Microsoft is having a good time on Steam right now Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Microsoft is having a good time on Steam right now Grounded! Microsoft Flight Simulator! Sea of Thieves! More! News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 1 Aug 2020 84 comments Microsoft is having a good time on Steam right now, with a number of its game in the top-sellers list. Obsidian's Grounded is in fact the top-selling game on Steam's platform - at the time of this article's publication. Perhaps that isn't surprising given the game has seen over one million players in the first 48 hours of release. The second top-selling game on Steam is another Microsoft game - this one not yet out. Microsoft Flight Simulator, which Martin is currently into in a very big way, is currently flying high on Steam. There's more: Halo: The Master Chief Collection, recently buoyed by the release of Halo 3 on PC for the first time, is in the top 10 best-selling games on Steam list. Rare's wonderful Sea of Thieves isn't far behind. There are plenty of people playing Microsoft games on Steam, too. Both Sea of Thieves and Grounded are in Steam's top 100 games by current player count list. Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition is also in there. Watch on YouTube It's a far cry from the days when Microsoft pushed its much-maligned Windows Store as the exclusive preserve of its PC gaming efforts. And it's perhaps surprising to find Microsoft games doing so well in the Steam charts, given their availability on subscription service Xbox Game Pass. Grounded is £24.99 on Steam. Microsoft Flight simulator is £59.99. Xbox Game Pass, which gets you all Microsoft-published games on day one, costs £7.99 a month. Looking ahead, Halo Infinite on PC is also set for Steam, as is Battletoads. The Master Chief Collection will see the release of Halo 4 and Halo 3: ODST soon, and I imagine Microsoft Flight Simulator is going to be a monster hit on Steam when it comes out, too. This all ties in with the idea that Xbox is pushing more than the Series X console. As Oli argued following Microsoft's Xbox Series X reveal event, Microsoft's message is as much about selling Xbox Game Pass as it is selling its new console - perhaps more so. Well, even away from the console and Xbox Game Pass debate, it looks like Microsoft is already enjoying success on Steam. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 10 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 3 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store