There are some major releases on Steam this week, but only one was big enough to take down Counter-Strike 2 and Black Ops 6.
If you check the Top Sellers chart on Steam, right now Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 sits in the number one spot, a spot it is unlikely to let go of for a few weeks. As you may know, the new Call of Duty game is not even out until tomorrow, so it is snatched the Steam crown with just pre-orders. However, there was a brief period this week where it was dethroned of the top spot.
While the game in question has since fallen behind Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, fellow new release Rivals of Aether II, Counter-Strike 2, and Throne of Liberty, it was above all of them earlier in the week. The game in question actually released back in 2020, but the new surge of players is thanks to the game’s new expansion that released on October 21.
“Factorio: Space Age continues the player’s journey after launching rockets into space,” reads the official Steam description of the new expansion. “Discover new worlds with unique challenges, exploit their novel resources for advanced technological gains, and manage your fleet of interplanetary space platforms.”
Picking up right where the base game left off, the new expansion has the highest rating a game can earn on Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive. This is thanks to 98 percent of 2,515 user reviews rating the game positively. Meanwhile, those on Steam Deck interested in checking out the game or its expansion will be happy to know the game not only runs on Steam Deck, but its status is “Verified,” which means Valve has confirmed it runs as it should on the handheld machine.New Fallout 76 Update Released by Bethesda, Check Out the Patch NotesBe the first to know about your favorite movies, shows, comics, anime, video games, and more! Sign up here and never miss a scoop.
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