The Game Awards have now been and gone for another year, bringing with it a bunch of big announcements for exciting titles coming in the next year and beyond. It was a pretty stacked show this year too, which not only gave us two new Tomb Raider game announcements, but a sequel for Control, a new Divinity game, a new Star Wars RPG from Casey Hudson, a new Mega Man, and that’s only a few.
With so many big announcements, it can be quite fun to see which games are the most anticipated, especially with so many heavy hitters at the show. Thankfully, we can take a look at Steam’s most-wishlisted section to figure out how much interest certain games have, and as spotted by a Reddit user called WhyPlaySerious, the game that drew the most interest this year is actually pretty surprising.
Total War: Warhammer 40K Is The Game Awards’ Most Wishlisted Game
Out of all the new games that were announced at The Game Awards this year, it was actually Total War: Warhammer 40,000 that has accumulated the most wishlists, currently sitting in 25th position on Steam’s most wishlists section. That’s fairly surprising, considering the number of heavy hitters at the show, though I guess it does make sense given Total War’s overall popularity on Steam. It’s hard to imagine, but it’s a franchise which makes Sega a lot of money, alongside the likes of Sonic and Persona.
Interestingly, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and Control Resonant are second and third, while another surprisingly popular title is Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve in fourth, with No Law in fifth. If you’re wondering where Divinity and the new Star Wars RPG are, it’s because they don’t actually have Steam pages right now, so cannot be wishlisted.
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One of the more concerning aspects of this list is Highguard’s position, the new game by ex-Titanfall developers that was rather brutally bullied following its big reveal at The Game Awards. Highguard is the eleventh highest wishlisted game from the show, and is currently sitting in 294th position overall. That’s not great for a free-to-play that’s most likely going to live or die on its playerbase.
Of course, it’s worth noting that wishlists aren’t a perfect barometer for how well a game is going to perform, but it is a pretty good measure for public interest right now. From what we can gather with these wishlists, Total War is going to sell gangbusters, and Highguard is going to be dead on arrival. We’ll have to wait and see if this ends up being reality.
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