Steam Reveals The Top Games of 2023

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  • @Gandorhar
    @Gandorhar 11 месяцев назад +1816

    I am so happy for the guy who made Lethal company, he made such a cool game for people to just have wacky fun together and it got so big, must feel amazing.

    • @sergioajbs1840
      @sergioajbs1840 11 месяцев назад +18

      the dude is not adding enough content, the game is dying fast.
      he doesn't care enough to pay people to help him.

    • @tuckerstevens9689
      @tuckerstevens9689 11 месяцев назад +533

      @@sergioajbs1840 You're expecting way too much from a person who built a game that blew up. He is good at making a game but not necessarily in building a business.

    • @khanhquoc292
      @khanhquoc292 11 месяцев назад +83

      @@sergioajbs1840 No. Don't want another funky friday shit

    • @LordDeathNote
      @LordDeathNote 11 месяцев назад

      Still, it'd be nice to see him hire at leat one or two guys, its not like it'd be hard to pay them for a couple years on some updates and still have enough to retire on.@@tuckerstevens9689

    • @GeneralTotoss
      @GeneralTotoss 11 месяцев назад +272

      @@sergioajbs1840 and why would he need to add content? these days people want constant updates on games like bruh

  • @thisismaeday
    @thisismaeday 11 месяцев назад +2370

    I'm actually impressed that Starfield sold as well as it did. I suppose it just works...

    • @Kill0rGurke
      @Kill0rGurke 11 месяцев назад +296

      Considering this thing was playable for a dollar in the gamepass lmao

    • @nickb220
      @nickb220 11 месяцев назад +87

      it's another "here you go pay us" - god howard

    • @DubberRucks
      @DubberRucks 11 месяцев назад +56

      With 16x the detail too!

    • @lazycouch1
      @lazycouch1 11 месяцев назад +156

      Media, hypes and promises. This is the triple AAA disappointment way.

    • @afterhoursvibes
      @afterhoursvibes 11 месяцев назад +24

      Probably people who were waiting for mods to be released for it.

  • @Azaism
    @Azaism 11 месяцев назад +354

    What's really insane about Lethal Company being in the top 10 is that it was only out for 2 months and the game only costs $10.

    • @Ixxlostinabox
      @Ixxlostinabox 11 месяцев назад +4

      Mind blowing, well deserved.

    • @Zionswasd
      @Zionswasd 11 месяцев назад +25

      so basically multiply it by 7, it sold way more than starfield

    • @orionmedivh5859
      @orionmedivh5859 11 месяцев назад +17

      Somehow I think it's not in spite of only costing $10, but BECAUSE of it.

    • @JBMorris9
      @JBMorris9 11 месяцев назад +1

      Are you missing some zeros, how does a game only cost $10 to make?

    • @doodis4861
      @doodis4861 11 месяцев назад +3

      game companies should realize that if you set lower prices, more people are likely to buy and you end up making more money

  • @ToyokaX
    @ToyokaX 11 месяцев назад +604

    Just goes to show that you don't need big budget or AAA quality to do well. Lethal Company dude must be feeling like he's on top of the world right now. Congrats to him!

    • @noenken
      @noenken 11 месяцев назад +10

      I mean ... he is! :D

    • @Tallborn5
      @Tallborn5 11 месяцев назад +53

      Larian also wasn't triple A before Baldurs Gate 3 so triple A companies got humbled big time this year.

    • @thedarkemissary
      @thedarkemissary 11 месяцев назад +25

      @@Tallborn5 Humbled? There are 6 AAA games on that list, if you don't count BG3. What are you talking about? Not to mention these are just sales. AAA are in it for post-sale revenue.

    • @4X10S
      @4X10S 11 месяцев назад +12

      This is like winning lottery, you can't guarantee that your game will be recognized even it's a high quality product. With so much games on the market you can probably find 1 or 2 that will pop out :(

    • @chillhour6155
      @chillhour6155 11 месяцев назад

      Don't forget about the streamers, they also cashed out 😲

  • @DunceCapSyndrome
    @DunceCapSyndrome 11 месяцев назад +957

    So glad Baldur's Gate 3 got the recognition it deserved this year.

    • @0lle168
      @0lle168 11 месяцев назад +25

      ​@@IncognitoActivadoWake? That's a different game breh

    • @simonjameskenway6933
      @simonjameskenway6933 11 месяцев назад +24

      ​@IncognitoActivado spidermid fan 😂

    • @gavinziozios1431
      @gavinziozios1431 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@IncognitoActivadoCare to explain?

    • @TheCactuar124
      @TheCactuar124 11 месяцев назад +15

      @@IncognitoActivadoNope. You should develop your own political opinions instead of repeating “woke” like a robot.

    • @artoriasoftheabyss1495
      @artoriasoftheabyss1495 11 месяцев назад +7

      @@IncognitoActivado ok, 3 day old account.

  • @cazmaniandevil1
    @cazmaniandevil1 11 месяцев назад +241

    I have 500 hours into BG3 already. Worth every penny. Larian is the new Blizzard from the 90s.

    • @eb2681
      @eb2681 11 месяцев назад +16

      Don't you mean Bioware?

    • @chrisjones658
      @chrisjones658 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@eb2681 Diablo 2, Starcraft and World of Warcraft trump Bioware even if they were still very strong in the 90s and 00s. Despite WoW falling off because of creative decisions, it is still the standard in the MMO genre.

    • @leoleo1035
      @leoleo1035 11 месяцев назад

      Huh? Bioware was eating goo from their noses while blizzard already finished up a few games lmao.​@@eb2681

    • @leoleo1035
      @leoleo1035 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@chrisjones658It is quite the opposite of standard. Nowadays, a tab target festival such as WoW is quite niche. However, it is one of the very few that can hook up casual and non-gamers.

    • @chrisjones658
      @chrisjones658 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@leoleo1035 yes but at one time it had 12 million active subs and that was in 2010. Practically unheard of.
      It's not quite CS GO levels today but CS GO is also free-to-play. Imagine CS GO being buy to play AND costing $/£10 per month and it maintaining popularity for years.
      People played WoW back then in great numbers despite a box price, an expansion price AND A sub because it was at least 10 years ahead of its time. It was not niche at all.

