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