Operators of Steam, Valve Corp., have revealed their Best of 2019 lists. 

Partially ranked lists of the top games on the platform in several categories are now up on the Steam Blog. Categories returning from last year include Top Sellers, Top New Releases, Top Selling VR Titles, Top Early Access Grads, and Most Played Games. A new category of the games most played with a controller was added for this year as well. The Steam best-of lists are a bit different from most of the end of year tallies in that they are not numbered. Steam instead group games in each category based on a specific performance metric without saying which game in each group performed better than another.

So here are the Top New Releases on Steam this year, based on gross revenue after release:

  • Planet Zoo
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Code Vein
  • Remnant: From the Ashes
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Devil May Cry 5
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Destiny 2
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • Mordhau
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

These were the most played games on Steam this tear, based on the number of simultaneous peak players:

  • DOTA Underlords
  • Rainbow Six: Siege
  • Path of Exile
  • Destiny 2
  • Warframe
  • Grand Theft Auto 5: Online
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms
  • DOTA 2
  • Player Unknown’s: Battlegrounds
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

This is the list of top-selling games on Steam, based on total revenue for the year:

  • Total War: Three Kingdoms
  • Rainbow Six: Siege
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
  • Warframe
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Destiny 2
  • The Elder Scrolls: Online
  • Grand Theft Auto 5: Online
  • Civilization 6
  • Player Unknown’s: Battlegrounds
  • Monster Hunter: World
  • DOTA 2

And finally, here are the top controller games, based on maximum daily controller sessions:

  • Devil May Cry 5
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection
  • Destiny 2
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Grand Theft Auto 5: Online
  • NBA 2K: 20
  • Resident Evil 2
  • Monster Hunter: World
  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
  • Mortal Kombat 11
  • Rocket League

Not too many surprises here except for Planet Zoo, so congrats to the Planet Zoo team for breaking into the top 12 on Steam.