  • @Artixes
    @Artixes 11 месяцев назад +364

    I assume that 235 million dollars was just people wanting to see the Bethesda glitches in action

    • @DubberRucks
      @DubberRucks 11 месяцев назад +38

      Honestly at this point I'm just impressed BGS can create consistently buggy games. Like, the literal SAME bugs in their games.

    • @gtamike_TSGK
      @gtamike_TSGK 11 месяцев назад +15

      Pre-orders too expecting a good game

    • @KralTube2
      @KralTube2 11 месяцев назад +4

      People would go to a Fyre Festival even knowing what it'd be like just to experience the chaos with a bunch of bros. Starfield is like that in video game form.

    • @EusisLandale
      @EusisLandale 11 месяцев назад +6

      So many coping from this comment LMAO 😂

    • @EusisLandale
      @EusisLandale 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​​@@DubberRucks"Bethesda makes buggy games" ☝️🤓

  • @SenkaZver
    @SenkaZver 11 месяцев назад +424

    Baldur's Gate 3 may be #1 and a great game..
    But Lethal Company is the true winner this year. 1 guy, 1 small budget, top 10 revenue at $50 million.

    • @MasterGhostf
      @MasterGhostf 11 месяцев назад +97

      That amount is pure profit.

    • @markoliimatainen2565
      @markoliimatainen2565 11 месяцев назад +41

      Not only that, but baldurs gate is a license game, so portion of the revenue goes to Wotc.

    • @mukamuka0
      @mukamuka0 11 месяцев назад +36

      Half of that is Tax...lol and since he's one man dev. He won't have many business expense to cut on those number as well but still massive massive earning for 21yo. He's deserved it

    • @talizorahnarrayya5916
      @talizorahnarrayya5916 11 месяцев назад +68

      ​@@mukamuka0even with taxes and development cost, let's say 60% of the revenue, if he makes good investments and is careful with his spending that dude is pretty much set for life.

    • @skylerfreeman1173
      @skylerfreeman1173 11 месяцев назад

      @@talizorahnarrayya5916 me and my friend did the math last week on this actually. If I were to randomly have just a SINGLE MILLION dollars, if i did not change my spending habits at all, i could VERY comfortably live (I stay outside atlanta in georgia, US) for over another 40 years before 'running out'. That guy is FAR MORE than set if he's smart with the money lol. - my current spending is around 2.2k a month regularly , barring any emergencies. This is also not counting any extra revenue and assuming i'm sitting on my behind not working haha or investing etc.

  • @TheRedRaven_
    @TheRedRaven_ 11 месяцев назад +55

    Not bad for Armored Core, hopefully this is the green light FromSoft needed to make a sequel.

    • @raitoiro
      @raitoiro 11 месяцев назад +12

      I would be more surprised if they don't make one, many of the dev clearly love the series and with that kind of revenue they can justify making more. Even if it doesn't come close to Elden Ring, it's better for studios to have multiple series so they can fall back on something if their main one flop.
      Plus, considering his reputation, by now Miyazaki can probably get a project approved with "trust me bro" as the sole argument.

    • @hare75
      @hare75 11 месяцев назад +20

      It's not just "Not bad". It was an impressive feat cuz no pure mecha games sells that crazy as armored core 6

  • @nyanko2077
    @nyanko2077 11 месяцев назад +41

    Damn, 657 million dollars. I remember when they launched the DOS 2 kickstarter and got 2.5 million in the end. That's a complete shift in revenue. I trust Swen and the team to keep their heads cool and move on to the next project with the same mindset as before. We need studios like this more than ever.

    • @Megatrance9000
      @Megatrance9000 11 месяцев назад +3

      Yeah also want to see console sales too.

    • @timurdos
      @timurdos 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@Megatrance9000 i'd guess a cool round billion across all platforms.

    • @Blisterdude123
      @Blisterdude123 11 месяцев назад

      "Single player games are dead, nobody wants them any more, extinct dinosaurs!" - Some dumbass at EA still trying to make DOA live service money platforms a thing

    • @poulhansen3813
      @poulhansen3813 11 месяцев назад +3

      Remember that's only Steam, it's sold really well on PS also, estimates have it at over 1B dollars across the platforms now, so deserved!

  • @tucci06
    @tucci06 11 месяцев назад +228

    If BG3's sales and reception aren't a wake up call for developers, I don't know what is. Look at what a _CRPG_ accomplished. Imagine if studios applied that level of love and detail to genres that the majority of people actually play.

    • @cephalonwolf8422
      @cephalonwolf8422 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@IncognitoActivado Bro you can fuck a bear in Baldur's Gate no one cares.
      I expect some devs to continue milking that whole unrealistic expectations and release half asses games.
      looking at you blizzard 👀

    • @MsKaystra
      @MsKaystra 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@IncognitoActivado Calling games woke is a way to justify your prejudice and bigotry if it doesn't cater to straight male powers and sexual fantasises. Not everybody wants muscular guy characters fighting stuff buddy. Give me a cute boy with flowers in his hair watering crops in stardew valley.

    • @artoriasoftheabyss1495
      @artoriasoftheabyss1495 11 месяцев назад +38

      @@IncognitoActivado just say you are terrible at the game and life, 3 day old account.

    • @novice1014
      @novice1014 11 месяцев назад +22

      ​@@IncognitoActivado Actual troll, not even a week old account.

    • @xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx573
      @xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx573 11 месяцев назад +5

      There are tons of devs who put all their heart&soul into the games.
      Just not the tripple A studios, at least most of them. So just don't buy their shit, support Indie companies, and you're good.

  • @Chronomatrix
    @Chronomatrix 11 месяцев назад +24

    First Stardew Valley, now Lethal Company. These guys are such an inspiration, it's proof passion can go a long way.

    • @SnowyGrass
      @SnowyGrass 10 месяцев назад

      can't forget about undertale.

  • @deusvult725
    @deusvult725 11 месяцев назад +38

    1 guy vs big gaming companies, holy

    • @AyoKeito
      @AyoKeito 11 месяцев назад +11

      Man got absolutely stacked for the rest of his life. Good for him.

