Steam Topseller 2021: Two big disappointments have triumphed

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world-action role play of the Polish Programmer Studio CD job Red. It is released on December 10, 2020, for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, GeForce Now, Google Stadia and Microsoft Windows. In the initial quarter of the year 2022 it needs to stand for the PlayStation 5 as well as for the Xbox Series. Based upon the pen & paper roleplaying cyberpunk 2020, it plays 57 years later on in the city of Evening City in The Golden State, an Open Globe with six different areas. The game is played in PERSPECTIVE as well as the player slips into the function of the mercenary V who has abilities in slicing as well as in dealing with machines, can operate an arsenal of guns and also has a broad variety of near-fighting capabilities.

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed on the technical basis of the in-house REDEFINE 4. 530 workers of CD job Red were primarily liable for the development of cyberpunk 2077. Thus, it goes beyond the variety of those in the advancement at The Witcher 3: Wild Search (2015), which were formerly entailed in the last game of the designer workshop. In order to support production, CD job established a new department in Polish Wrocław as well as worked with electronic capes, Nvidia as well as Bloc. Mike Conduit, Game Writer as well as Maker of the Cyberpunk template, was associated with development as a professional. The star Keanu Reeves plays one of the primary roles. The soundtrack has songs from Marcin Przybyłowicz and also numerous accredited artists. There were and will certainly generate different adjustments, including a comic collection, a card game and an anime. Generally, however, more than 5200 individuals were straight or indirectly associated with the development cyberpunk 2077. While the computer variation got perfect testimonials, the variations for PlayStation 4 as well as Xbox One were criticized due to etching technical flaws. From Sony, the game was also gotten rid of from the PlayStation Shop due to these shortages on 17 December 2020. On June 21, 2021, the game returned with an indication that the PS4 per minimum demand is. Bis 20. December 2020, adjusted for returns (reimbursements), an overall of 13 million duplicates paid to the customers.

The popular video game platform Steam introduces the big winners of the year 2021. In addition to celebrated new releases and proven tread burners can also knock on two games on the shoulder, which had to plug a lot of criticism this year.

Cyberpunk 2077: Steam winner despite criticism

Meanwhile, more than a year has passed since the roleplaying hope Cyberpunk 2077 appeared and promptly burst the dreams of many fans burst. However, the developer CD project red was not idle in 2021. Meanwhile, the game is even rated mostly positive on Steam. Also in the great annual review of the video game platform Cyberpunk 2077 is the winner.

Measured in total sales, the roleplaying game misses the platinum and gold category, but at least lands on one of the silver places. Since Cyberpunk 2077 has to be bought only once and has no LCS yet, it is also difficult to pass against games like Grand Theft Auto 5 or Counter Strike Global Offensive. Cyberpunk 2077 triumphs in the list of games, with the the highest player numbers. More than 200,000 players visited Night City simultaneously.

Great success for Battlefield 2042

Another large Steam winner of the year 2021 is Battlefield 2042. Unlike Cyberpunk 2077, the fans are here but still really acidic. Due to many bugs and other problems, the game on Steam is currently largely negative rated. However, this seems to have influenced the financial success. Measured in total sales, Battlefield 2042 reaches the platinum category.

The game numbers can also be seen. The shooter has reached 100,000 simultaneous players here. However, the Steam DB page reveals that the numbers have been back for some time. About a month after release only about 20,000 players occur against each other. Games such as Rust, Apex Legends and Data 2, on the other hand, could reach more than 200,000 simultaneous players, although they are much older.

Steam shows which games were particularly successful this year on the platform. With cyberpunk 2077 and Battlefield 2042, two games among the winners who had to plug in a lot of criticism from the fans.