At any given week, more than a handful of titles release on Steam, PC’s biggest gaming platform. What’s probably most surprising is the diversity presented by some of these titles; in any given time frame, you can expect the most popular new releases for the platform to represent a variety of styles, genres and themes. Additionally, some may even be popular only in certain regions, or translate to a worldwide audience.
This is Steam’s newest endeavor for their community blog: to find out the best releases on the platform for every month of the year. Starting with April, Steam will begin looking into the 20 top-selling games released during the previous month, just so we can figure out what people have been playing most in the PC gaming space.
The first batch of games in question, released during April 2019, follows conditions set by Valve to be considered one of the top releases: it must be officially released between April 1 and 30 (early access titles do not count), and its revenue for the first two weeks following its release will be looked at. From that list, Steam has gathered the top 20 Steam releases for the month of April, which you can check out below.
Top Steam releases for April 2019 (arranged in order of release date)
- Totally Accurate Battle Simulator – physics-based tactics game that embraces a wacky and often hilarious tone. Released on April 1, 2019.
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes World Mision – a strategic card game set in the Dragon Ball Heroes universe. Released on April 4, 2019
- Islanders – minimalist city building title. Check it out if you’re a fan of city sims in general. Released on April 4, 2019.
- MarZ: Tactical Base Defense – a top-down strategy defense game set in Mars. Released back in April 4, 2019.
- Supraland – a soulful and definitely unique first-person puzzle adventure game. Released on April 5, 2019.
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy – a port of the collection of the first three games in the highly popular courtroom adventure series. Released on April 9, 2019.
- Vacation Simulator – from the creators of Job Simulator comes another VR title, this time letting you take some much-needed R&R after the events of the previous game. Released on April 9, 2019.
- Zanki Zero: Last Beginning – a very intriguing post-apocalyptic simulation title, including RPG and dungeon crawler elements. Released on April 10, 2019.
- Pathway – strategy RPG title set during the 1930s and in a great desert. Released on April 11, 2019.
- Weedcraft, Inc. – a managerial sim about constructing your own marijuana empire. Released on April 11, 2019.
- Staxel – sandbox farming title, with both single-player and multiplayer game modes. Exited early access for a full release on April 11, 2019.
- One Finger Death Punch 2 – stickman games are alive and well, and this title kind of proves it. Features cinematic kung-fu moves in a lightning-fast environment. Released on Aprill 15, 2019.
- Forager – an open-world crafting and resource management tile, with 2D graphics. Released on April 18, 2019.
- Pagan Online – a fast-paced and brutal hack-and-slash action RPG title. Went out of early access and into a full release on April 18, 2019.
- Katana ZERO – neo-noir, 80s-inspired action platformer. Released on April 18, 2019.
- The Magic Revival – a real-time strategy city sim title. Released on April 19, 2019.
- Paper Dolls Original – a first-person horror puzzle title inspired by Eastern culture. Released on April 19, 2019.
- Mortal Kombat 11 – the eleventh iteration in the popular fighting game series. Released on April 23, 2019.
- imperator: Rome – grand strategy game set during the Roman period. Released on April 25, 2019.
- Mordhau – multiplayer hack-and-slash title, akin to Chivalry. Released on April 29, 2019.
So what do you think? Do any of these games surprise you? What do you think will be May's top-selling games? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