    • @tryharderpls
      @tryharderpls 11 месяцев назад +4

      To be fair the game itself is worth like 5 hours of fun

    • @ponjun3970
      @ponjun3970 11 месяцев назад +5

      A guy who makes fun games for fun vs big gaming companies who makes games for money (looking directly at you Bethesda).

    • @jcalle2
      @jcalle2 11 месяцев назад

      I havent even played it yet and it's provided me like 5 hours of amazing TikTok videos. Seriously some of the most funny gameplay videos I've ever seen (and ive been around) @@tryharderpls

    • @lyrand6408
      @lyrand6408 11 месяцев назад +15

      @@tryharderpls To be fair that's probably more hours of fun than most AAA games can provide anyways.

  • @SpaceMan101South
    @SpaceMan101South 11 месяцев назад +15

    I feel like that Starfield statistic was recorded before all the refunds took place.

  • @Zerruno
    @Zerruno 11 месяцев назад +13

    So happy to see Armored Core 6 in the top10 and it deserves much more

  • @kitsuneforyst
    @kitsuneforyst 11 месяцев назад +8

    Lethal Company has been one of the surprise games of 2023. What a fun game to watch streamed and to play. It's wild how one developer created that.

  • @Julio-Ces4r
    @Julio-Ces4r 11 месяцев назад +59

    Dude Lethal Company is insane. Kinda crazy a single dev did a game this big, and the game cost 10 bucks

    • @dreyga2
      @dreyga2 11 месяцев назад +5

      it costs 10 bucks because it's not a big game. It's a looter extraction with horror. These games are very popular with streamers, so ofc it got attention, but the game is as fun as a rock.

    • @gabiblack
      @gabiblack 11 месяцев назад +30

      ​@@dreyga2Just like your personality! Maybe that's why you don't have any friends to play with. Cheers.

    • @tyrant3191
      @tyrant3191 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@dreyga2
      I have to agree, pretty much any game is fun with friends and this one relies entirely on interactions meant to create these "me and the Bois" moments.
      when you look at the game by itself, you drop onto a map, grab item and bring back to ship, while avoiding monsters, a premise that has been done 100 times before by various indie titles to no success. add multiplayer and proximity voice and suddenly it's multiplayer game of the year. which, btw only features 3 player multiplayer for some god forsaken reason, more than 3 requires a mod that wasn't created by the dev.

    • @dreyga2
      @dreyga2 11 месяцев назад

      @@tyrant3191 I watched a streamer play it, for 30 min or so. My god, is it boring. On youtube tho, different story, funny moments, very entertaining when edited.

    • @FantasiA2K
      @FantasiA2K 11 месяцев назад +16

      @@tyrant3191 The game is popular precisely because it is designed to create those fun multiplayer moments as much as possible. Of course it's boring by yourself. Just admit you and/or your friends aren't fun.

  • @OrangeFreeman
    @OrangeFreeman 11 месяцев назад +9

    The dude that made Lethal Company can now retire for multiple lifetimes

  • @Teegik
    @Teegik 11 месяцев назад +9

    So happy for BG3, AC6, and Lethal Company

    • @Smuglicense9359
      @Smuglicense9359 6 месяцев назад

      And sons of the forest, both forest games are probably my favorite survival games right under Minecraft.

  • @tasenova2717
    @tasenova2717 11 месяцев назад +22

    starfield being number 3 shows people can make polished garbage and people still buy it. it's like buying an apple tv or mac monitor pc

    • @NanomachineExE
      @NanomachineExE 11 месяцев назад +5

      nah it's just casual normies who don't pay attention to news.

    • @dantefromdevilmaycry9857
      @dantefromdevilmaycry9857 11 месяцев назад +6

      You just described our society man

    • @MasterGhostf
      @MasterGhostf 11 месяцев назад +2

      IT also shows that great games do deserve recognition like Lethal Company, and Baulders Great 3

    • @Ohdeerhere
      @Ohdeerhere 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@NanomachineExE i feel like it may oddly be the opposite actually because so many people were following starfield development for years getting absolutely hyped for it and ended up getting swindled with their purchase. and all the casuals who weren't really paying attention got to wait for the reviews to come out and dust to settle before making a purchase.

    • @richardsmith1898
      @richardsmith1898 10 месяцев назад

      polished?

  • @E-A-Z-Y
    @E-A-Z-Y 11 месяцев назад +39

    Or Harry Potter has a massive built in audience, and the game was genuinely beautiful and worth playing. Story lacked a bit of depth, but it was a solid game.

    • @Lightscribe225
      @Lightscribe225 11 месяцев назад +1

      Nah. It was that and the boycott spite.

    • @jgon12
      @jgon12 11 месяцев назад +16

      Yup it was a good game.

    • @cirescythe
      @cirescythe 11 месяцев назад +8

      Indeed. Great game and absolutely beautifully made.

    • @BullyMaguireTheAbsolute
      @BullyMaguireTheAbsolute 11 месяцев назад +3

      That's just it ,its simply beautiful especially the castle everything aside from it is very generic and mediocre to the point it feels like an Ubisoft game

    • @vkobevk
      @vkobevk 11 месяцев назад

      @@BullyMaguireTheAbsolute because it also fun to fly with broom
      go invisible and kill everything
      play your wizard like a true sith

  • @quintusgrobler9088
    @quintusgrobler9088 8 месяцев назад +1

    7 out 10 games, including the top 4, are all single-player story driven games. I feel like you can tattoo this on every boardmember's face in every major gaming corp and they still won't see how that is the best option for revenue. It's so frustrating sometimes.

  • @Red_Steampunker
    @Red_Steampunker 11 месяцев назад +14

    What I think is funny is it’s Revenue total.
    So AAA games that go from $60-120 got beat by some games that cost 10-40.
    Lethal company being top 10, when it’s only 10 dollars. That’s saying ALOT.

    • @birdbig6852
      @birdbig6852 11 месяцев назад +1

      It's steam only, AAA games makes bank in consoles and I'm not even talking about mobile games.
      Please remind yourself that you represent less than 10% of gaming.

    • @Red_Steampunker
      @Red_Steampunker 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@birdbig6852 mobile has like 4 max good games, it’s mostly whale boomers and no money kids watching ads.
      Consoles are like the same 10 games sold yearly.
      This chart was only box cost revenue, not micro transactions. It’d be totally different with I dunno blizz games lmao bleeding people dry.

