Steam’s Most Played Games of 2021 Include Cyberpunk 2077, Halo Infinite, and Grand Theft Auto V

The latest list of Steam’s most played games includes some big titles, including Cyberpunk 2077 and Grand Theft Auto V. This proves that gamers are hungry for more content in the future. What else could we expect from gaming?

As of now, the “most popular games on steam 2021” are Cyberpunk 2077, Halo Infinite, and Grand Theft Auto V.

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Valve has released their Steam Best of 2021 lists, highlighting the most popular and successful games on the digital marketplace in terms of revenue, greatest peak concurrent users, and other honorable categories during the past year.

Despite being a very divisive title, CD PROJEKT RED’s The year is 2077, and the setting is Cyberpunk. made it to the Platinum portion of the Most Played category, which is reserved for titles with a peak player count of over 200,000. Grand Theft Auto V is a video game developed by Rockstar Games. is a video game developed by Rockstar Games. is a video game developed by Rockstar Games., The The The New World, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is a video game developed by Valve Corporation. is a video game developed by Valve Corporation. are among the other games to get this accolade, all of which are among the best-selling games of the year.

Here’s a list of the Platinum-awarded games and their categories, along with Valve’s comments:

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Bestsellers

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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
DOTA 2
By Daylight I’m Dead
Destiny 2 is a sequel to the popular video game Destin
Grand Theft Auto V
Bladepoint Naraka
New World
PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds)
Rainbow Six Siege is a game by Tom Clancy.
Valheim

The Top Sellers list is exactly what it says it is: a look at the top 100 titles on Steam in terms of revenue in 2021. We look at game sales, in-game transactions, and DLC purchases for every app on Steam from January 1st, 2021 to December 15th, 2021 to find the total income.

The Best New Releases

Age of Empires IV is a strategy game.
Return of the Blood
Battlefield 2042
Farming Simulator 22 is a simulation game.
Forza Horizon 5 is a racing game. is a racing game.
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Legendary Edition of Mass Effect
Bladepoint Naraka
New World
Outriders
Village of Resident Evil
Valheim

You may have seen monthly lists listing the Top 20 games published each month during 2021 if you follow Steam updates throughout the year. We’ve compiled those rankings in one convenient location, but we’ve also compiled a top 25 list of new releases for the full year. The list is compiled by taking a look at the hundreds of game releases in 2021 and highlighting the Top 25 based on income produced in the first two weeks after release.

The Most Popular Games

Apex Legends
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
The year is 2077, and the setting is Cyberpunk.
DOTA 2
Grand Theft Auto V
Halo Infinite
New World
PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds)
Rust
Valheim

Unlike other rankings that are focused on commercial success, the Most Played list include games with the most players as of December 15th, 2021. Every game with more than 30,000 participants throughout the year has been included, and they’ve been divided into buckets depending on the amount of players they reached. We ignore player surges induced by free weekends, freebies, and other unusual events, as we did in prior years.

Early Access Graduates at the Top

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Chernobylite
Guess & Draw
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GTFO
Let Loose, Let Loose, Let Loose, Let
Dynasty of the Middle Ages
Skul, the Hero’s Assailant
Solasta: The Magister’s Crown
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Battle Simulator that is 100% accurate
Wildermyth

The best selling games that came out of Early Access in 2021 are represented on the Early Access list. This ranking is based on all income collected by every app that departed Early Access between December 15th, 2020 and December 15th, 2021.

Best-Selling Virtual Reality Games

Sunshine in Arizona
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Blade and Sorcery is a game about swords and sorcery.
Alyx from Half-Life
Hand Grenades, Hot Dogs, and Horseshoes
Into the Circle
VR Pavlov
VR SUPERHOT
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR is a virtual reality version of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Saints and Sinners from The Walking Dead
Kanojo VR

The 100 best-selling VR-only experiences in 2021 are represented on the Top Selling VR list. These are based on revenue, much as the Top Sellers list. While many games on Steam include extra VR modes and experiences, we’ve limited this list to VR-only titles to highlight those created specifically for the virtual world.

Best Game Controllers

Apex Legends
Cyberpunk 2077
2022 eFootball
FIFA 21
FIFA 22
Forza Horizon 5
Grand Theft Auto V
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Halo Infinite
Monster Hunter World is a video game developed by Capcom.
Arise’s Tales
Isaac’s Binding: Resurrection

This is a list of the games with the most controller sessions throughout the course of the year. It’s a list of games based on the number of unique controller players they attracted between December 15th, 2020 and December 15th, 2021.

Valve has emphasized that the titles in each category are selected at random, since the business prefers to keep sales figures vague. The rankings from the previous year may be seen here.

Steam is the source of this information.