The most popular games among pad users were revealed on Steam platform

Xbox controllers are most popular among Steam users.

The end of the year is traditionally a period of summaries. Recently, we wrote about the most popular and profitable games on Steam platform. Now we have learned which games were the most popular among players using gaming pads. Separate lists were prepared for users with controllers from Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch consoles, as well as those who prefer the Steam Controller.

Two lists were made available for each of these devices. The first one includes several dozen of the most popular games on a given pad controller. The second list is more interesting because it presents titles that were statistically much more popular on one type of controller than on another, even taking into account the differences in the number of individual devices owned by the Steam community. This suggests that the above mentioned productions may work exceptionally well on a given pad or have problems on the others. For example, we know that DualShock 3 and DualShock 4 are particularly popular among fans of fighting, while Steam Controller dominates in strategies.

More than 36.7 million Steam users have used it at least once. As a curiosity, it is worth mentioning that there are also approx. 700 maniacs who managed to connect a dance mat to the computer. Valve recommends Crypt of the NecroDancer and The Metronomicon.

The order of games on the lists below is accidental. Valve has prepared these lists mainly to make it easier for padholders to choose the production best suited to their controllers.

Xbox Controllers

The most popular games in 2018 among users of Xbox controllers

1. ARK: Survival Evolved
2. Assassin's Creed Odyssey
3. Assassin's Creed Origins
4. Borderlands 2
5. Brawlhalla
6. Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
7. Dark Souls: Remastered
8. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
9. Dark Souls III
10. Dead by Daylight
11. Dead Cells
12. Disgaea 5 Complete
13. Dragon Ball FighterZ
14. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
15. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
16. Euro Truck Simulator 2
17. F1 2018
18. Fallout 4
19. Farming Simulator 17
20. Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition
21. For Honor
22. Grand Theft Auto V
23. Hollow Knight
24. Kingdom Come: Deliverance
25. MapleStory 2
26. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
27. Middle-earth: Shadow of War
28. Monter Hunter: World
29. NBA 2K18
30. NBA 2K19
31. NieR:Automata
32. Nioh: Complete Edition
33. No Man's Sky
34. Pro Evolution Soccer 2019
35. Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
36. Rocket League
37. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
38. Soulcalibur VI
39. Stardew Valley
40. Street Fighter V
41. Tekken 7
42. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
43. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
44. The Elder Scrolls Online
45. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
46. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
47. Yakuza 0
48. Warframe
49. Warriors Orochi 4

Titles played on Xbox controllers – used more than other gaming pads

1. Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition
2. Batman: Arkham Origins
3. Borderlands
4. Far Cry 4
5. Jurassic World Evolution
6. Just Cause 3
7. Mafia III
8. Saints Row IV
9. Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
10. Sniper Elite 4
11. Spintires: MudRunner
12. The Crew
13. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
14. Vampyr
15. Warhammer: Vermintide 2

PlayStation Controllers

The most popular games in 2018 among users of PlayStation controllers

1. Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2. Assassin's Creed Origins
3. Brawlhalla
4. CrossCode
5. Cuphead
6. Dark Souls: Remastered
7. Dark Souls III
8. Dead by Daylight
9. Dead Cells
10. Disgaea 5 Complete
11. Dragon Ball FighterZ
12. Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
13. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
14. Euro Truck Simulator 2
15. F1 2018
16. Fallout 4
17. Final Fantasy XIV Online
18. Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition
19. For Honor
20. Grand Theft Auto V
21. Hollow Knight
22. Let it Die
23. Lethal League Blaze
24. MapleStory 2
25. Monster Hunter: World
26. My Hero One's Justice
27. NBA 2K18
28. NBA 2K19
29. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
30. Nioh: Complete Edition
31. No Man's Sky
32. Overcooked! 2
33. Playerunknown's Battlegrounds
34. Pro Evolution Soccer 2018
35. Pro Evolution Soccer 2019
36. Resonance of Fate 4K / HD Edition
37. Rocket League
38. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
39. Soulcalibur VI
40. Street Fighter V
41. Tekken 7
42. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
43. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
44. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
45. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
46. Yakuza 0
47. Warframe
48. Warriors Orochi 4
49. WWE 2K19