    • @timurdos
      @timurdos 11 месяцев назад

      @@birdbig6852 what ass did you pull that statistic from lol?
      for example, 44% of Elden Ring sales is PC. PS5+PS4 sold less combined than PC.
      Please remind yourself that you live in delulu land.

  • @Kat1kafka
    @Kat1kafka 11 месяцев назад +40

    For Starfield, is that before or after the refunds? 😂

    • @DubberRucks
      @DubberRucks 11 месяцев назад +5

      Good one. 👍😂

    • @jgon12
      @jgon12 11 месяцев назад +2

      After

  • @rahn45
    @rahn45 11 месяцев назад +39

    A one person development team flexing onto the top 10.
    Gaming is in a pretty good place I'd say!

  • @Frvnklin
    @Frvnklin 11 месяцев назад +52

    Hogwarts Legacy needs to come up with some sort of DLC or expansion to really elevate the game. It really has so much potential as a Harry Potter game

    • @Dharengo
      @Dharengo 11 месяцев назад +10

      I played it, I liked it at first, but at the end I just wanted it to be over.

    • @mikehunt4265
      @mikehunt4265 11 месяцев назад +3

      Games dead once you beat the main story and has absolutely zero replay value

    • @Dharengo
      @Dharengo 11 месяцев назад +4

      Also the protagonist kind of brutally murders a bunch of people and quips about it.

    • @Guywiththedimpples
      @Guywiththedimpples 11 месяцев назад

      best dlc would be you go to another school on a foreign exchange year to learn their unique magic. I would suggest the African school of shapeshifting magic.

    • @thebossman972
      @thebossman972 11 месяцев назад

      they are, they have beta sign ups for quidditch multiplayer

  • @Lorekeeper72
    @Lorekeeper72 11 месяцев назад +95

    My guess with Starfield is you had a lot of folks that bought into the hype or thought the modders would quickly sort it out. Hogwarts Legacy being that high makes sense but BG3 selling that much surprises me, I thought more people did what I did and bought it during the early access part.

    • @EusisLandale
      @EusisLandale 11 месяцев назад +7

      MAN is it so hard for you guys to admit that starfield is actually a good game? Pathetic copehagen

    • @ardex9677
      @ardex9677 11 месяцев назад +8

      Nope. Never heard of it until my friend told me about it. I even saw the first trailer when it released, assumed aliens vs fantasy was silly idea and completly forgot about it. I only now remeber that I did in fact watch it.

    • @firion666
      @firion666 11 месяцев назад +1

      I and most of my friends didn't really know about this game until it came out, even tho I am big RPGs fan. I thought that talk about all of those decisions and freedom is typical buzzword soup and only after 'borrowing' BG3 for 30 hours I couldn't take the guilt, so I bought Deluxe Edition.
      I learned to not believe how great a game is, till it's released from AAA studios.

    • @hadoken95
      @hadoken95 11 месяцев назад +20

      oh not at all BG3 was a niche game until the bear sex campaign hit and all the streamers started picking it up. From that point on it just became a cultural phenomenon. I'm actually most impressed with Starfield, considering the vast majority of people playing it did so on Game Pass. Even with it getting snubbed at the awards show and most people online taking that populist stance of hating on it, God Howard continues to be successful.

    • @Lorekeeper72
      @Lorekeeper72 11 месяцев назад +13

      @@hadoken95 I heard somewhere that emphasizing that bear sex scene was the best marketing idea for BG3. Not because most people want that, Larian's internal numbers suggest they don't, but because it made the game look like it had a lot of freedom, made then ask, "if I can do *that* what else can I do?"

  • @0x0404
    @0x0404 11 месяцев назад +7

    52m for lethal company. That guy is seriously set for life. He’s still pretty young too. Great job.

  • @CorykingRR
    @CorykingRR 11 месяцев назад +7

    Sons of the forest went hard damn didn’t think it did that well glad it did tho

  • @Fxrrxt2x
    @Fxrrxt2x 11 месяцев назад +1

    Man, I can't imagine being that Lethal Company dev. No wonder he mentioned that he's going through some changes in his life in the latest patch notes.

  • @mukamuka0
    @mukamuka0 11 месяцев назад +4

    Zeekerssr can hire staff now so he could update Lethal company faster XD

  • @Ark_Strike
    @Ark_Strike 11 месяцев назад +1

    I'm guessing the 235M from Starfield isn't taking refunds into account lmao

  • @MasterGhostf
    @MasterGhostf 11 месяцев назад +23

    Im surprised at Lethal company since it costs 10 dollars. if we multiplied by 6 , it would have made more than starfield....

    • @Mundus66
      @Mundus66 11 месяцев назад

      Sounds about right. It has had more players for months now.

    • @Salmagros
      @Salmagros 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@Mundus66 It's the Among Us of 2023, If the game was released during Covid time I believe it would bend the whole gaming world.

    • @dreyga2
      @dreyga2 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Salmagros bend the gaming world? it's a looter extraction for fuk sake.

    • @vincentcircharo8259
      @vincentcircharo8259 11 месяцев назад +4

      yeah but the thing is if it costed 60$ for an amongus-type "with the boys" game, there would be a LOT less people buying it. the 10$ price point is what helped it get that high

    • @dreyga2
      @dreyga2 11 месяцев назад

      @@vincentcircharo8259 maybe, hardware is a factor too, streamers/youtubers making content = free publicity, no politics injected, modds

  • @boomingbob1579
    @boomingbob1579 11 месяцев назад +106

    Considering hogwarts was the steam game of the year and was the most sold game of the year the boycott backfired in glorious fashion

    • @sausageskin
      @sausageskin 11 месяцев назад

      BG3 won the Steam GOTY, Hogrwarts won the best steamdeck game. Still a great game.

    • @mekboy7403
      @mekboy7403 11 месяцев назад +19

      I'm not surprised. The average Harry Potter fan probably didn't know there was a boycott and wouldn't have cared if they did know. They just knew the thing they really liked had a game so they bought it. Simple as.

