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Shock! PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is still Steam No.1 as Steam Link boosts Icey

Shock! PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is still Steam No.1 as Steam Link boosts Icey

Bluehole’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds seems immovable at the top of the Steam Charts, and with a big update and full release nearing, it’s hard to imagine things changing any time soon.

PUBG will soon introduce the long-awaited vaulting mechanic, as well as access to its first new map, on the game’s test server some time in the next week or two. This all serves as preparation for the game’s long-awaited full release, and ahead of the game’s Xbox debut.

Discounts to The Witcher 3 to celebrate its first birthday are enough to help CD Projekt’s game claim second place, while new RPG South Park: The Fractured But Whole claims third.

THQ Nordic’s new sci-fi RPG Elex sits at no.4. It’s made by Piranha Bytes, the developers behind the Gothic and Risen series. The game actually betters the position of big-budget Lord of the Rings spin-off Middle-earth: Shadow of War, which itself sits just above retro platform shooter Cuphead in sixth.

In seventh sits Valve’s Steam Link hardware. The device, which allows users to stream Steam games to other screens connected to their home network, was last week cut in price from £39.99 to just 80p – providing it was picked up in a bundle with curious platforming title Icey. Even so, the £7.09 represented a saving of nearly £33 on the hardware, and with a highly-rated game thrown in. Icey itself finds itself at no.8 in the charts.

The Top 10 is rounded off by an alternative South Park SKU and the very successful old-school RPG Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Here’s the Steam Top 10 for the week ending October 21st:

1. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
2. The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt – Game of the Year Edition
3. South Park: The Fractured But Whole
4. Elex
5. Middle-earth: Shadow of War
6. Cuphead
7. Steam Link
8. Icey
9. South Park: The Fractured But Whole – Standard Edition Asia
10. Divinity: Original Sin 2


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