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CHARTS: New content brings Destiny 2 back to Steam No.2

CHARTS: New content brings Destiny 2 back to Steam No.2

Destiny 2 is back in the Steam Top Ten on the back of developer Bungie announcing new content. 

There are two expansions on the horizon; Edge of Fate is set to launch in July, while the Star Wars-themed Renegades is rolling out in December. That's all on top of the Rite of the Nine, which was released on May 6th. All this news caused Destiny 2 to shoot up 83 places week-on-week. 

Counter-Strike 2 was once again the highest-grossing title on Steam, while Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dropped one spot to third week-on-week, outperforming fellow RPG The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered for the second week in a row. Bethesda's release fell four spots to seventh. 

Valve's Steam Deck was the four biggest seller on the platform for another week, coming in ahead of pre-orders for Doom: The Dark Ages. That title launches on May 15th, but the fact that pre-purchases are the fifth biggest selling item on Steam for the week suggests that PC gamers might not be on board with the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, which this new Doom title is included in. Food for thought. 

A new season of content – including a new playable character – brings Apex Legends up 16 spots to No.6, while a Paradox sales event helps Stellaris back into the Top Ten at No.8 thanks to a 75 per cent discount. 

Schedule 1 fell four spots to ninth, while free-to-play military sim War Thunder rounds off the Top Ten once more. 

Here is the Steam Top Ten for the week ending May 13th: 

1. Counter-Strike 2, Valve
2. Destiny 2, Bungie 
3. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kepler Interactive
4. Steam Deck, Valve
5. Doom: The Dark Ages, Bethesda (P)
6. Apex Legends, EA
7. The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, Bethesda
8. Stellaris, Paradox
9. Schedule 1, TVGS
10. War Thunder, Gaijin 


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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.