Control Resonant passes one million sales, becoming Remedy's fastest-selling game
Control Resonant sold its millionth copy on October 15, and its launch helped Remedy more than triple its quarterly revenue.
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Phantom Blade Zero devs say roll back to Nvidia driver 617.42 for now
Phantom Blade Zero is out, and S-Game says Nvidia users should skip driver 621.01 and stay on 617.42 until the next update. Here's how to roll back.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is out, with a campaign, 6v6 and an extraction mode
Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 4 launched October 23 for $70. Here's what's in it, what it costs, and that Steam Deck isn't supported.
Factorio gets its final major update as our player count doubles
Factorio 2.1 is the last big update after 14 years. Our players doubled over the past week, and more than half were new to the game here.
Cyberpunk 2077 adds dual wielding, and our player count nearly doubles
Cyberpunk 2077's Edgerunners 2.5 patch lets V dual wield pistols and revolvers. Our players showed up: nearly twice as many this week, 26 new to the game with us.
Modern Warfare 4's DMZ arrives as our Call of Duty crowd grows fivefold
Modern Warfare 4's DMZ mode is out. Our Call of Duty players went from 5 to 25 in a week and put in about 200 hours.
Enshrouded is at 1.0, and dozens of our players just started building
Enshrouded is now on version 1.0. On steamplayti.me, weekly players went from 2 to 39, and most of them had never played it with us before.
Playtime Report
The Most-Played Steam Games of September 2026
Real hours from 1,205 tracked players: Counter-Strike 2 on top, WARDOGS and Valheim surging, and how long a typical play day lasts.
Steam Deck
Xbox Game Pass Games Are Coming to Steam Deck
The Xodus project already handles Xbox sign-in, downloads, and MSIXVC decryption - the Xbox Gaming Runtime is the last hurdle before native Game Pass on Deck.
Hardware
Steam Machine Price and Release Date Announced
Valve reveals the Steam Machine: pricing from $1,049, an AMD Zen 4 CPU with RDNA 3 graphics, a June 29 launch, and a lottery-based reservation queue.
Xbox
Xbox Game Pass Price Hike and Plan Renames
Microsoft raises the Ultimate tier to $29.99, renames Core and Standard, and folds Ubisoft+ Classics into Game Pass.
Steam Deck
Steam Deck Sale 2025: Best Discounted Games
Browse verified Deck-friendly picks from the Steam Autumn Sale 2025 and start tracking playtime the moment you buy.