In the wake of some of the year's biggest releases, the balance of power on the Steam top wishlists charts has shifted

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We've had a real run of big game releases recently, finally getting our hands on games that have long dominated the Steam top 100 most wishlisted games list—including Black Myth: Wukong, Frostpunk 2, and Space Marine 2.

So where do things lie now those games aren't topping the charts anymore? The results are actually pretty interesting.

Second place is, weirdly, Deadlock. I say "weirdly" because not only did the game come pretty much out of nowhere earlier this year, but a lot of people are also already playing it. It's testament to the power Valve's games still wield that its new shooter/MOBA is generating this amount of interest—looks like it'll be a big hit whenever it randomly decides to release it without telling anyone.

Of course, at third is an old friend—Hollow Knight: Silksong. Even to call this sequel "long-awaited" at this point feels like a comical understatement, and I have to admit that the studio's recent silence on the game does have me a little worried. If we do lose Silksong to development hell, will we as a people ever psychologically recover?

  1. Monster Hunter Wilds
  2. Deadlock
  3. Hollow Knight: Silksong
  4. STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl
  5. Delta Force
  6. Marvel Rivals
  7. Sid Meir's Civilization VII
  8. ARK 2
  9. Arena Breakout: Infinite
  10. Light No Fire
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