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CHARTS: Monster Hunter Wilds drops to No.2 in second week

CHARTS: Monster Hunter Wilds drops to No.2 in second week

Counter-Strike 2 is back at the top of the Steam charts this week, replacing Monster Hunter Wilds. 

Capcom's action RPG dropped to second place during its second week on sale having sold north of eight million copies so far. Split Fiction, the new co-op romp from Hazelight and Electronic Arts, has debuted in third following its March 6th release. That title shifted one million copies in its first 48 hours, which appears to be a record for developer Hazelight. 

REPO rose one spot to fourth week-on-week, while Valve's Steam Deck hardware dropped two spots to fifth. Battle royale hit PUBG: Battlegrounds also dropped two places, but charted ahead of Rainbow Six Siege, which rose up four positions to take seventh. There's certainly a lot of hype around Ubisoft's online shooter at the moment thanks to the fact that the company is preparing a new version (ish) dubbed Rainbow Six Siege X that is set to launch at some point this year in celebration of its tenth anniversary. 

NCSoft and Amazon's MMO Throne and Liberty shot up 39 spots to return to the charts in eighth thanks to the release of new expansion Wilds of Talandre. Team shooter Fragpunk from Bad Guitar Studio debuted in ninth while Marvel Rivals dropped four spots to tenth. 

Here is the Steam Top Ten for the week ending March 11th: 

1. Counter-Strike 2, Valve
2. Monster Hunter Wilds, Capcom 
3. Split Fiction, EA
4. REPO, Semiwork
5. Steam Deck, Valve
6. PUBG: Battlegrounds, Krafton 
7. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Ubisoft
8. Throne and Liberty, Amazon
9. Fragpunk, Bad Guitar Studio
10. Marvel Rivals, NetEase


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