On Friday, February 10, we saw the long-awaited launch of Hogwarts Legacy in its version for Xbox Series X | S, PlayStation 5, and PC, but for the previous four weeks it had remained the top-selling video game on Steam thanks to its pre-sales. Last week, Hogwarts Legacy was the best-selling game and this week the same is happening, as it takes the top two positions thanks to its Digital Deluxe Edition.
An hour ago, SteamDB released the list of best-selling video games for the seventh week of the year, which ended this Sunday, February 19, 2023. Of the seven weeks to date of the year, Hogwarts Legacy was the best-selling. video game for the last six, so it will be interesting to see how long he holds that position.
Third place on the list is occupied by the Steam Deck, which is usually at the top, but speaking of video games, we see that the next bestseller was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. The fifth and sixth position correspond to the recently released Wild Hearts, the new proposal in the monster hunting genre from Koei Tecmo and Electronic Arts.
The Destiny 2: Lightfall + Annual Pass expansion is up one spot from last week, while the returning Housemarque debuts at number eight. Returnal went on sale on Steam this February 15, nearly two years after its original release on PlayStation 5 consoles.
CS:GO Prime Status Upgrade is up a notch from last week and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive continues to set records for concurrent players 10 years after its release. Last week we reported that CS:GO had reported its highest concurrent player count in its history, but that record was broken again three hours ago and currently the highest number of players it has never had at the same time is 1,324,800.
Closing out the top 10 bestselling video games of the week chart on Steam is Pharaoh: A New Era, which is a remake with a modernized user interface and 4K resolution going on sale February 15.