When it comes to PC gaming, one of the best ways to measure which titles people are most excited for is via the Steam "Top Wishlists" page, which ranks every upcoming release by how many times it's been added to a user's wishlist.
Looking at the list right now, it's fantastic news for Xbox Game Pass members! As of June 2023, seven out of the ten most wishlisted games on the Steam platform are set to launch on Xbox and PC Game Pass as well (thanks to Klobrille for highlighting this!).
Here's the full list as it stands today:
- Starfield (Xbox Game Pass)
- Hollow Knight: Silksong (Xbox Game Pass)
- Party Animals (Xbox Game Pass)
- Manor Lords
- Hades 2
- Payday 3 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Stalker 2 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Frostpunk 2
- Ark 2 (Xbox Game Pass)
- Cities: Skylines 2 (Xbox Game Pass)
Since we last looked at this list back in March, we've seen the addition of Payday 3 and Cities: Skylines 2, both of which were recently announced to be coming to Xbox Game Pass at launch - that's two big wins for Microsoft right there!
Of course, sales on Steam aren't going to help Team Xbox (aside from in the case of Starfield), but the hope will be that enough people will continue signing up to the rapidly growing PC Game Pass service to play these games at no extra charge when they arrive over the 12 months-or-so. It'll be cheaper than buying them all separately!
What are your thoughts about this? Tell us down in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com, via store.steampowered.com]
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Until i see the reviews the game i'm most interested in at the moment is Hades 2. I bought the original only a month ago while on sale, it deserves the top ratings.
@johnK Incredible game.
@Kaloudz, they have Hollow Knight: Silksong though and who knows, maybe they add Hades 2 down the line. But both games are "rather cheap" anyway and worth every single penny (at least the first ones, but I have no doubt it'll be the same for the sequels).
Hades 2 is an instant buy. Game pass doesn't matter for that one - the first game was too good.
My list of 10 most anticipated games would look quite different except for Starfield and Hades 2. I am very excited about the many gamepass titles announced! The great thing is that even though most of these top 10 steam wish list games were not particularly on my list, I still get to check them out at no risk!
Yeah, I've already pre-ordered the Starfield Premium Edition on PC. Not going to buy anything else for a year at least as I plan to make this game my second life, basically. Maybe on the Switch as palate cleansers.
And of the 3 missing, I have 0 interest so MS has good taste in curating.
Lets see... my most hyped for titles right now (that have at least some realistic release dates) are, in order of hype:
Thats the list of games that I feel I need to play at launch.
There are other games I am hyped for but not enough to pay full release price for. If they became "free" (somone gifts them to me, or they in GamePass) I would play them at launch, or as soon as I have time:
GamePass has been a bit of a let down lately. Good to know things will soon get a lot better.
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