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Last week's top Steam games by copies sold for you! (Alinea Analytics estimates)

It's indies and horror galore. CAN'T BLOODY WAIT for spooky season.

More data and insights in the new free Alinea Insight Substack.

Link: alineaanalytics.substack.com/p/dying-ligh...

Players are DEVOURING Silksong, which has amassed 6M+ players overall and 3.5M+ sold on Steam (Alinea estimates).

Of those Steam players, 1.1% (around 40 K) have played for over 100 hours in the past two weeks.

That’s two full work weeks (then some!).

Wild.

And plenty of 'sick' days, I reckon.

Borderlands 4 was Steam’s best-selling game last week, but a new indie broke through Plus, we look at Silksong’s ongoing strong performance, spotlight a cool new South Korean indie, and show Dying Light: The Beast’s pre-launch metrics.

Here's last week's top Steam games by copies sold (estimates)

The Silksong effect on Hollow Knight stands out.

Last week was the third week in a row Hollow Knight sold over 200 K, far more than the 25 K a week it averaged before gamescom.

Love it.

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Silksong passed 5M players in three days It's also sold over 3 million copies on Steam. Read on for more metrics and analysis on Team Cherry’s phenomenal sophomore effort.

New @alineaanalytics.bsky.social Silksong estimates.

Over 5 million players in 3 days (1M+ via Game Pass console), and 3M+ copies sold on Steam.

BIG data deep dive and analysis in the new free Substack:

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We’re off to gamescom from today onwards, so here’s a shorter, early edition of the newsletter!

Peak approaching 10M copies sold and more goodies (link in post below) 👇

Battlefield 6 has already sold over 600 K copies on Steam (and has 2.7M wishlists!) We’ve got a chunky Battlefield 6 deep sive this week. Plus, an analysis of last week’s top Steam games by copies sold and a look at Alinea’s margin-of-error data 🎯

BF 6 is on track for a huge launch this year, if it can stick the landing.

Some Alinea Analytics Steam metrics for you:

🎯605 K copies sold via preorder🎯
💰Pre-order revenues of $35 million💰
🙏2.7 million Steam wishlists🙏
📈521 K people playing the beta CCUs📈

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July was a fun month for copies sold on PlayStation.

Two million-plus sellers, new launches, Forza (AGAIN), and more.

Get the full analysis, and me ranting about the $100 GTA discourse, in the latest @alineaanalytics.bsky.social Substack newsletter:

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Games with co-op generated over $4 BILLION on Steam in H1 and have dominated our new release charts It's the co-op deep dive edition! From R.E.P.O. and Schedule I to Monster Hunter and Split Fiction, 2025 has truly been the year of co-op on Steam. You love to see it.

Today's free newsletter is all about co-op's meteoric rise on Steam.

Really enjoyed this one, so check it out (and hit subscribe if you want!)

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Another packed data and insights newsletter drop 🗞️🎮👇

Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox’s most downloaded games (week 28): College Football 26 and Tony Hawk score Plus, a look at Steam's top games by copies sold, a video of our appearance on the world's most popular PlayStation podcast, RimWorld's new DLC smashing it, and more.

Just published a new edition of the newsletter on Substack, and it's a juicy one!

Link below

June’s most downloaded games, PlayStation sales data, and why it’s so hard to succeed in live services It's cross-platform madness! Plus, Death Stranding 2’s launch, how PlayStation’s PC ports can benefit sales on PS5, and a look at Q2's game investments. Also, sports, sports and more sports.

Just published a huge data-packed newsletter!

Insights include:

Forza Horizon 5 selling almost as many copies as Astro Bot on PS5

June's most downloaded games across Steam, PS, and Xbox

Death Stranding's launch sales.

And loads more!

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Just published a new edition of our free Alinea Insight newsletter on Substack.

Would love it if you checked it out and subbed 🫶

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Our latest newsletter just dropped! 👀

@superhys.bsky.social covers a lot this time!

Have a gander!

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Stellar Blade is a Steam HIT as discounted legacy games return to the fold Plus, a look at how China is driving engagement on Steam for many top games, some big new game launches, last week’s top Steam games by copies sold, and PlayStation’s biggest Steam ports so far.

As discussed on @giantbomb.bsky.social's GMM with @grubb.wtf (always a blast!), the new edition of the Alinea Insight newsletter is out.