    • @Ghost1170
      @Ghost1170 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@mekboy7403Ya most people arent antisemetic or crazy. Just stupid

    • @nech1534
      @nech1534 11 месяцев назад +7

      The funniest part is that anyone who has played any hp game knows they are mediocre at best so they are overlooked most of the time. The boycott brought more people to buy the game due to attention lmao

    • @theduck2970
      @theduck2970 11 месяцев назад +13

      Wait, what?! Baldur's Gate 3 is both of those. Sure, Hogwarts got 2nd in revenue and is very popular itself, it wasn't GOTY on Steam, that was definitely BG3.

  • @Enkarashaddam
    @Enkarashaddam 11 месяцев назад +8

    Doesn't surprise me I bought deluxe bg3 in september and probably a lot of people did too

  • @darrylferguson3622
    @darrylferguson3622 11 месяцев назад +2

    The success of Lethal Company is great to see because it's another reminder that a great game doesn't need ray-tracing, or 500 GB worth of stuff to be great.
    Most of the time, a game just needs to be fun and not a buggy mess

  • @samuelschwager
    @samuelschwager 11 месяцев назад +7

    sons of the forest and lethal company - both made by small dev teams - being in the top 10 is nice!

    • @Blisterdude123
      @Blisterdude123 11 месяцев назад +1

      Not a CoDoody in sight.

    • @urbigbro4025
      @urbigbro4025 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Blisterdude123 I don't think people buy cod on steam lil bro 💀

  • @beanbeater
    @beanbeater 11 месяцев назад +5

    so glad to see AC6 on the list, this is a game for people who love games.

  • @app_function1232
    @app_function1232 11 месяцев назад +15

    my god, lethal company just get into early access about 5 months ago. man, now I'm worried about the dev, hope he got a strong integrity. worst case scenario, he'll spent half on furry suit.

  • @TheGuardianofblind
    @TheGuardianofblind 11 месяцев назад +1

    It is extra impressive that Baldur's Gate earned so much without having tons of DLCs and locked content, so it earned that much by asking quite little from the players

  • @trooperscientists2000
    @trooperscientists2000 11 месяцев назад +3

    lethal company being there is also crazy, cause it costs 10€, so it was probably bought 3rd most. Crazy for such a simple game.

    • @dreyga2
      @dreyga2 11 месяцев назад

      I watched other people play the game, it's boring as shi.t but you can't refund it because you realize it too late.

  • @SpicyFiur
    @SpicyFiur 11 месяцев назад +3

    Considering that Baldurs Gate cost 6 times the ammount Lethal Company does... If we put that in comparrison Lethal Company be actually second place if it had the same price. Or 3rd. That's actually crazy. And ew Cities is last place. It shouldn't even be on the list.

  • @DarchrowTheEnigma
    @DarchrowTheEnigma 11 месяцев назад +20

    Lethal Company deserves the success. It alone completely shattered the entire idea of having better graphics = good game mentality amongst the higher AAA gaming industries.
    To make an average-looking game that generates more than $50 million profits is proof that gamers only want simple, playable and fun game to play with, more than the beautiful graphics but filled with loading screens and dialogues - which makes people fall asleep faster than counting sheeps over your head.
    Congratulations and good job to the developer of Lethal Company. Hope more indie devs comes out with brilliant games this year just like Among Us and Lethal Company.

    • @konata8657
      @konata8657 11 месяцев назад +1

      I dont get the appeal. game looks incredibly boring
      like it's cool that just one dude made it but that doesn't change the fact that this game doesn't look the slightest bit fun and that's the only thing that matters

    • @dacrasherz4866
      @dacrasherz4866 11 месяцев назад +1

      i wouldn't say lethal's graphics are bad, but the majority of gamers affiliate good graphics with 1:1 realistic graphics where you can see the each individual pores of each npcs or whatknot.
      like lethal, you dont need to have that for 'good graphics' if you know how the make it feel good and set the atmosphere right. you've got it there.

    • @kunstlerischesetwas1284
      @kunstlerischesetwas1284 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@konata8657 Just say you got no friends to play with

    • @konata8657
      @konata8657 11 месяцев назад

      @@kunstlerischesetwas1284 or i just dont find the game interesting enough to convince me to try it. i know i know, its outlandish that someone doesnt hop on the bandwagon. shocking right?
      i like how you dont have anything constructive to say so you have to resort to me insulting me. really shows your character lmao

    • @kunstlerischesetwas1284
      @kunstlerischesetwas1284 11 месяцев назад

      @@konata8657 Its actually not that deep, there is no constructive criticism to give, its your opinion. This just doesn't change the fact that you judge the game only on a Gameplay standpoint, which is hilarious because it just shows that you never really understood why people actually play the game. Your just an Edge lord, who thinks hes cool because he has a different opinion regarding a popular game. Its okay for you not to play the game, but saying that it has no appeal to it and looking boring just tells me enough about the amount of content you have watched about this Game: Zero. So yes, i make Fun of you, because your opinion is pretty much based on nothing.

  • @Dominian1
    @Dominian1 11 месяцев назад +2

    sized to scale, the BG3 column would be 13 times higher than the Cities Skylines 2 one.

  • @Thejigholeman
    @Thejigholeman 11 месяцев назад +3

    most innovative game of the year: starfield
    meanwhile in starfield: imagine if instead of having all the towns/outposts in 1 massive area, we put each one on an empty planet, and have players just scan the same 20 mobs 100 times over. also, lets give them a jetpack.

  • @Manley156
    @Manley156 11 месяцев назад +1

    Keeping in mind lethal company is not even a fully realized game and hasn't been out long at all. good for that guy, cool that he hasn't abandoned ship after making absolute bank

  • @HamguyBacon
    @HamguyBacon 11 месяцев назад +5

    I got starfield with my new graphics card, i didn't pay for it.
    Lethal company is amazing since it was an indie game.

  • @nickmajora
    @nickmajora 11 месяцев назад +1

    Saddens me Starfield got 3rd but on the bright side BG3 got first.

