Also from Valve is this
List on Steam
outlining the most successful new releases on
Steam during the month of May.
This runs down the bestselling new premium games, as well as the free-to-play
titles with the most engagement.
This blog post
discusses the news, noting a third of the titles on the list incorporate sandbox
elements. It also notes that this month marks the fifth anniversary of
the launch of Steam Direct, the replacement
for the active curation of the now-defunct Steam Greenlight program. Here's word
on that:
This month's Top Release list also comes on the five year
anniversary of Steam Direct making its debut on the platform. When launched in
2017, the primary goal for Steam Direct was pretty simple: streamline the game
submission process making it easier for developers to get their creations into
the hands of players. There are obviously more specifics to the design and its
evolution, but the fun part comes when browsing the variety of success stories
in each month's latest Top Releases: polished franchise releases like
Sniper
Elite 5, Early Access surprise hits like
V Rising,
hidden gems from small development teams like
SUNNY SIDE UP, along with a host of other content from studios around the
world.