Hogwarts Legacyhas been a massive hit on Steam, as it makes up the top four spots on the bestsellers list of last week.Hogwarts Legacyreceived positive reviews upon its launch, and its critical reception was accompanied by a sales success, at least on Steam.
SteamDB charts revealed thatHogwarts Legacyhas one of the highest concurrent player countson Steam for a single-player game, bested only byCyberpunk 2077andElden Ring, although the latter does have a multiplayer component.Hogwarts Legacywill get extremely close to, or even surpassElden Ring, as 872,429 gamers are playing it on Steam at the time of this writing.Elden Ringhas a peak concurrent player count of 953,426, butCyberpunk 2077’s record of 1,054,388 will probably not get beaten. It’s now revealed thatHogwarts Legacymade up the top four sellers on Steam for its launch week.
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A tweet from Benji-Sales lists the top 10 best-selling games on Steam, revealing thatHogwarts Legacyoccupies the top four spots, with two for its standard and digital deluxe editions each. In a follow-up tweet, Benji-Sales mentions that Steam calculates pre-order and release SKUs separately, so two of theseHogwarts Legacyare from users who pre-ordered the game, with the other two noting gamers who bought it on release. Furthermore, Benji-Sales confirms that this is a revenue-based chart, soHogwarts Legacy’s performance is even more impressive considering it’s above theSteam Deck which starts at $399.
Thedigital deluxe edition ofHogwarts Legacybeing at the top of the list doesn’t come as a surprise given that users received 72 hours of early access in addition to cosmetic goods. It’ll be interesting to see how the top-sellers chart looks for the rest of the month, withAtomic Heart,Like a Dragon: Ishin!, andDestiny 2: Lightfalllaunching in February 2023. The rest of Steam’s top-sellers list includesProject Zomboid,Dead Space,Dying Light 2, andDestiny 2: Lightfall, withCS: GO Prime Status Upgradetaking the last spot.
Sales data for console releases varies by region, but fans can expect to see similar results in the sales charts of all available platforms.Hogwarts Legacyis turning out to be a massive hit for WB Games, and it’ll likely end up as one of the best-selling games of 2023. In addition to strong sales,Hogwarts Legacyhas extremely positive user reviewson Metacritic, with the current score being 9.1 for the PS5 version.
Hogwarts Legacyis out now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X, with PS4 and Xbox One versions coming April 4 and a Switch release dropping on July 25.