  • @bombomos
    @bombomos 11 месяцев назад +3

    I'm glad AC6 is so well received

  • @Alexander12547
    @Alexander12547 11 месяцев назад +1

    BG3 657M
    No in game shop
    No micro transactions
    No subscription
    No DLC
    Just a game making money for being a good game

  • @Hey1234Hey
    @Hey1234Hey 11 месяцев назад +3

    Thing is BG3 will continue selling throughout 2024 and i am sure Larian Studio is working on more content for it, it's confirmed. They could cross a billion this year

    • @cirescythe
      @cirescythe 11 месяцев назад +1

      They most likely already did. Those are steam numbers only and it was one of the most preordered games on ps5 as well.

  • @whiteobama3032
    @whiteobama3032 11 месяцев назад +4

    I'm so glad AC6 did so good. Loved every minute of it and that gives me hope for new content.

  • @mcmarkmarkson7115
    @mcmarkmarkson7115 11 месяцев назад +6

    Rogue Trader needs more attention! But yea Baldurs gate 3 and Armored core were super awesome. Starfield making over 200m on steam...yikes. Bethesda keeps getting away with it T_T

  • @mefikFS
    @mefikFS 11 месяцев назад +1

    Impossible. GOOD GAME that has no microtransactions earned the most?

  • @FOF275
    @FOF275 11 месяцев назад +9

    Resident Evil 4 and Hogwarts Legacy were my absolute favorites last year

  • @shinyless
    @shinyless 11 месяцев назад +2

    Year is 2050, Asmon has lost all his hair. Still hasn't played BG3.

  • @maccarnold
    @maccarnold 11 месяцев назад +10

    I enjoyed Dead Space and Resident Evil 4 remakes a lot but they don’t compare with the absolute joy I had with Hogwarts Legacy. I played like 12 hours over the weekends for 3 months and I loved every minute of it.

  • @My-Name-Isnt-Important
    @My-Name-Isnt-Important 11 месяцев назад +1

    Lethal Company making 52 Million when the game only costs 10 dollars is the real winner here. All of the other games had huge budgets and cost far more to make and their price tag for players was higher too. Baldurs Gate really isn't a fair comparison to the other games, since people have known about it longer, so the hype was growing long before 2023. It had a chance to make money all year long, while the other games came out in 2023 and had a smaller window to make that money. For it being an RPG, yeah it being so popular is phenomenal, but it really doesn't have any competition. 2023 was a bad year for games, not a lot of good stuff came out.

  • @Icureditwithmybrain
    @Icureditwithmybrain 11 месяцев назад +5

    Todd Howard has 100% speech, only reason it got 235m

  • @YPinkie
    @YPinkie 11 месяцев назад

    The dev of Lethal Company actually makes some really great and innovative games. Its a really nice dev that deserves the rep he gets tbh

  • @NarutoUA
    @NarutoUA 11 месяцев назад +3

    Hogwarts was a first Harry Potter universe game for a long time, the fanbase is huge

  • @Mat-xw4ww
    @Mat-xw4ww 11 месяцев назад +1

    Steam charges 30%, so Lethal Company gets around $35M.
    Still a lot.

  • @axios4702
    @axios4702 11 месяцев назад +3

    It's nice to see Baldur's Gate 3 at the top of the list. It's sad to see generic triple A trash on the next two spots, but at least Gold has gone to those who deserve it.

    • @cirescythe
      @cirescythe 11 месяцев назад

      Hogwarts was surprisingly great tho. So many details that did bot have to be there. The devs clearly put heart into it. Starfield on the other hand....

    • @wumi2419
      @wumi2419 11 месяцев назад

      Sadly FIFA (or at leas a EA sports game) is also in top 10. And you know well how much effort needed is different.

  • @magnussthered
    @magnussthered 11 месяцев назад +1

    I thought lethal company was just the new FotM. Didnt think it sold THAT many. Top 10 geez

  • @leafofyume
    @leafofyume 11 месяцев назад +5

    baldurs gate 3 did proof whats wrong whit gaming and its rly high quality but nothing can beat that one game everybody has fun in whit their friends because gameplay is just fun and not bloated. the game is just like: "here you go, here the objective, this are the few mechanics surounding it, now here are the places to fulfil that goal and now have fun working together to avo- getting enough stuff for the goal. btw i give you some items for your efforts if you do a good job whit the goal! just dont die ok? :) * vanishes before you can ask questions *"

  • @davesprivatelounge
    @davesprivatelounge 11 месяцев назад +2

    BG3 deserves all the success for its customer friendly practices.

  • @ElionVydell
    @ElionVydell 11 месяцев назад +11

    Again - incredibly surprised that RE remaster got a nom for GOTY but Hogwarts didn't. I don't think it should have won, but it def deserved to be in the running more than a remaster. Hell, if a remaster deserve a nom then Phantom Liberty deserves one as at least that was new content.

    • @hododod246
      @hododod246 11 месяцев назад +4

      It is a remake. Not a remaster.

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 11 месяцев назад +3

      EGS and Blackrock will not allow it, woke games media bends the knee.

    • @somersault1123
      @somersault1123 11 месяцев назад +2

      That and Super Mario spin-off that dropped like a mere week before the Awards to a much quieter reception than Hogwarts Legacy. Also up till that point I had only heard of Alan Wake in ads. Still haven't seen an actual person that knows what it even is.

    • @darthmalgus232
      @darthmalgus232 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@cattysplatWhich is strange because there is a trans person in the game. The girl (or dude?) with the deep male voice. Honestly it broke my immersion and took me out of the game every time I heard him speak.

    • @raitoiro
      @raitoiro 11 месяцев назад +1

      Nah Hogwarts isn't good enough for game of the year, especially when there are much better like Armored Core or Lies of P to choose instead.

  • @inanimatesum4945
    @inanimatesum4945 11 месяцев назад

    The fact Lethal Company outpaced CoD will always be hilarious

  • @KoushirouKikanTsuiku
    @KoushirouKikanTsuiku 11 месяцев назад +3

    Number 2 selling game on Steam, not even a single nomination at VGA.

    • @thewaysh
      @thewaysh 11 месяцев назад +2

      Wonder why... 🤔

    • @dreyga2
      @dreyga2 11 месяцев назад

      what's VGA?

  • @dreadoperative
    @dreadoperative 11 месяцев назад +1

    Remnant 2 is criminally underrated.

