Valve Corporation unveiled the list of best 2020 games on Steam. The top-rated games on steam are divided into 6 classes. According to the categories, each game is classified in one of the 6 types. Some most popular games are included in more than class. The classes include top seller, most played games, newly released games, best of VR, early access grads, and controller games.
Some of the top 2020 games on steam are "Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout", Cyberpunk 2077, "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive", Among Us, Dota 2, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), and Grand Theft Auto V.
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, Red Dead Redemption 2. Rainbow Six: Siege, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, Monster Hunter World, Grand Theft Auto V, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive; are the games that became the part of platinum category in steam’s top best games of 2020. According to Steam, from the beginning Grand Theft Auto V, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are included in the list of Steam’s best games every year.
Steam classified the sale generated by each game into buckets that include platinum, gold, silver, and bronze. The calculation for sale is done by analyzing game sales, in-game transactions, and DLC sales. From December to January, these three pointers were analyzed.
In the gold bucket, top-selling games are ARK: Winter Wonderland, The Elder Scrolls, Halo, Crusaders Kings III, Warframe, Mount & Blade II, Borderlands 3, Baldur's Gate, Phasmophobia, Civilization VI, Sea of Thieves, and Dead by Daylight.
While among the most played games are Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Cyberpunk 2077, Destiny 2, Terraria, Life is Strange 2, Monster Hunter World, Among Us, Dota 2, and Grand Theft Auto V. These are the games with more than 200,000 top players.
The number of players as compared to 2019 are much higher this year, as per Steam. On the basis of sale income, some of the top released games of 2020 are Star Wars: Squadrons, Grounded, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord, Football Manager 2021, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Sea of Thieves, Cyberpunk 2077, Fifa 2021: Beckham Editon, Wolcen Bloodtrail, Borderlands 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Resident Evil 3, and many more.
On the other hand, many of the early access games are included in the platinum category. A few of them are Squad, Noita, Skater XL, Bloodtrail, and Torchlight III.
Arizona Sunshine, Pavlov, Pistol Whip, Beat Saber, Half-Life: Alyx are in the platinum list of VR-exclusive games of 2020. As evaluated by the number of daily active control players Grand Theft Auto V, NBA 2K20, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter: World, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout are in the top controller games of 2020.
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Some of the top 2020 games on steam are "Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout", Cyberpunk 2077, "Counter-Strike: Global Offensive", Among Us, Dota 2, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), and Grand Theft Auto V.
Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, Red Dead Redemption 2. Rainbow Six: Siege, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, Monster Hunter World, Grand Theft Auto V, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive; are the games that became the part of platinum category in steam’s top best games of 2020. According to Steam, from the beginning Grand Theft Auto V, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive are included in the list of Steam’s best games every year.
Steam classified the sale generated by each game into buckets that include platinum, gold, silver, and bronze. The calculation for sale is done by analyzing game sales, in-game transactions, and DLC sales. From December to January, these three pointers were analyzed.
In the gold bucket, top-selling games are ARK: Winter Wonderland, The Elder Scrolls, Halo, Crusaders Kings III, Warframe, Mount & Blade II, Borderlands 3, Baldur's Gate, Phasmophobia, Civilization VI, Sea of Thieves, and Dead by Daylight.
While among the most played games are Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Cyberpunk 2077, Destiny 2, Terraria, Life is Strange 2, Monster Hunter World, Among Us, Dota 2, and Grand Theft Auto V. These are the games with more than 200,000 top players.
The number of players as compared to 2019 are much higher this year, as per Steam. On the basis of sale income, some of the top released games of 2020 are Star Wars: Squadrons, Grounded, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord, Football Manager 2021, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Sea of Thieves, Cyberpunk 2077, Fifa 2021: Beckham Editon, Wolcen Bloodtrail, Borderlands 3, Baldur's Gate 3, Resident Evil 3, and many more.
On the other hand, many of the early access games are included in the platinum category. A few of them are Squad, Noita, Skater XL, Bloodtrail, and Torchlight III.
Arizona Sunshine, Pavlov, Pistol Whip, Beat Saber, Half-Life: Alyx are in the platinum list of VR-exclusive games of 2020. As evaluated by the number of daily active control players Grand Theft Auto V, NBA 2K20, Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Monster Hunter: World, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout are in the top controller games of 2020.
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