Posted on Tuesday 26-Jul-2011 1:04 PM

Portal 2 drives 42% jump in Steam revenue

Valve's puzzler leads the list of top selling Steam games in the first half of 2011

By Tom Ivan for computerandvideogames.com

Steam games generated revenue of $468 million in the first half of 2011, up 42 percent from $329 million during the same period last year, according to research by analyst firm FADE.

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Valve's Portal 2 was the No.1 title in terms of both units sold and revenue generated, ahead of indie games Magicka and Terraria, which both sold over 500,000 units during the six month tracking period, even though the latter only released in mid-May.

Steam estimated top 10 (units sold / revenue)

01. Portal 2 (1,128,000 / $56.4 million)

02. Magicka (789,000 / $6.2 million)

03. Terraria (580,000 / $5.8 million)

04. Counter-Strike (399,000 / $2.7 million)

05. Total War: Shogun 2 (326,000 / $15.1 million)

06. Monday Night Combat (264,000 / $2.9 million)

07. Brink (256,000 / $13.5 million)

08. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (250,000 / $4.2 million)

09. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution (224,000 / $13.0 million)

10. Borderlands (204,000 / $1.6 million)

FADE said yesterday that Xbox Live Arcade generated record revenue during the first half of 2011, with Full House Poker and Torchlight leading the digital sales chart.

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    KMakawa on 26 Jul '11 said:

    03. Terraria (580,000 / $55.8 million)

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    Living proof that pricing a game cheap, can return vast reward.

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    nathar on 26 Jul '11 said:

    03. Terraria (580,000 / $55.8 million)

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    Living proof that pricing a game cheap, can return vast reward.

    Im in agreement with the sentiment, but i think this is living proof that people are crap at maths.

    So Terraria sells on steam for 10 bucks a pop in the US version of the store. Theyve sold 580.000 copies. That makes it earn almost as much revenue as Portal2, having sold half the copies for a fraction of the price. I think that figure should be $5,800,000 because while Terraria is good, but i dont believe its possible to craft real world money in it yet (probably coming in the next patch though)

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    G00N3R on 26 Jul '11 said:

    I'm surprised, and a little disappointed, that The Witcher 2 isn't on that list :(

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    Tivan on 26 Jul '11 said:

    Sorry guys, that figure should be $5.8 million and not $55.8 million. It has now been changed.

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    BenThomasFoster on 26 Jul '11 said:

    PC gaming sure looks dead. I mean look ONLY 1million sales of portal... I troll skrew the doubters

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    Sleepaphobic on 26 Jul '11 said:

    Ya but I have to upgrade my computer every 3 months to play these games.

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    voodoo341 on 26 Jul '11 said:

    03. Terraria (580,000 / $55.8 million)

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    Living proof that pricing a game cheap, can return vast reward.

    You mean a good game at the right price.

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    JIFF on 26 Jul '11 said:

    Ya but I have to upgrade my computer every 3 months to play these games.


    You don't
    Source engine is long on the tooth already, even a netbook mages playable frame rates and PC hardware is cheaper for the erformance than ever, you only need an i3 to be ready for several years

    I built my last computer in december 2006, i was able to run almost anything up to 1080p until last year *GTA IV is poorly ported, Cryisis is a benchmark( and I spent less tna 1000 in this computer and i could have saved buying i5, i3 or amd intead of 200k i7

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    Sleepaphobic on 26 Jul '11 said:

    Ya but I have to upgrade my computer every 3 months to play these games.


    You don't
    Source engine is long on the tooth already, even a netbook mages playable frame rates and PC hardware is cheaper for the erformance than ever, you only need an i3 to be ready for several years

    I built my last computer in december 2006, i was able to run almost anything up to 1080p until last year *GTA IV is poorly ported, Cryisis is a benchmark( and I spent less tna 1000 in this computer and i could have saved buying i5, i3 or amd intead of 200k i7


    Oh man I'm a huge PC gamer I was just making a joke post. I'm kinda gonna do this for every PC article now coz I want to see how it feels to be as ignorant as those who post this nonsense.

    There really needs to be some kind of universal font for sarcasm to make life easier.

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    Cryotek on 27 Jul '11 said:

    Steam rules.

    Also, considering 3 of the top 4 games on Steam will run on a laptop or netbook, it really shows you that PC gaming is NOT just about high-end graphics.