In 2023, role-playing title Baldur's Gate 3 was the best-selling new video game of the year based on unit sales on PC gaming platform Steam. Wizarding game Hogwarts Legacy was ranked second. This placement also mirrors the two highly anticipated games' performance in terms of revenue for the year.
Best-selling new video game releases on Steam in 2023, by unit sales
Characteristic
Rank
Baldur's Gate 3
1
Hogwarts Legacy
2
Lethal Company
3
Overwatch 2
4
Sons Of The Forest
5
Starfield
6
BattleBit Remastered
7
Resident Evil 4
8
The Finals
9
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
10
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VG Insights. (January 14, 2024). Best-selling new video game releases on Steam in 2023, by unit sales [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/499390/leading-pc-steam-games-by-unit-sales/
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