| # | Game | Release date | Price | Score rank (Userscore / Metascore) | Owners | Playtime (Median) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 |  Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
Aug 21, 2012 | Free | N/A (N/A/83%) | 100,000,000 .. 200,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Valve | Valve |
| 62 |  Euro Truck Simulator 2 |
Oct 12, 2012 | $19.99 | N/A (N/A/79%) | 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | SCS Software | SCS Software |
| 6 |  Borderlands 2 |
Sep 17, 2012 | $4.99 | N/A (N/A/89%) | 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Gearbox Software, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux) | 2K, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux) |
| 22 |  PlanetSide 2 |
Nov 20, 2012 | Free | N/A (N/A/84%) | 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Rogue Planet Games | Daybreak Game Company |
| 61 |  Chivalry: Medieval Warfare |
Oct 16, 2012 | $24.99 | N/A (N/A/79%) | 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Torn Banner Studios | Torn Banner Studios |
| 164 |  POSTAL 2 |
Nov 2, 2012 | $0.99 | N/A (N/A/59%) | 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Running With Scissors | Running With Scissors |
| 404 |  Castle Crashers |
Sep 26, 2012 | $14.99 | N/A (N/A) | 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | The Behemoth | The Behemoth |
| 2 |  Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition |
Sep 7, 2012 | $19.99 | N/A (N/A/91%) | 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Rocksteady Studios | WB Games |
| 3 |  Dishonored |
Oct 8, 2012 | $9.99 | N/A (N/A/91%) | 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Arkane Studios | Bethesda Softworks |
| 5 |  XCOM: Enemy Unknown |
Oct 8, 2012 | $29.99 | N/A (N/A/89%) | 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 | 00:00 (00:00) | Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (Linux) | 2K, Feral Interactive (Linux) |
2012
Games: 404Average userscore: N/A%
Average metascore: 71.84%
Average playtime: 00:00
Total copies owned: 353,300,000
Average price: $11.47
Owners: Estimated number of people owning this game. The number might be way too small for new releases and sometimes way too big for games that had free weekend event recently. Read more on About page.
Playtime: Average hours played in total per person that have actually launched this game since March 2009. This time is calculated for the whole lifetime, not for the particular year.
Average score: Average users and metacritic score for all games with this score assigned.
Average playtime: Average lifetime playtime for all games where this data is available.
Games this year: Self-explaining - number of games released this year. Please note that it also includes software, but doesn't include DLC. Only inculdes games with sales data available.
Total copies owned: Refers to total copies of games released this year acquired by users for the lifetime. Includes copies sold, downloaded for free and given out.
This number might be too small for recently released games or too big for games that had a free weekend in the last couple of months.