July 15, 2025 by Rhys Elliott

Steam’s top games by copies sold (week 28) – Indies and discounts everywhere!

Discounts and indies (and discounted indies!) dominated the Steam copies sold chart last week. But a new DLC also made an appearance. Let’s take a look.

PEAK continues to climb

PEAK, a hilarious co-op climbing game, has climbed to new heights. Last week alone, PEAK sold another million copies, helping it cross the five-million mark overall. PEAK has now sold over 5.3 million copies overall and generated revenues of over $31 million.

While its daily copies sold delta is trending downwards, which you can see in the Alinea platform screenshot below, PEAK is one heavy discount away from another massive spike in copies sold:

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Similarly, indie horror phenomenon R.E.P.O (#4) managed to sell another 278 K copies last week. Owing to its viral success and low price point, R.E.P.O has sold over 16 million copies overall, with revenues of over $125 million. It’s sold more copies than any other game on Steam this year.

Almost two-thirds of PEAK players have also played R.E.P.O. What a time for co-op indies.

Jurassic discounts gobble up the remainder of the top 5

Price drops helped drive over 250 K copies sold for the following titles:

  • Jurassic World Evolution 2 (#2) slashed its price by -95% to $3, helping it sell just shy of 300 K copies last week. The well-timed discount coincides with the new Jurassic World movie and promotion for Jurassic World Evolution 3, which was Steam’s #2 upcoming game by new followers last week (more on that here)

  • Sons of the Forest (#3) foraged another 292 K copies sold on Steam last week, adding to the 473 K it sold the week before. It’s all thanks to its lowest-ever discount ($30 down to $10) since its early access launch back in 2023. Sons of the Forest has sold 13.9 million copies on Steam so far, generating revenues of over $291 million

  • Stardew Valley (#5) harvested another 277 K copies sold last week, thanks to a half-price discount that ran from June 26 to July 9. That discount also helped Stardew sell 500 K copies overall in June.

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RimWorld’s DLC sold over 200 K copies last week on Steam

We often get the question, ‘‘do you track DLC data?’’ And the answer is ‘‘yes – yes we do.’’ On that note, Ludeon Studios’ hit sci-fi colony sim, RimWorld, has continued its success journey with its highly anticipated DLC, Odyssey. It launched on July 11 and quickly rocketed to #6 on the ranking over the weekend.

The core game, which officially launched in 2018 after a successful crowdfunding campaign in 2013, has sold over 5 million copies on Steam – that’s revenues of over $130 million.

The Odyssey DLC sold 206 K copies on Steam last week (its launch week), but has now reached over 250 K (roughly $5 million in revenue).

Odyssey is also trending far above RimWorld’s prior two DLCs – Anomaly and BioTech – and is tracking best in the US, followed by Russia and China.

It’s great to see the continued success of a fantastic game crafted by a talented, lean team. And fans are obsessed. Over half of RimWorld’s Steam players have played for over 50 hours, with around 28% having played for over 100 hours, and 10% over 500 hours (yes, 500!)

RimWorld’s winning recipe of procedural gameplay, emergent storytelling, deep sim elements, and replayability is clearly a winning one. You love to see it.

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Discounts also account for the bottom four spots of the ranking

Last week was the week of the discounts, with price cuts also dominating the lower half of the ranking.

Puzzle-platformer horror title Little Nightmares II (#7) sold 172 K copies last week thanks to its steepest discount yet (from $30 down to $3).

Our data shows that Little Nightmares II title has seen a Steam sale almost every month since the end of 2022, but never lower than $9.99 – until now:

  • The $3 sale lasted from June 26 until July 7, helping it shift more copies in that period than its two-week launch period.
  • While the low price meant revenue per unit is low, the sheer volume made up for it.
  • Our data shows that Little Nightmares II generated $2.9 million in Steam revenues so far in July – the most it’s generated on Steam since its launch month’s $11.4 million.

The timing of this discount is no coincidence. Little Nightmares III is out in October (like its predecessor, right on time for seasonal Halloween game purchases).

The Little Nightmares II discount coincided with the Little Nightmares III showcase, helping spike wishlists for the upcoming title:

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Little Nightmares III has now passed 1.6 million wishlists and is on track to do well this October. The showcase in June also saw announcements for:

  • A Little Nightmares VR game.
  • A comic-book series, a podcast.
  • A young-adult horror novel.
  • And a stop-motion animation project.

Little Nightmares fans are eating with all this transmedia.

Finally, discounts also helped the following games shift another 100 K+ copies on Steam last week:

  • House Flipper (#8) flipped 140 K copies thanks to its price drop from $25 to $2. Around 8% of House Flipper players have the 2024 sequel wishlisted and are no doubt waiting for a price drop. House Flipper 2’s lowest Steam price so far has been $26.

  • Besieged (#9) fortified itself with another 139 K copies last week on the back of a -90% discount to $1.50. The physics-based building game is especially popular in China, home to 22% of its players.

  • Star Wars Battlefront 2 (#10) force-pulled 134 K copies sold last week, owing to its $4 fire sale. The 8-year-old title is thriving on Steam right now, already having amassed 882 K active players this month and peaking at over 35 K concurrent players on June 22. The game’s community has been rallying to get EA and Disney to greenlight a sequel. Fingers crossed!

What a week for Steam!

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