  • @DANCERcow
    @DANCERcow 11 месяцев назад +3

    One guy who has been making games for over 10 years now lol

  • @MewinMoose
    @MewinMoose 11 месяцев назад +1

    Interesting list because if you count consoles it would be pretty different and shows how bigger console revenue is.

  • @blkwng
    @blkwng 11 месяцев назад +10

    Starfield sold a lot because of its early access. Im one of the idiots that bought it because I thought it would be a hit for sure. Everything I had seen had me hyped. And with the early access, I could play it during a weekend instead of weekday which is a whole lot more difficult for me. Incredible disappointment, but I still dont get how it made those sales because I returned mine, and then just went and played a bit more on gamepass later.

    • @Ohdeerhere
      @Ohdeerhere 11 месяцев назад +2

      i dodged the starfield bullet since i was still busy with my BG3 playthrough and figured i'd wait for the dust to settle. in that sense BG3 paid for itself.

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 11 месяцев назад

      Everything coming out of Microsoft at the moment is ass. Should've wised up.

    • @drakenastor
      @drakenastor 11 месяцев назад

      I figure the same maybe the 200million is from people that bought it, but 150million was returned back, but they don't count the money lost only gained lmao. I know I returned it and didn't even do the full 2 hours.

    • @awesomewav2419
      @awesomewav2419 11 месяцев назад

      @@Ohdeerhere I did the same with bg3

    • @dreyga2
      @dreyga2 11 месяцев назад

      "Starfield sold a lot because of its early access" - no. It sold a lot because they lied, just like most AAA studios. They invest a lot in trailers to lie to people.
      16 times the details
      Cyberpunk did the same and some people now think it's a good game, when in fact it's the same crap game, but with fewer bugs and more "content".
      GTA6 will suffer the same fate.

  • @rewardilicious
    @rewardilicious 11 месяцев назад

    What's most surprising is how low all these are in terms of revenue on the largest platform for PC games, when you remember that Diablo Immortal made half a billion in a year or that GTA 5 has had about one Baldur's Gate 3 revenue average PER YEAR for the last entire decade. Or that Diablo 4 made the same as Baldur's Gate 3 in 5 days.

  • @HobeyDator
    @HobeyDator 11 месяцев назад +4

    The Sole Developer of Lethal Company is sleeping on cash right now. Imagine making your first game and it suddenly blows up, loved by the community! It is indeed a surpising success for him.

    • @sebatianflorescalquin5470
      @sebatianflorescalquin5470 11 месяцев назад

      Its not is first game.

    • @dtxas1
      @dtxas1 11 месяцев назад +2

      Other than his roblox mods he did have a few other creepy type of games released as well, that you should definitely check out if you like that genre. So technically it's not his first game, but certainly the first big one as the previous ones felt like experimentations leading up to this one and also i think we should really admire the creator by how fast he was pumping the updates recently with next 0.50 version being a really big update when it drops. Sadly, knowing how steam payments works, he's most likely won't see any of that money for a month or two, if what i remember is correct, they pay it quarterly or just every 3 months, not 100% sure on this one tho

    • @sebatianflorescalquin5470
      @sebatianflorescalquin5470 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@dtxas1 Lethal Company came out in October i think so is posible that he has already been paid.

  • @Stak0
    @Stak0 11 месяцев назад +2

    this is definitely one of the lists of all time

    • @cattysplat
      @cattysplat 11 месяцев назад

      Call of Duty not being on the list is kind of a big deal.

  • @arnoldoaad
    @arnoldoaad 11 месяцев назад +4

    I completely disagree with the idea that the boycott had any effect at all on the sales. it obviously didnt work but i don't believe that it actually inspired people to buy it to just go against the trend. If anything it sold super well because its simply Harry Potter, one of the biggest franchises in he world, nothing else.

    • @jebalitabb8228
      @jebalitabb8228 11 месяцев назад

      I know at least 5 people irl who bought it purely out of spite and I don’t even think they played the game when it came out. You will find plenty others online with similar stories, boycotts/protests always encourage this kind of behavior

    • @sublime1558
      @sublime1558 11 месяцев назад

      You can even find people in the comments saying they bought it out of spite

    • @arnoldoaad
      @arnoldoaad 11 месяцев назад

      @@jebalitabb8228 I'm not saying that some people didnt do it but those who did it are not that big of a mark to make this the second best-selling game of last year.
      Lets be realistic, the game sold on its own merit, not just because of a meme.

  • @ShatroGames
    @ShatroGames 11 месяцев назад +1

    also remember when those games released. Hogwarts Legacy came out at the beginning of the year while BG3 came out in August and still, BG3 is way above the rest.

  • @Atomic-Purple-Guy
    @Atomic-Purple-Guy 11 месяцев назад +10

    Hogwarts legacy was great.

  • @QuoracTheBard
    @QuoracTheBard 11 месяцев назад +1

    But holy shit the MATH on this! BG3 is #1 with TWICE the revenue of the #2 slot, and STILL higher than #2 and #3 combined. And yeah, it's that fucking good. Well deserved.

    • @Russian_engineer_bmstu
      @Russian_engineer_bmstu 11 месяцев назад +1

      Fym still. If it's twice the second there is no mathematical way second+something less than a second one beat it lol

    • @QuoracTheBard
      @QuoracTheBard 11 месяцев назад

      @@Russian_engineer_bmstu Well yeah, just. Dude. Still pretty cool.

  • @Vaeland
    @Vaeland 11 месяцев назад +13

    It still makes me laugh that hogwarts got boycotted for transphobia when it is literally the only game I’ve ever played with a memorable, believable, and well written trans character. She also happened to just be a pretty fucking cool person in general so I couldn’t imagine better representation but the hate for the game because of JK was insane. Glad to see it did well because I really enjoyed it, especially once I found a mod for PC keybindings for spells instead of the action bar flipping

    • @nighthawk2548
      @nighthawk2548 11 месяцев назад +9

      Nothing believable about a trans woman having a deeper voice than 90 percent of men tbh. Also the fact that they want me to believe that there's no way for a person to change their voice in a world where people can shape shift into animals and ride around on magical flying brooms.

    • @somersault1123
      @somersault1123 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@nighthawk2548 Pretty fair but trans seems to be more of an identity unto itself rather than actually trying to be the opposite gender. Some do try to speak in a different tone but others just don't.

