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CHARTS: Peak rises to No.3 on Steam

CHARTS: Peak rises to No.3 on Steam

The latest indie smash hit, Peak, was the third highest-grossing game on Steam last week. 

The title rose up two spots from fifth last week, having shifted over two million copies within its first nine days on sales. Counter-Strike 2 was the biggest game of the week once again, while the Steam Deck hardware shot up five spots to second spot. 

Cyberpunk 2077 returned to the Top Ten in fourth place, up 77 places thanks to a 65 per cent price cut as part of the Steam Summer Sale, coming in ahead of PUBG: Battlegrounds, which holds onto sixth place. 

Dead by Daylight dropped three spots to sixth, while Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also returns to the Top Ten in eighth thanks to a ten per cent price cut. A mid-season update for Apex Legends brings EA's battle royale up 13 spots to ninth. Finally Dune: Awakening dropped seven places to No.10. 

Here is the Steam Top Ten for the week ending July 1st: 

1. Counter-Strike 2, Valve
2. Steam Deck, Valve
3. Peak, Aggro Crab
4. Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt
5. Elden Ring, Bandai Namco 
6. PUBG: Battlegrounds, Krafton
7. Dead by Daylight, Behaviour
8. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kepler Interactive
9. Apex Legends, EA
10. Dune: Awakening, Funcom 


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