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Key events on the chart:
- Two more pre-orders made it into the top ten – Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (September 9) and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (October 25), occupying third and fourth places, respectively;
- Peak online for Black Myth: Wukong rose to 2,415,714 players (this is still the second highest in Steam history after PUBG: Battlegrounds), which likely helped the site update its concurrent user record;
- Action role-playing game Diablo IV soared to sixth place thanks to a free weekend and a 40 percent discount;
- Japanese mahjong 雀魂麻將 (MahjongSoul) from the Chinese Catfood Studio, the action game Grand Theft Auto V (helped by a discount) and the role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 returned to the top 10;
- The best new product was Tactical Breach Wizards from Suspicious Developments (authors of Gunpoint and Heat Signature), which took 12th place. The story-driven turn-based tactical combat adventure about magical special forces reached number 12, received “overwhelmingly positive” reviews (98% based on 2 thousand reviews) and attracted 4,761 people at the same time;
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- The pirate action role-playing game Skull and Bones from Ubisoft Singapore (formerly exclusive to Ubisoft Connect and Epic Games Store) did not gain popularity on Steam – it has 36th position, “mixed” reviews (60% based on 459 reviews) and 2615 users at its peak;
- Third among the new products (72nd place) was the cooperative sandbox Core Keeper from Pugstorm and Fireshine Games, released from early access, which has “very positive” reviews (91% based on 26.2 thousand reviews);
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- At number 31, the pre-order of the action movie Gundam Breaker 4 from Crafts & Meister and Bandai Namco, which will be released on August 28, entered the chart.
Top 10 by revenue (in brackets – place in the previous week, if the product was on the chart):
Black Myth: Wukong (1); Steam Deck (2); Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (pre-order; 5); Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (pre-order; 12); MahjongSoul; Diablo IV (28); Sid Meier’s Civilization VII (pre-order); Grand Theft Auto V (19); The Ring of Fire (9); Baldur’s Gate 3 (14). Top 10 by revenue including free-to-play games:
Black Myth: Wukong (1); Counter-Strike 2 (2, shareware); PUBG: Battlegrounds (3, free-to-play); Dota 2 (8, shareware); Steam Deck (4); Warframe (22, free-to-play); Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 (11); Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 (20); Once Human (5, shareware); MahjongSoul.