The top 20 Steam Deck games of July have been unveiled, and No Many’s Sky has climbed its way back to the big leagues.
Landing above list mainstays, and beloved games like Hades, Grand Theft Auto V and Vampire Survivor, No Mans Sky has skyrocketed up the list, going from 30th to 5th place.
This isn’t No Mans Sky’s first appearance on the list. The initially critically panned turned highly-regarded space sim first entered the Top 20 Most Played Steam Deck games orbit in September last year.
Themassive 5.0 update, also known as Worlds Part I, brought a magnitude of upgrades to the game last month. This is what likely pushed it back into the Steam Deck limelight.
Developer Hello Games has taken the already fully verified Steam Deck title and loaded it up with multiple graphical and performance fixes. It also brings new creatures and worlds to explore on the go.
This bolstered No Many’s Sky to the top of theSteam charts, with nearly 49,000 concurrent players just shortly after the update launched. It should come as no surprise then, that its Steam Deck position followed suit.
Steam Deck Top 20 played games for August
Instead, the brand-new Steam Deck list, introducedlast month, is constantly tracking what games Deck owners have been busy playing on the go. We’ve gathered the full list below:
While No Man’s Sky managed to secure 5th place, even after over a month since the release of theShadow of the ErdtreeDLC, Elden Ring still clings to the top of the list. It’s more than likely theexpansion’s difficultyis keeping Steam Deck players on their toes.
The Steam Deck’s top 20 has remained pretty steady since we’ve been keeping track of it. Games likeHades,Baldur’s Gate, andBalatrostill make regular appearances.
Rosalie Newcombe was a Senior Tech Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. Rosalie is an expert on all things handhelds, and has been picking them up since the original Game Boy, all the way up to the Steam Deck. They have covered hardware for PCGamesN and Custom PC.
