Asian Games Dominate Steam Top Releases Of January 2020

Valve Corporation, owner of Steam, often showcases games that have had success on their distribution platform. Recently, their blog post on the top releases of January 2020 indicated that last month was a good start for the company. What's outstanding about this list of top releases is games from China, Japan, and Korea completely dominated it.

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Out of a list of 20 top games, 13 of them came from Asian studios. "Sands of Salzaar" by Han-Squirrel Studio, a Chinese RPG game which just came out last month, has proven itself an unexpected sleeper hit among Steam users. The game currently holds a 92% score on the platform. Other than "Sands," China also contributed "Paranormal HK" to the list. Meanwhile, the rest of Asia had eight games from Japan, two from South Korea, and one from Indonesia.

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Valve believes that the global popularity of Steam has allowed for this shift, since almost half of January's top releases did not even have English localization. “Not too long ago, including English support at launch was a requirement for success on Steam,” the Steam blog post goes.

“English-speakers are still a huge part of Steam’s audience, but the success of January’s top releases reinforces the fact that now, more than ever, Steam players come from all over the world and will support a huge variety of language options.”