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Since September 12th, 2003 Steam has held the crown for being the biggest internet-based digital distribution platform in all of gaming ecosystem. These successful 11 years have made it the go-to platform for most PC gamers. For many of you who prefer to game on the keyboard and mouse it is coveted for bringing high standards to PC gaming.

Valve hasn’t really been known to release Steam sales data, it’s previously been a rather difficult task to see what has been striking gold on the platform. Thankfully, SteamSpy‘s very own Sergey Galyonkin has taken it upon himself to sort this out. After months of meticulous work he has compiled a comprehensive list of Steam sales data which includes every single game that has ever sold at least one million copies.

You’ll find the list of the top 100 best selling titles in Steam history below. The games are listed with their name and total sales to-date. You’ll encounter a few important details as you go through the entire list. For example, the top spot is a game you’ve most probably never even heard of. This is mainly due to Steam’s Free Weekends where customers can easily download, install, and play these games for several days before the game is finally locked. These downloads are officially treated as purchases, which affects the list. It has a rather unfortunate side-effect, but at the very least has only messed around with the validity of the list on a few entries.

  1. Men of War: Assault Squad 2 – 18,887,301
  2. Counter-Strike: Source – 13,687,323
  3. Half-Life 2: Lost Coast – 13,483,312
  4. Unturned – 13,140,974
  5. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – 12,134,826
  6. Left 4 Dead 2 – 11,970,999
  7. Half-Life 2: Deathmatch – 11,426,195
  8. Counter-Strike – 11,168,089
  9. Half-Life 2 – 8.776,362
  10. Counter-Strike: Condition Zero Deleted Scenes – 8,8670,493
  11. Garry’s Mod – 8,566,169
  12. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – 8,281,789
  13. Portal – 8,198,330
  14. Sid Meier’s Civilization V – 7,302,688
  15. Day of Defeat – 7,165,135
  16. Deathmatch Classic – 7,077,811
  17. Ricochet – 7,050,764
  18. Portal 2 – 6,349,088
  19. Warframe – 6,101,801
  20. Talisman: Digital Edition – 6,087,119
  21. Robocraft – 5,922,518
  22. Day of Defeat: Source – 5,856,833
  23. Terraria – 5,729,326
  24. Half-Life 2: Episode One – 4,877,732
  25. Half-Life – 5,198,432
  26. Heroes & Generals – 5,046,196
  27. Half-Life 2: Episode Two – 4,877,732
  28. Killing Floor – 4,858,412
  29. Borderlands 2 – 4,846,821
  30. Team Fortress Classic – 4,819,774
  31. Half-Life: Opposing Force – 4,785,772
  32. Half-Life: Blue Shift – 4,773,408
  33. PAYDAY 2 – 4,679,676
  34. War Thunder – 4,646,673
  35. Metro 2033 – 4,587,170
  36. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – 4,420,251
  37. Dead Island: Epidemic – 4,299,699
  38. PAYDAY: The Heist – 3,796,625
  39. Loadout – 3,718,575
  40. Left 4 Dead – 3,606,523
  41. PlanetSide 2 – 3,571,748
  42. Half-Life Deathmatch: Source – 3,538,519
  43. No More Room in Hell – 3,502,199
  44. Grand Theft Auto IV – 3,501,426
  45. Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead – 3,455,833
  46. Saints Row: The Third – 3,451,969
  47. Sniper Elite V2 – 3,392,466
  48. Just Cause 2 – 3,370,055
  49. BioShock Infinite – 3,322,916
  50. Fallout: New Vegas – 3,290,460
  51. Call of Duty: Black Ops – 3,232,502
  52. Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer – 3,232,502
  53. DayZ – 3,143,633
  54. Magicka – 3,137,451
  55. Tomb Raider – 3,081,039
  56. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – 3,027,718
  57. Empire: Total War – 2,989,079
  58. Counter-Strike Nexon: Zombies – 2,968,987
  59. Path of Exile – 2,952,759
  60. Torchlight 2 – 2,764,975
  61. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition – 2,697,744
  62. Rising Storm/Red Orchestra 2 Multiplayer – 2,669,152
  63. BioShock – 2,656,015
  64. Warface – 2,642,877
  65. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare – 2,639,786
  66. XCOM: Enemy Unknown – 2,632,059
  67. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Phantoms – 2,598,830
  68. The Binding of Isaac – 2,533,144
  69. Don’t Starve – 2,433,456
  70. Neverwinter – 2,426,502
  71. Half-Life: Source – 2,423,410
  72. Far Cry 3 – 2,416,456
  73. Rust – 2,397,909
  74. Company of Heroes – 2,390,181
  75. Nosgoth – 2,363,907
  76. Total War: SHOGUN 2 – 2,356,952
  77. Batman: Arkham City GOTY – 2,353,088
  78. Mirror’s Edge – 2,342,269
  79. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City – 2,333,769
  80. Tropico 5 – 2,331,451
  81. Borderlands – 2,268,856
  82. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 – 2,268,083
  83. Saints Row IV – 2,248,764
  84. BioShock 2 – 2,222,490
  85. APB Reloaded – 2,218,626
  86. FTL: Faster Than Light – 2,208,580
  87. Total War: ROME 2 Emperor Edition – 2,207,807
  88. Hitman: Absolution – 2,192,352
  89. Age of Empires 2: HD Edition
  90. theHunter – 2,131,303
  91. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 – 2,129,757
  92. Saints Row 2 – 2,104,256
  93. Trine 2 – 2,104,256
  94. Castle Crashers – 2,072,572
  95. Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition – 2,056,344
  96. Firefall – 2,047,844
  97. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – 2,046,298
  98. Darksiders – 1,982,931
  99. Dead Space – 1,979,067
  100. Defiance – 1,978,294
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