selling new products was the Desolate survival from Nearga and HypeTrain Digital. In its debut month, it sold on par with such hits as Into the Breach and Kingdom Come: Deliverance. According to SteamSpy, today the audience of Desolate can reach 200 thousand users.

DesolateIn May , among the highest – grossing novelties was 

Ancestors Legacy. This is a game from Polish developers, but it is published by the Russian company 1C. Sales of the game in the first month were comparable to sales of Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire at the same time. Audience size today Ancestors Legacy can be about 100 thousand players on Steam.

Ancestors Legacy
In July, the sales of This Is the Police 2, which is being developed by the Belarusian 

Weappy Studio. At the start, its sales were on par with The Banner Saga 3. But now, according to SteamSpy, they are even overtaking. Lecture hall This Is the Police 2 on the Valve site — around 100 thousand.

This Is the Police 2
In August, among the highest-grossing new games was Graveyard Keeper from Lazy Bear Games and tinyBuild.

The game of St. Petersburg developers in its first month was included in the selection of the highest-grossing games in August together with Monster Hunter: World. Today Graveyard Keeper’s audience can reach 500 thousand.

Graveyard Keeper
In September, two projects from Russian developers were among the leaders in sales among new games.

First, Pathfinder: Kingmaker by Owlcat Games (Mail.Ru Group). Its Steam audience is also estimated to reach 500 thousand.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Secondly, a humorous survival 

Breathedge. It was developed and published by the indie studio RedRuins Softworks. According to SteamSpy, its number of players reaches 100 thousand.

Breathedge Unfortunately, despite the good initial sales in December, another game from Russian-speaking developers did not get into the Steam collection.

It’s about a post-apocalyptic ATOM RPG from Atom Team. Now its audience can also be 100 thousand people.

ATOM RPG