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News video games 07 December 2020, 12:23

author: Adrian Werner

CS:GO is Hot on Cyberpunk 2077's Heels on Steam

CP2077 continues to dominate Steam's best-seller list for yet another week. However, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is pressing for the leader's position thanks to the launch of Operation Broken Fang.

Pre-orders of Cyberpunk 2077 helt their first place on Steam's biggest hit list from last week. However, it was not an easy victory, as the Polish game was hard pressed by the Broken Fang Operation's pass for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The success of this FPS is all the more impressive because the pass costs much less than CP2077 and the list is created based on revenue.

CS:GO - Operation Broken Fang is doing so well that in the last few days it regularly appeard on the first place of Steam's daily bestsellers. However, in the summary for the whole week the revenues from Cyberpunk 2077's pre-orders were higher.

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There's a clear growing trend in CS:GO's activity numbers. Source: SteamDB.

The launch of the new operation has significantly contributed to the popularity of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, but the game has been on the rising wave for a long time. In recent weeks, the title regularly exceeds the one million simultaneous players every weekend. Saturday's activity record was 1.17 million people, the best result since this May.

  1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - official website
  2. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - game guide
  3. Valve - official homepage

The biggest Steam hits of the past week (by revenue):

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Product:

1.

Cyberpunk 2077 (pre-order)

2.

CS:GO - Operation Broken Fang

3.

Valve Index VR Kit

4.

Phasmophobia

5.

Among Us

6.

Football Manager 2021

7.

Playerunknown's Battlegrounds

8.

Hades

9.

Red Dead Redemption 2

10.

Total War: Warhammer II - The Twisted & The Twilight

Adrian Werner

Adrian Werner

A true veteran of the Gamepressure newsroom, writing continuously since 2009 and still not having enough. He caught the gaming bug thanks to playing on his friend's ZX Spectrum. Then he switched to his own Commodore 64, and after a short adventure with 16-bit consoles, he forever entrusted his heart to PC games. A fan of niche productions, especially adventure games, RPGs and games of the immersive sim genre, as well as a mod enthusiast. Apart from games, he devourers stories in every form - books, series, movies, and comics.

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