The wildly enjoyableBeat Saber, which combines lightsabers and dancing, is the first VR-only game to crack Steam’s annual Top Sellers list.
Steam published itsBest of 2019lists, including this year’s Top Sellers, Top New Releases, Top Selling VR Titles, Top Early Access Grads, and Most Played Games. Steam does not provide the specific revenue information, but it divides the lists into four randomly sorted tiers of Platinum for the top 12, Gold for 13th to 24th, Silver for 25th to 40th, and Bronze for 41st to 100th.
The annualTop Sellerslist recognizes the 100 games that earned the most revenue on Steam, including game sales, in-game transactions, and DLC. Swinging into the Bronze tier for 2019 isBeat Saber,claimingthe title as the first VR-only game on the list and sharing the category with the likes ofFallout 4,Far Cry 5,Gears 5,Mortal Kombat 11, andShadow of the Tomb Raider.
The hardware requirements in order to playBeat Saber, compared to the other games on Steam’s Top Sellers list, makes the accomplishment even more impressive.
Earlier this year,Beat Saberbecame thehighest-ratedgame on Steam of all time with a 99% positive score. Interestingly, the VR-only game achieved the feat on May 4, known as Star Wars Day, even though it is not officially affiliated with the franchise that introduced lightsabers into pop culture.
Beat Games, the studio behindBeat Saber, wasacquiredby Facebook’s Oculus Studios in October, but that has not affected the planned content for the game, withupdate v.1.6.0adding a music pack featuring six tracks from Green Day.
In Steam’s Top Sellers list for 2019, the Platinum category includes the following games:
Destiny 2,Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, andTotal War: Three Kingdomsalso cracked the Platinum category of Steam’sTop New Releasesthis year:
