Steam has published a rating the most profitable video games in 2024, categorizing them according to gross revenue.
Developers have divided games into four main categories: «Platinum» (places 1-12), «Gold» (13-24), «Silver» (25-50), and «Bronze» (51-100). The subcategories were separated: «Bestsellers», «New releases», «Most popular», «Steam Deck», «Controller», and «VR».
In the platinum category, the leading games in terms of revenue are service games — Apex Legends and Counter-Strike 2, as well as PUBG Battlegrounds and Destiny 2. Black Myth: Wukong, Baldur’s Gate 3, and Elden Ring were among the premium projects.
The «New» category demonstrates the success of Path of Exile II, Heldivers 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Black Myth: Wukong, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2. Their rating is determined by revenue during the first two weeks after release.
Apex Legends, Dota 2, Counter-Strike 2, and the new Marvel Rivals are leading in terms of the number of simultaneous players (over 450,000). Among the best performing single-player projects are Helldivers 2, Black Myth: Wukong, and Elden Ring.
Top games of 2024 by gross revenue
Games in each category are sorted randomly.
Platinum
- Apex Legends
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Counter-Strike 2
- Helldivers 2
- PUBG
- Destiny 2
- Elden Ring
- Palworld
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Dota 2
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
- Baldur’s Gate 3
Gold
- Enshrouded
- War Thunder
- Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
- EA Sports FC 24
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Dead by Daylight
- Warframe
- EA Sports FC 25
- Throne and Liberty
- Path of Exile 2
- The First Descendant
- Cyberpunk 2077
The best new products of 2024 by gross revenue
By revenue in the first two weeks after release.
Platinum
- Helldivers 2
- Manor Lords
- EA Sports FC 25
- NBA 2K25
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Palworld
- Path of Exile 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Gold
- Hades II
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Farming Simulator 25
- Tekken 8
- Enshrouded
- Ghost of Tsushima
- Marvel Rivals
- Throne and Liberty
- The First Descendant
- Granblue Fantasy: Relink
- Gray Zone Warfare
- Last Epoch
The most popular games of the year by the number of simultaneous players
Platinum (over 450,000 players)
- Marvel Rivals
- Counter-Strike 2
- Path of Exile 2
- Dota 2
- Helldivers 2
- Palworld
- Black Myth: Wukong
- PUBG
- Elden Ring
- Apex Legends
Gold (over 200,000 players)
- Once Human
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Last Epoch
- Throne and Liberty
- Content Warning
- Path of Exile
- Stardew Valley
- The First Descendant
- Dragon’s Dogma 2
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
- Lethal Company
- Destiny 2
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
The most popular games of the year on Steam Deck
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Fallout 4
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Palworld
- Hades
- Vampire Survivors
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Balatro
- Dave the Diver
- Stardew Valley
- Elden Ring
- Cyberpunk 2077
The most popular games of the year with a controller
- Palworld
- Elden Ring
- Forza Horizon 5
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Monster Hunter: World
- Forza Horizon 4
- Euro Truck Simulator 2
- It Takes Two
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Apex Legends
- EA Sports FC 24
The best VR games of the year by gross revenue
- Blade and Sorcery
- Ghosts of Tabor
- Half-Life: Alyx
- Beat Saber
- Into the Radius 2
- Gorilla Tag
- Arizona Sunshine 2
- Fallout 4 VR
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
- VTOL VR
- Pavlov
- BONELAB