The Steam success of Age of Mythology has several dimensions

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Real-time strategy as a remake: The new Age of Mythology Retold is doing well on Steam – in three important metrics at once

The Steam gods don’t favor every remake, but this one does: Age of Mythology Retold has just been released and all generally available figures speak of success. This fits in with our earthly assessment, as you can read in our review of Age of Mythology Retold

Disclaimer: In the following, we list theten best-selling games on Steam in the past weekand address relevant developments. The basic information is based on data from SteamDBand is read directly from Steam.

Quickly to the highlights:

  • Age of Mytholgy Retold
  • The complete Steam Top 10

Age of Mythology Retold

Remakes have a difficulty thatnewgames don’t know:They have to satisfy long-time fans who associate fond memories with the games. This seemsAge of Mythology Retoldto succeed. This can be seen in the following three metrics:

Top seller position:In the week of release, the game rose to number 8 of the world’s best-selling Steam titles. This indicates high sales figures:

Live player numbers:The number of simultaneously active players according toSteamDBis around 25,000 at the top. This is a considerable figure for the smaller cousin of the Age series, even compared to the around 38,000 reached by the remaster of the more well-known Age of Empires 2.

Good ratings:In addition to high press ratings, fan reviews onMetacriticand Steam are also clearly in positive territory. The press metascore is 83 percent and user ratings are 75 percent. OnSteameven 90 percent of 6,300 reviewers give the game a thumbs up.

The complete top 10 on Steam

  1. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
  2. Counter-Strike 2
  3. Black Myth: Wukong
  4. NBA 2K25
  5. PUBG
  6. Baldur’s Gate 3
  7. Steam Deck
  8. Age of Mythology: Retold
  9. Apex Legends
  10. Dota 2

Also worth mentioning:Space Marine 2 is once again on top after already strong pre-release sales and reaches the lonely top position of last week’s Steam bestsellers. This year’s basketball offshoot NBA 2K25 is new to the top 10. The remaining places on the list are filled by perennial favorites such as Baldur’s Gate 3, Counter-Strike 2 and Valve’s handheld system Steam Deck.