    • @Vaeland
      @Vaeland 11 месяцев назад +5

      @@nighthawk2548 why not? I’ve known women with deeper voices, especially when they’re smokers. My great grandmother sounded more like a guttural demon than a man much less a woman. And I assumed there are magical ways to hide that, but as everything else with appearance, it’s probably more about accepting yourself than being perfect. I assume there are tons of magical versions of cosmetic surgery, by that logic it should be as popular as everyday makeup

    • @FemcelFurio
      @FemcelFurio 11 месяцев назад

      They was obviously a token trans character, dude. They threw her in there just to make themselves look good. Her name is literally SIRona.

    • @zzBaBzz
      @zzBaBzz 11 месяцев назад

      they just swapped the sex of the char after that boycott BS. So many idiots fell for the fake "boycott" propaganda it's hilarious.

  • @arkorat3239
    @arkorat3239 11 месяцев назад

    I wonder if this includes the BG3 sales from its early access, if not, that would be freaking wild.

  • @fartloudYT
    @fartloudYT 11 месяцев назад +7

    The more surprising reason for Hogwarts Legacy's success is that it is the best selling Ubisoft game that wasn't made by Ubisoft. Who knew you could make a game with all the faults of the Ubisoft game that people have been bashing for years and you only needed two things - make sure your company isn't called Ubisoft, and add brooms.

  • @TheEarthRealm
    @TheEarthRealm 11 месяцев назад +1

    I don't think Steam allows you to buy _two_ copies of the same game.

  • @cloutmuzikbeats
    @cloutmuzikbeats 11 месяцев назад +4

    re4 is awesome

  • @myronchan8568
    @myronchan8568 11 месяцев назад

    bro had a good idea, developed it himself, and is now set for life

  • @knavenformed9436
    @knavenformed9436 11 месяцев назад +6

    I do hope Zeekers knows how to cut his taxes or it's going to be a painful sting to lose out one asily the majority of your sales

  • @epicmaikeru4286
    @epicmaikeru4286 11 месяцев назад +2

    I did not expect City Skylines 2 to be at the top 10 specially with the buggy release. Did they fixed it?

    • @hododod246
      @hododod246 11 месяцев назад

      PC gamers usually don't have sense of quality.

    • @R3GARnator
      @R3GARnator 11 месяцев назад

      Paradox Interactive fanboys are whales.

  • @karite2
    @karite2 11 месяцев назад +3

    That's not surprising. Even with Starfield being a pile of shit and all the nonsense around Hogwarts the popularity surrounding them helped push them to the top and Hogwarts being a good game let it pass up Starfield which people only bought because of Skyrim and Bethesda. The rest of the list follows pretty normally but good for Lethal Company for taking number 9.

  • @Xagroth
    @Xagroth 11 месяцев назад +1

    The funny thing about Hogwart's Legacy is that, besides being visually delicious, it's a very basic game with very predictable twists and puzzles in the dungeons, and the optimization was subpar (mostly because of the DRM...), but the ambience, specially for fans of the saga, was spot on.
    BG3 however, I'm not that happy with the lv cap just because further spells "break the game", considering how many D&D games came before and shied not from allowing even limited epic magic.

  • @danihelarun
    @danihelarun 11 месяцев назад +4

    I bought hogwarts because of the boycott and the stupidity of the people behind it. It was actually a pretty enjoyable game.

  • @needlessToo
    @needlessToo 11 месяцев назад

    Let's not forget BG3 was on early access for years and sold big numbers before this year.

  • @Sky26s
    @Sky26s 11 месяцев назад +3

    LETHAL COMPANY LETS GOOOOO

  • @walk-in
    @walk-in 11 месяцев назад

    Lethal Company was released 10/23/2023. jeez, it's only 2 months

  • @h1c2e35
    @h1c2e35 11 месяцев назад +4

    YEP and COD got beat by a indie game smh.

    • @DubberRucks
      @DubberRucks 11 месяцев назад +1

      Activision: ah, but our games consistently make us bucket loads of ca$h so there!

    • @h1c2e35
      @h1c2e35 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@DubberRucks funny yea they making money faster but in the long run they losing billions.

    • @theadityavikramvarma
      @theadityavikramvarma 11 месяцев назад

      Cod is a console game

    • @h1c2e35
      @h1c2e35 11 месяцев назад

      @@theadityavikramvarma uaaa no its a all platform game. LOL

    • @theadityavikramvarma
      @theadityavikramvarma 11 месяцев назад

      @@h1c2e35 most casuals play cod on consoles lik 90percent

  • @smiIingman
    @smiIingman 11 месяцев назад +1

    Man i wish i had any kind of passion for coding and programming but i have literally 0 patience or nerves for it.
    The guy who made lethal company definitely deserves that cash

  • @KunKosh
    @KunKosh 11 месяцев назад +3

    I'm really happy for Baldurs Gate 3 and its developers even if I didn't like the game. Just the sheer joy for single player RPGgame that was made with a passion.

    • @ryanbaker5296
      @ryanbaker5296 11 месяцев назад

      Can i ask why u did not like it i have been thinking of buying it recently

    • @KunKosh
      @KunKosh 11 месяцев назад

      @@ryanbaker5296 bad optimization in third act, meh plot (that basically ends in act 2), meh characters (who are so horny it cringe), boring battles (in third act mostly). I wouldn't call it a bad game tho, I just didn't like it.

    • @ryanbaker5296
      @ryanbaker5296 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@KunKosh Thanks for the info

    • @KunKosh
      @KunKosh 11 месяцев назад

      hope you'll like it if you buy it! @@ryanbaker5296

  • @hellothere9167
    @hellothere9167 10 месяцев назад

    It's funny how they were "boycotting" the HP game but it ended in 2nd most sold

  • @bellidrael7457
    @bellidrael7457 11 месяцев назад +9

    Hogwarts Legacy being #2 when it's a very, VERY average game.
    Good job woke people. You literally advertised and hyped the game up to the year's second biggest game lol.

  • @PenPineappleApplePen007
    @PenPineappleApplePen007 11 месяцев назад

    I was surprised to see Sons Of The Forest did it so well. I didn’t hear any buzz around it so I thought it did poorly.