Hogwarts Legacy has been a massive hit on Steam, as it makes up the top four spots on the bestsellers list of last week. Hogwarts Legacy received positive reviews upon its launch, and its critical reception was accompanied by a sales success, at least on Steam.
SteamDB charts revealed that Hogwarts Legacy has one of the highest concurrent player counts on Steam for a single-player game, bested only by Cyberpunk 2077 and Elden Ring, although the latter does have a multiplayer component. Hogwarts Legacy will get extremely close to, or even surpass Elden Ring, as 872,429 gamers are playing it on Steam at the time of this writing. Elden Ring has a peak concurrent player count of 953,426, but Cyberpunk 2077’s record of 1,054,388 will probably not get beaten. It’s now revealed that Hogwarts Legacy made up the top four sellers on Steam for its launch week.
A tweet from Benji-Sales lists the top 10 best-selling games on Steam, revealing that Hogwarts Legacy occupies the top four spots, with two for its standard and digital deluxe editions each. In a follow-up tweet, Benji-Sales mentions that Steam calculates pre-order and release SKUs separately, so two of these Hogwarts Legacy are from users who pre-ordered the game, with the other two noting gamers who bought it on release. Furthermore, Benji-Sales confirms that this is a revenue-based chart, so Hogwarts Legacy’s performance is even more impressive considering it’s above the Steam Deck which starts at $399.
The digital deluxe edition of Hogwarts Legacy being at the top of the list doesn’t come as a surprise given that users received 72 hours of early access in addition to cosmetic goods. It’ll be interesting to see how the top-sellers chart looks for the rest of the month, with Atomic Heart, Like a Dragon: Ishin!, and Destiny 2: Lightfall launching in February 2023. The rest of Steam’s top-sellers list includes Project Zomboid, Dead Space, Dying Light 2, and Destiny 2: Lightfall, with CS: GO Prime Status Upgrade taking the last spot.
Sales data for console releases varies by region, but fans can expect to see similar results in the sales charts of all available platforms. Hogwarts Legacy is turning out to be a massive hit for WB Games, and it’ll likely end up as one of the best-selling games of 2023. In addition to strong sales, Hogwarts Legacy has extremely positive user reviews on Metacritic, with the current score being 9.1 for the PS5 version.
Hogwarts Legacy is out now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X, with PS4 and Xbox One versions coming April 4 and a Switch release dropping on July 25.