

In a gaming landscape where free-to-play live-service titles with microtransactions are gaining most of the top spots on Steam, Diablo 4 could see great success if deadlines are maintained.Īccording to data from 2022, seven out of the twelve best-selling games on Steam were free-to-play games, with titles such as Destiny, Apex Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Lost Ark leading the pack. Diablo 4 is finally releasing in the summer of 2023 as a paid game with microtransactions. The recent news that Steam, the leading digital distribution platform for PC games, features free-to-play titles as over half of its top-selling games is a big deal for the gaming industry, but especially for one franchise in particular: Diablo.
