Steam charts: Risk of Rain 2 returns to top 10 despite negative reviews, Core Keeper soars 72 spots following 1.0 launch
While Black Myth: Wukong continues to dominate Steam, upcoming major titles are closing in on the top spot. Not to mention impressive commercial results of titles like Risk of Rain 2 and Core Keeper.
Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm (left), Core Keeper (right)
Black Myth: Wukong remains the highest-grossing product on Steam for the third consecutive week, followed by pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (+6 positions from the previous week).
Activision’s upcoming title continues to climb the charts ahead of its October 25 launch and the start of its Open Beta (available to those who pre-ordered the game and Game Pass subscribers).
Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 moved up 3 spots to #4 overall (#3 when only looking at premium games).
Interestingly, Risk of Rain 2 returned to the top 100, taking 6th place overall. This is largely thanks to a 67% discount and the launch of the Seekers of the Storm DLC. The game even managed to break its CCU record by peaking at 75,406 concurrent players.
However, recent reviews for Risk of Rain 2 dropped to “Mixed” (42% positive). Many users criticized Gearbox and the way they handled the new expansion, resulting in “Mostly Negative” (21% positive) reviews for Seekers of the Storm.
Looking at other games that returned to the charts, Hogwarts Legacy landed at #9 overall (thanks to a historically low 70% discount). It is followed by Kingdom Come: Deliverance (#20, -90%), and It Takes Two (#27, -75%).
Below are the top 10 premium games by gross revenue for the week of August 27-September 3 (excluding F2P titles and Steam Deck):
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
- Risk of Rain 2
- Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Gundam Breaker 4
- Age of Mythology: Retold
- Dead by Daylight
- Diablo IV
Top 20 highest-grossing products on Steam, including F2P titles and Steam Deck, for the week of August 27-September 3 (via SteamDB)
Bandai Namco’s new mecha action game Gundam Breaker 4 jumped 33 positions to #10 overall (#7 among premium games). Microsoft’s upcoming Age of Mythology remake climbed 41 positions to #14 overall (#8 among premium titles).
Square Enix’s Visions of Mana debuted at #19 overall. The game received a “Very Positive” rating from users and peaked at almost 7,000 concurrent players. The sad news is that its developer, Ouka Studios, is reportedly on the verge of closing following layoffs from NetEase.
Another new release, The Lords of the Rings: Return to Moria debuted at #24 overall. Free Range Games’ survival title received mostly positive reviews from users and peaked at 8.8k CCU.
And last but not least in today’s overview, Core Keeper soared 72 positions and landed at #23 overall. The game, which sold over 2 million copies during Early Access, launched globally last week and broke its CCU record by attracting over 46k concurrent players.
