"Crimson Desert" Claims Four Consecutive Weekly Steam Chart Titles in a Thriller-Like Twist

While scrolling through the charts late at night, that familiar name on the screen was like a flickering light at the end of a corridor: first making my heart tighten, then bringing a chill of “of course it’s this one.” What truly sent a shiver down my spine wasn’t that someone suddenly surged upward, but the almost oppressive dominance of Crimson Desert. The Steam weekly game sales chart for April 7 to 14 is now out, and this time the statistics explicitly exclude free games. Once again, it stands at the very top, completing a four-week winning streak.

Looking at the structure of the chart, this week has a rather interesting flavor. It isn’t a single blockbuster sweeping everything aside, but new releases building hype, older titles making a comeback, and long-running products extending their lifespans all happening at once—like a suspense film that escalates layer by layer. Crimson Desert is first, Slay the Spire 2 is second, and Forza Horizon 6 has stormed straight into the top three on preorder numbers that exceeded expectations. Once you snap back to reality, you realize this isn’t just a simple sales ranking, but a concentrated vote on Steam players’ current moods. Three completely different demands—action-adventure, deckbuilding card games, and racing—have been ignited at the same time.

Even more unsettling is that classic works are starting to step out of the shadows again. Resident Evil 4 Remake has returned to the top ten, and for an old-school horror game player like me, that is very representative. Works with real vitality never need to rely on frequent jump scares to remind people they exist. After some time, players will still fish them back out, like the most common kind of “delayed effect” in psychological horror: it may not explode at the moment, but it will always echo later.

This week’s top ten, in order, are Crimson Desert, Slay the Spire 2, Forza Horizon 6, Resident Evil 4 Remake, GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-, EA SPORTS FC™ 26, Road to Vostok, Soulmask, Dead by Daylight, and ARC Raiders. The most noteworthy thing about this list isn’t just who ranks higher or lower, but how broad the genre coverage is. It shows that recent spending by Steam users has not been monopolized by any one style. With a cold laugh, those claims that “PC players today only care about one formula” have once again been slapped in the face by the chart.

If you’re planning to buy games based on the chart, my advice is straightforward. If you want to keep up with the current center of discussion, prioritize Crimson Desert and Slay the Spire 2; one remains consistently dominant, while the other is close behind, and both will keep generating plenty of discussion. If you care more about a mature experience and a safer zone of reputation, a returning veteran like Resident Evil 4 Remake is actually steadier—at least its popularity wasn’t blown up by a passing gust of hype. As for Forza Horizon 6, the fact that it reached the top three on preorders alone already shows that market expectations are extremely high, but how it actually performs will still have to wait until players truly get behind the wheel. Don’t let the preorder atmosphere drag you along.

Looking at this chart from April 15, 2026, my biggest feeling can be summed up in one sentence: Steam’s market mood is shifting from “who can shout the loudest” to “who can keep pressing on your breathing.” That is exactly what makes Crimson Desert frightening. It doesn’t jump out suddenly to scare you; instead, it creates a slow, boiling-frog kind of pressure, gradually pinning every other work behind it. A four-week winning streak like this is more worth staying alert to than a brief explosion of popularity.