Titles played on PlayStation pads – used more than other gaming pads

1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2. BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
3. Final Fantasy XIV Online
4. Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-
5. La-Mulana 2
6. Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
7. Resonance of Fate 4K / HD Edition
8. Rocket League
9. SCUM
10. Soulcalibur VI
11. Street Fighter V
12. Tekken 7
13. Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded-
14. Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late

Switch Pro Controller

The most popular games in 2018 among Switch Pro users

1. A Hat in Time
2. Assassin's Creed Odyssey
3. Brawlhalla
4. Call of Cthulhu
5. CrossCode
6. Dark Souls: Remastered
7. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
8. Dark Souls III
9. Dead by Daylight
10. Dead Cells
11. Disgaea 5 Complete
12. Dragon Ball FighterZ
13. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
14. Enter the Gungeon
15. Fallout 4
16. Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition
17. For Honor
18. Grand Theft Auto V
19. Graveyard Keeper
20. Hollow Knight
21. La-Mulana 2
22. Let it Die
23. Lethal League Blaze
24. MapleStory 2
25. Mega Man 11
26. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
27. Monster Hunter: World
28. My Hero One's Justice
29. Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
30. Nioh: Complete Edition
31. NBA 2K19
32. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
33. NieR:Automata
34. No Man's Sky
35. Overcooked! 2
36. Pro Evolution Soccer 2019
37. Resonance of Fate 4K / HD Edition
38. Rivals of Aether
39. Rocket League
40. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
41. Soulcalibur VI
42. Stardew Valley
43. Tekken 7
44. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
45. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
46. Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded
47. Yakuza 0
48. Warframe
49. Warriors Orochi 4
50. WWE 2K19

Titles played with Switch Pro – used more than other gaming pads

1. A Hat in Time
2. Brawlout
3. CrossCode
4. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
5. Groove Coaster
6. La-Mulana 2
7. Lethal League Blaze
8. Mega Man 11
9. Monster Hunter: World
10. My Hero One's Justice
11. Rivals of Aether
12. Slap City
13. Steven Universe: Save the Light
14. The Messenger
15. Timespinner

Steam Controller

The most popular games of 2018 among users of Steam Controller

1. ARK: Survival Evolved
2. Assassin's Creed Odyssey
3. Assassin's Creed Origins
4. Borderlands 2
5. Brawlhalla
6. CrossCode
7. Cuphead
8. Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
9. Dark Souls: Remastered
10. Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin
11. Dark Souls III
12. Dead Cells
13. Disgaea 5 Complete
14. Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
15. Dragon Ball FighterZ
16. Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
17. Elite Dangerous
18. Euro Truck Simulator 2
19. Fallout 4
20. Farm Together
21. Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
22. Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition
23. For Honor
24. Grand Theft Auto V
25. Hollow Knight
26. Kingdom Come: Deliverance
27. Lethal League Blaze
28. MapleStory 2
29. Middle-earth: Shadow of War
30. Monster Hunter: World
31. NBA 2K19
32. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
33. NieR:Automata
34. Nioh: Complete Edition
35. No Man's Sky
36. Rise of the Tomb Raider
37. Rocket League
38. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
39. Soulcalibur VI
40. Stardew Valley
41. Subnautica
42. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
43. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
44. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
45. The Elder Scrolls Online
46. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
47. Overcooked! 2
48. Yakuza 0
49. Warframe
50. Warriors Orochi 4

Games played on Steam Controller – used more than other gaming pads

1. Battletech
2. Cities: Skylines
3. Darkest Dungeon
4. Factorio
5. Into the Breach
6. Pathfinder: Kingmaker
7. Pillars of Eternity
8. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
9. RimWorld
10. Sid Meier's Civilization V
11. Sid Meier's Civilization VI
12. Stellaris
13. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition
14. Two Point Hospital
15. XCOM 2

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