GameDiscoverCo: Top Games on Steam and Consoles in March 2026
Slay the Spire 2 performed astonishingly well, leaving behind larger AA/AAA titles.
The data is from GameDiscoverCo Pro, one of the PC/Console data analytics leaders. Sales include both direct Steam purchases and direct key sales.
Top 10 New Releases on Steam by Copies Sold
Slay the Spire 2 led March by copies sold, with over 5 million units sold on Steam. The original game has over 10 million players and a median playtime of 26 hours (average: 74 hours!). The sequel also has co-op.
Crimson Desert was second, with 2.2 million copies sold on Steam and over 3 million total, including PlayStation and Xbox. The developers have already reported that 5 million copies have been sold.
Marathon sold 920k copies on Steam in March, though console sales were considerably weaker.
Fourth by copies was Scritchy Scratchy (608k copies), a $6.99 game built around scratch cards of all kinds.
Death Stranding 2 sold 459k copies on Steam in March; combined with the original PlayStation release, total sales have exceeded 2.5 million copies. GameDiscoverCo analysts note with surprise that 43% of all reviews for the game come from keys sold outside Steam (China region?).
Top 10 New Releases on Steam by Revenue
Slay the Spire 2 also topped the revenue chart, earning over $115 million. Crimson Desert was right behind, generating just over $105 million on Steam in March.
Among other new releases, only Marathon, Death Stranding 2, and Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection (a JRPG spin-off of the main series) crossed the $10 million mark.
Top 10 Games on Steam by Revenue (All Games)
Slay the Spire 2 and Crimson Desert took second and third place in the overall monthly Steam revenue chart, right behind the perennial leader Counter-Strike 2 ($148.2 million in March).
Apex Legends ($52.1 million) and PUBG: Battlegrounds ($41.9 million) continue to hold firmly in the top 10.
Resident Evil Requiem, which launched back on February 26, added another $58.8 million in March, bringing its Steam totals to 2.5 million copies and $134 million in revenue. Per GameDiscoverCo estimates, total sales across all platforms have exceeded 7 million copies and $400 million in revenue.
Console Game Sales
Baseball sim MLB The Show 26 sold over 1.1 million copies on consoles, with 93% of sales coming from the US. The game has no PC version.
Crimson Desert was the second best-selling console game of March, with over 900,000 copies on PlayStation and under 300,000 on Xbox.
WWE 2K26 sold nearly 600,000 copies across all platforms, with almost 350,000 on PlayStation. The Middle East accounts for a notable share of the audience, around 15%.
Marathon had a weak console launch, with around 400,000 of its total 1.3 million copies sold coming from consoles. North America accounts for 61% of the PlayStation audience, though the game showed little traction in China, Brazil, and the MENA region.
Pokemon Pokopia sold 2.2 million copies in its first 4 days and was the clear leader on Nintendo Switch in March.
Blue Prince is approaching 50,000 copies sold on the eShop; Monster Hunter Stories 3, Scott Pilgrim EX, and MLB The Show 26 are each in the tens of thousands.