NetBet noted GTA 5's success was due to its multiplayer component, GTA Online, as the base game was released in 2013. FIFA 20 earned an average $2,054.79 per minute, and Grand Theft Auto 5 took third place with an average of $1,733.26 per minute. Meanwhile, Valve has revealed the most-played games of 2021 by concurrent players, featuring – again – many familiar faces, such as Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, GTAV, DOTA 2 and CS:GO, but also Valheim, Rust, Cyberpunk 2077, Apex Legends, Halo Infinite and New World.For console-based games, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Warzone therefore dominated earnings per minute at an average of $3,633.94, culminating in an average of $5.2 million per day from microtransactions and unit sales.

The rest of the Top 12 titles that make up the Platinum tier are the usual suspects Valve's own DOTA 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive make an appearance, as does Grand Theft Auto V, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, Destiny 2 and Rainbow Six: Siege.

Meanwhile, horror romp Dead by Daylight made its debut in the Platinum tier, too, having launched in 2016, as has 2019 battle royale game Apex Legends, which came to Steam during 2020. That's according to Valve, which has published the Top 100 games by revenue, showing that five titles in its Platinum category – the 12 most successful title of the year – were projects that made their debut on Steam during 2021.Īmazon's New World, Valheim from Coffee Stain, NetEase's battle royale title Naraka: Bladepoint, as well as EA's Battlefield 2042 appeared in the top echelon of titles on Valve's platform last year.

Four of the titles that made the most money on Steam last year were newly-launched releases.

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