As we're into the first day of 2022, Steam has revealed its Best 2021 lists, including Top Sellers, New Releases, Most Played, Early Access Grads, Best of VR, and Controller Friendly.
The Top Sellers category features the top 100 games as measured by gross revenue, placing each into the Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze tier. The Platinum Top Sellers (in alphabetical order) are:
Apex Legends
Battlefield 2042
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dead by Daylight
Destiny 2
DOTA 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Naraka: Bladepoint
New World
PUBG: Battlegrounds
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Valheim
The New Releases category is also measured in the same method as the previous category, but only limited to games released in 2021. The new releases placed in the Platinum tier (in alphabetical order) are:
Age of Empires IV
Back 4 Blood
Battlefield 2042
Farming Simulator 22
Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
Naraka: Bladepoint
New World
Outriders
Resident Evil Village
Valheim
The Most Played category features games with the "highest peak concurrent players" throughout the year. Games that reach over 200,000 peak players (the highest tier) are:
Apex Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Cyberpunk 2077
DOTA 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Halo Infinite
New World
PUBG: Battlegrounds
Rust
Valheim
The Early Access Grads category celebrates games that left Early Access and has the most gross revenue in 2021. The Platinum tier (in alphabetical order) are:
Breathedge
Chernobylite
Draw & Guess
Endzone: A World Apart
Hell Let Loose
GTFO
Medieval Dynasty
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
Subnautica: Below Zero
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Wildermyth
The Best of VR category ranks games with top VR-exclusive experiences measured by gross revenue and the titles ranked in the Platinum tier (in alphabetical order) are:
Arizona Sunshine
Beat Saber
Blade & Sorcery
Boneworks
Hal-Life: Alyx
Hot Dogs, Horseshoes, & Hand Grenades
Into the Radius
Pavlov
Superhot VR
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
VR Kanojo
Finall, the Controller Friendly category rewards the top controller games that have the most daily active controller players in the year. The Platinum tier titles (in alphabetical order) are:
Apex Legends
Cyberpunk 2077
eFootball 2022
FIFA 21
FIFA 22
Forza Horizon 5
Grand Theft Auto V
Guilty Gear -Strive-
Halo Infinite
Monster Hunter: World
Tales of Arise
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
