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CHARTS: Price cut sees Stray return to Steam Top Ten

CHARTS: Price cut sees Stray return to Steam Top Ten

Cat cyberpunk romp Stray has returned to the Top Ten.

The game is back in the charts at sixth place following a 20 per cent price cut by publisher Annapurna. Stray debuted back in July and attracted a lot of media attention because, well, it stars a cat.

Once again at the head of the Top Ten is Valve's Steam Deck, following in second place by its Docking Station peripheral. The latter was released last week and debuted at No.2.

FIFA 23 hangs steady in third place during its second week. During its first, the football blockbuster was played by some 10.3 million people across all platforms. Cyberpunk 2077 rose two places week-on-week to chart in fourth. This is part of the sci-fi title's resurgence following the release of the Edgerunners anime on Netflix. Meanwhile, pre-orders for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II appeared at both fifth and ninth places in the Top Ten, ahead of the shooter's release on October 28th.

Small Impact Games' Marauders spends its second week in the charts at seventh place, two positions down on its debut, while Grounded from Obsidian falls one place to No.8.

Rounding up the Top Ten is Coral Island from Stairway Games.

Here is the Steam Top Ten for the week ending October 16th:

1. Steam Deck, Valve
2. Steam Deck Docking Station, Valve
3. FIFA 23, EA
4. Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt
5. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Activision (P)
6. Stray, Annapurna
7. Marauders, Small Impact
8. Grounded, Obsidian
9. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Activision (P)
10. Coral Island, Stairway Games


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Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.