Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – 30-50 million copies sold – 12 Games To Play When You Need A Break From Fortnite
CS:GO has been around since 2012, and has garnered tons of fans over the years. The month it was released, it had only 1000 players, which is low for non-indie games. Today, in June 2019, it had half a million active players. Valve’s hit FPS set the bar for many FPS games of the 2010s.
Dota 2 – Over 1 million Steam reviews
While League of Legends has more players than Dota 2, it’s competing MOBA game, Dota 2 still stands on its own two feet. While the original Dota was popular, it can’t compete with its sequel Dota 2. The game has over 1,000,000 reviews on Steam, and we all know a small percentage of people leave reviews.
Overwatch – Over 40 million players worldwide
At one point, Overwatch was the most popular PC game. When it was released in 2016, people quickly realized that this shooter was unlike any we’ve seen before. The cooperation required outmatched and online shooter that had ever been released. In its first week on the market, the game sold 7 million copies! Today, the game has more memorabilia sold daily than nearly any other game.
PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS – 400 million total players
One of the first battle royale (the current most popular game genre) games to make it big, PUBG pits 100 players against each other in the battle for survival. In 2018, it was announced that PUBG had become the best-selling PC game of all time. When taking this into account, it’s important to remember that Minecraft is cross-platform and games like League are free-to-play.