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CHARTS: Stellar Blade debuts at No.3 on Steam

CHARTS: Stellar Blade debuts at No.3 on Steam

Hack and slash Stellar Blade was the third highest-grossing game on Steam last week. 

The title launched on June 11th and has already shifted over one million copies on PC alone; in total, the game has sold over three million units. Counter-Strike 2 was once again the biggest title on Steam for the week, while PUBG: Battlegrounds returned to the Top Ten and shot to second place on the back of a brand new update for the battle royale. 

Dune: Awakening dropped from second to fourth week-on-week, while Valve's Steam Deck hardware held steady in fifth. 

Elden Ring Nightreign dropped two spots to sixth, while pre-orders for the upcoming Rematch from Sifu and Absolver developer Sloclap shot up 49 positions to reach seventh. Helldivers 2 also returned to the Steam Top Ten in eighth place thanks to new content coming to the title. 

A new entry in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, Secret of the Mimic, debuted in ninth, while Marvel Rivals rose five spots to tenth week-on-week. 

Here is the Steam Top Ten for the week ending June 17th: 

1. Counter-Strike 2, Valve
2. PUBG: Battlegrounds, Krafton 
3. Stellar Blade, Shift Up
4. Dune: Awakening, Funcom 
5. Steam Deck, Valve
6. Elden Ring Nightreign, Bandai Namco 
7. Rematch, Sloclap (P)
8. Helldivers 2, PlayStation 
9. Five Nights at Fredy's: Secret of the Mimic, Steel Wool
10. Marvel Rivals, NetEase 


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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.