Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor secures a position in the Steam Top 10. The smashing success surprises everyone, including the developer

Surprised developer faces characterize February on Steam. First the makers of Helldivers 2 are overrun by millions of players, then the spin-off Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor goes through the roof to such an extent that even the original looks old in comparison.

Disclaimer: In the following, we list the ten best-selling games on Steam in the past week and discuss relevant developments. The basic information is based on data from SteamDB and is read directly from Steam.

Quickly to the highlights:

Offshoot outstrips original

The complete top 10

It may only occupy ninth place in last week’s top sellers, but those are serious dimensions on Steam. When we last checked, there were around 57,000 players simultaneously active in &nbsp. That should be hundreds of thousands of units sold.

The developer Ghost Ship Games was particularly surprised, as they had not actually intended the small spin-off to overshadow the original. But it happened anyway. Well, they’ll probably get over it

Unlike Deep Rock Galactic, which revolves around co-op mining and insect shooting from a first-person perspective, Survivor ventures into a fairly new genre: reverse bullet hell. You perform automatic attacks as you move (and slaughter) your way through hordes of enemies, learning new techniques and becoming more and more powerful.

The complete top 10 on Steam

Helldivers 2

Counter-Strike 2

Apex Legends

PUBG

Steam Deck

Palworld

Helldivers 2 Edition Upgrade

Call of Duty

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

Dota 2

And you? Do you have anything to do with the compilation of the Steam Top 10? Or are you going off the beaten track and paying tribute to an indie hit? Let us know in the comments below:

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