There's A LOT of data on this one, including some launch metrics for Stellar Blade on Steam, so check it below:

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China helped Stellar Blade become PlayStation’s fastest-selling PC port yet, selling over a million on Steam Stellar Blade, a Korean-made hack-and-slash title, finally launched on Steam on June 11, following over a year of PlayStation exclusivity. As we covered last week, Stellar Blade was the #5 Steam game ...

Three wild stats from our Stellar Blade Steam estimates:

56% of players are in China

It's PlayStation's fast-selling Steam port yet.

Best for last: There's 10 hentai games in the list of games that over 10% of Stellar Blade players have played

Full blog: alineaanalytics.com/blog/stellar...

Deltarune, Dune, and Elden Ring Nightreign dominated our Steam charts last week!

Indies, AA, AAA, and ports all smashing it. Love it.

Dune and Stellar Blade hadn't even fully launched yet, but you can find launch data in the article.

Also, play Deltarune

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The Alinea Insight newsletter is already averaging over 5K reads after a week (based on the first two editions!)

Thank you SO MUCH for your support so far!

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Xbox games dominate PS5, Elden Ring Nightreign finds success, and an upcoming Chinese souls-like to watch Forza’s HUGE PS5 success, May’s top Steam and PlayStation games, an upcoming roguelike nobody’s talking about (but should be?), and Helldivers 2’s big comeback.

I know you're probably playing Mario Kart right now, but I just dropped a big data-drop newsletter.

I'd LOVE you to read it, subscribe, and all that

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DEEP DIVE
🧧 WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers - China’s next $100M+ breakout title?

✅ In the blog post, we break down WUCHANG, from estimated dev budget to forecasted global sales. How to model with confidence using Alinea Analytics data.

👉 Read the full deep dive here: alineaanalytics.com/blog/wuchang...

📢 Tomorrow, we’re dropping a data-driven deep dive into what could be the next $100M+ breakout title

Here’s a hint: it’s targeting the now-mainstream Souls-like and Dark Fantasy TAM, an audience worth $100M+ per month and 30M+ monthly active users on Steam alone.

Any guesses? Stay tuned. 👀

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May 2025 – Top 10 New Releases on Steam 📊

Elden Ring: Nightreign drove the biggest numbers, while standout debuts like Fantasy Life i and DOOM: The Dark Ages ensured the month remained competitive across genres.

May’s biggest game isn't out yet; April was a HUGE month for games Launch-to-date data on the games that dominated April, Elden Ring Nightreign’s imminent splash, and other JUICY data drops from Alinea Analytics.

NEW NEWSLETTER. First edition includes:

A peek at our pre-launch data for Elden Ring Nightreign. Spoiler: it's gonna be big.

An update on copies sold for April's biggest games.

Forza overtaking Assassin's Creed Shadows sales on PS5.

A cameo from @michaelpachter.bsky.social

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12 million gamers have played Elden Ring for 100+ hours across Steam and PlayStation.

Also, 10.9% of Elden Ring players on PS and 10.2% on Steam have unlocked every achievement vs 3.7% on Xbox. Git gud, Xbox gamers.

More on @alineaanalytics.bsky.social's blog: alineaanalytics.com/blog/elden-r...

🚀 Top Trending Upcoming Steam Titles – Week 20

🎯 Stellar Blade takes center stage. Originally a PS5 exclusive, Stellar Blade is making its way to PC with enhanced visuals.

Dune: Awakening – On Track to Become One of 2025’s Biggest Launches on Steam

👇 Below is a performance snapshot, charting daily sales trends from 60 days before launch through 30 days after, benchmarked against a selection of key 2025 titles.

Xbox accounts for three of the top five games by copies sold on PlayStation. That's 69% of the copies sold in the top 5 (nice).

Full write-up: alineaanalytics.com/blog/playsta...

Wee bit of personal news:

I'm chuffed to announce I'm now Alinea Analytics' head of market research!

Alinea has the best PC/console estimates in the games business. I'll be nerding out to it via analysis and reports, and helping game devs and publishers with their strategies

Very excited!

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Here's the top 10 games by copies sold on Steam in March!

Full write-up with a whole load of data: alineaanalytics.com/news/march_2...