Welcome to Steamville, where the holidays are in full swing! From now ‘til January 2nd*, snap up deals on thousands of your favorite games, while earning festivity tokens and completing holiday quests along the way.

We know shopping this time of year is all about the spirit of giving, but don’t you deserve a little something too? While you’re here, explore our Holiday Market, and use the festivity tokens you earned from your purchases to get a little something for yourself. Which brings us to:

Earn Festivity Tokens when you shop on Steam, and use them in the Holiday Market to grab some shiny new items for yourself! Inside the market you’ll find festive goods, like:

• The Winter Sale Coupon
  
• New Chat Stickers
  
• New Chat Room Effects
  
• Lots of Egg Nog

OK, just kidding about the Egg Nog—Steamville Mayor Carol likes to keep that to herself. But you will find the rest of that list, and more, in our Holiday Market! Oh, and there’s one more way you can earn Festivity Tokens to use in the Market:

Complete Holiday Quests and earn more Festivity Tokens! A handful of quests will be available on Day 1 of the Winter Sale; check back throughout the duration of the sale to discover a new Quest each day.

Happy Holidays and Happy Gaming from all your friends in Steamville! Now, if you’ll excuse us, we must light the Yule Log in preparation for all the fun- and pry Mayor Carol away from her Nog before she has too much of it.

*Discounts end January 2nd at 10am PST, unless otherwise noted.

As we near the end of 2019, we're continuing our look at popular monthly releases on Steam. With this post, we'll be looking back at the top 20 products released in November, measured by revenue generated during the first two weeks following release. We've also gathered the top 5 free-to-play releases, measured by peak concurrent player count in the two weeks following release.

With each month's list, we often highlight similarities between some of the month's top products. But this month, we noticed an exciting contrast between established franchises from well-known developers and fresh entries from newly created teams. Seeing franchises like Age of Empires, Sniper Ghost Warrior and Football Manager alongside newcomers like FrenzyRetribution, Ratropolis, and Lost Ember is really a testament to the variety of tastes present in the Steam community. Players certainly enjoy familiar content, but there is always room for unexpected surprises.

Another theme that stands out this month is the significant representation of prominent fan-favorite universes. These are names that need no introduction, as they are popular all over the world, not only in games - Gundam, Game of Thrones, Terminator, Warhammer and Star Wars. The success of these titles shows just how much excitement can be generated by huge universes that span across artistic mediums. Whether its comics, music, film or TV, we are definitely looking forward to seeing more universes make their way to games. Who knows, the franchise from your favorite book or movie just might end up on a future top release list.

Finally, we'd like to congratulate the teams that are releasing their very first product on Steam. Some of these teams have been making games for a while on other platforms, while some are recent college grads making their first commercial product. We're happy to welcome these 10 development teams that are new to Steam: Blueside, FrenzyZoneGameworkshop, YOUZU (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., Mobile Technologies LLC, ALLM Co., Ltd., 2x2 Games, UMEO Studios, Respawn Entertainment, Cassel Games and Mooneye Studios.

Here is the full list of November's top releases ordered by release date (we've organized this list on a handy sale page too):


Ratropolis - Cassel Games


Planet Zoo - Frontier Developments


Pistol Whip - Cloudhead Games


ROMANCING SAGA 3™ - Square Enix & ArtePiazza


Kritika:REBOOT - ALLM Co., Ltd.


Unity of Command II - 2x2 Games & Croteam


The Legend of Bum-Bo - Edmund McMillen, James Interactive & Ridiculon


Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Forgotten Empires & Tantalus Media


Command: Modern Operations - Warfare Sims


Terminator: Resistance - Teyon


STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™ - Respawn Entertainment


Kingdom Under Fire 2 - Blueside


Football Manager 2020 - Sports Interactive


Automation Empire - DOG HOGGLER


BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle - Arc System Works


This Land Is My Land - Game-Labs


Farmer's Dynasty - Toplitz Productions & UMEO Studios


Lost Ember - Mooneye Studios


Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts - CI Games


SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS - TOM CREATE - 株式会社トムクリエイト

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Kritika:REBOOT - ALLM Co., Ltd.


Stay Out - Mobile Technologies LLC


Game of Thrones Winter is Coming - YOUZU (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.


Warhammer: Chaos and Conquest - Hunted Cow Studios


罪業狂襲FrenzyRetribution - FrenzyZoneGameworkshop

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If you're curious about previous months, here are more Top Release links:

• The Top Releases of May
  
• The Top Releases of June
  
• The Top Releases of July
  
• The Top Releases of August
  
• The Top Releases of September
  
• The Top Releases of October

One more little reminder - The Steam Winter Sale begins on Thursday the 19th.

Happy Holidays Everyone!