Fallout 4 ruled Steam's weekly best-seller chart before it even launched

Valve’s weekly rundown of Steam’s ten best-selling games had an obvious headline: Fallout 4 sat at number one on little more than pre-orders — the game was still weeks from launch.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Steam’s permanent fixture, slotted in second. Tales of Zestiria debuted at third, and Grand Theft Auto V coasted comfortably inside the top five.

The full chart, week of October 22, 2015:

1. Fallout 4
2. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
3. Tales of Zestiria
4. Grand Theft Auto V
5. Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Series Game
6. Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
7. Ark: Survival Evolved
8. Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide
9. Rocket League
10. Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

A chart of pre-orders is the purest measure of hype Steam offers, and Fallout 4’s was total. The game delivered on it — Fallout 4 went on to dominate the year’s awards season.