Global Hit Lost Ark Selected in 3 Categories of Steam's 'Best of 2022'

[Asia Economy Reporter Seungjin Lee] Smilegate announced on the 5th that Lost Ark was selected in three categories of the global largest game platform Steam's 'Steam Best of 2022.'

'Steam Best of 2022' is announced based on Steam metrics for each game collected from January to December 2022, selecting top-ranked games in six categories: ▲Top Sellers ▲Popular New Releases ▲Most Played ▲Early Access Graduates ▲Steam Deck ▲Best VR Game. This announcement attracts attention from game fans worldwide as it allows them to see at a glance the games that received the most love on Steam throughout the year.

Among these, Lost Ark proved its popularity by belonging to the highest 'Platinum' group in the Western regions such as North America, Europe, South America, and Australia in the categories of 'Top Sellers,' 'Popular New Releases,' and 'Most Played.' 'Top Sellers' refers to the games with the highest sales last year, 'Popular New Releases' are games that earned the highest revenue within the first two weeks after release, and 'Most Played' are games that recorded more than 40,000 concurrent players. Other titles selected alongside Lost Ark include Elden Ring and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Lost Ark also received various awards selected by major game media outlets in North America and Europe. On the 16th of last month, North American media MMORPG.COM awarded Lost Ark the '2022 Player’s Choice ARPG of the Year,' chosen through fan voting.

Additionally, it swept three categories including 'Best 2022 RPG,' directly selected by the largest U.S. radio channel NPR. German specialized media MMOGames.com also selected Lost Ark as the '2022 Best New MMORPG.'

Since its official release on the global game platform Steam in February last year in partnership with Amazon Games, Lost Ark has established itself as the most popular MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) worldwide. It recorded a peak concurrent user count of 1.32 million in Western regions such as North America and Europe, dominated the Steam 'Top Seller' charts, and remains in the top 3 of Steam's popularity charts even one year after release.

Jiwon Gil, CEO of Smilegate RPG, stated, "The year 2022 was a year in which Lost Ark was able to grow into a globally recognized IP thanks to the great interest and love from fans worldwide. To live up to the support of our fans, all Lost Ark developers will strive to present even better games in 2023."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.