{"id":7765,"date":"2022-09-30T20:35:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/cyberpunk-2077-is-now-one-of-the-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-too\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T20:35:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:35:33","slug":"cyberpunk-2077-is-now-one-of-the-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/cyberpunk-2077-is-now-one-of-the-most-played-games-on-steam-deck-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberpunk 2077 is now one of the most-played games on Steam Deck, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valve just released its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnDeck\/status\/1575888327039143941?s=20&amp;t=s_KbeRxbiaaVfmjzBZLbCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list<\/a> of the top Steam Deck games in September by total hours played, and it seems like Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;s moment extends to handheld gaming, too. CD Projekt Red&#8217;s 2020 sci-fi open-world RPG found itself fourth on the list along with some repeats from last month, like Vampire Survivors, Elden Ring, and Stardew Valley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not too surprising to see Cyberpunk rank so highly, considering we recently reported that it pulled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cyberpunk-2077-is-now-pulling-in-more-than-1-million-players-per-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 1 million players daily<\/a> just last week. This is starting to feel like a second launch after CD Projekt Red&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cyberpunk-2077-update-adds-transmog-and-cat-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.6 &#8220;Edgerunners&#8221; update<\/a> finally added the much-awaited transmog system. I can confirm that at least two of those Steam Deck hours were me meticulously organizing my V&#8217;s outfits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Update aside, the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime on Netflix seems to have driven some Cyberpunk 2077 owners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/welp-the-cyberpunk-2077-anime-made-me-want-to-give-the-game-another-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back to Night City<\/a>. Our unofficial anime editor, Wes Fenlon, thought it was a fun watch. CDPR even added some in-game items based on the anime, as well, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cyberpunk-2077-davids-jacket-edgerunners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David&#8217;s jacket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We joked last month when we saw the August list of top Steam Deck games that everyone is using their Deck like a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/everyone-is-using-their-steam-deck-like-a-better-nintendo-switch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> better Nintendo Switch<\/a>. It&#8217;s a sentiment I can get behind, though, because the Steam Deck plays some Nintendo Switch games better than the Switch itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CD Projekt Red announced this week that Cyberpunk 2077 has broken over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cyberpunk-2077-has-now-sold-more-than-20-million-copies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20 million copies<\/a> sold, which is a pretty impressive milestone. Cyberpunk 2077 is also getting an expansion next year called Phantom Liberty that&#8217;ll mark the return of V and computer ghost friend Johnny Silverhand, with Keanu Reeves reprising his role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<p>Seeya September! Here&#8217;s a quick look at the top games on Steam Deck for the past month, sorted by total hours played. pic.twitter.com\/1YTCuzPwIs<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnDeck\/status\/1575888327039143941\">September 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"see-more__button-container\"><span class=\"see-more__button\">See more<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Cyberpunk 2077 is now one of the most-played games on Steam Deck, too<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>Valve just released its <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnDeck\/status\/1575888327039143941?s=20&amp;t=s_KbeRxbiaaVfmjzBZLbCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">list<\/a> of the top Steam Deck games in September by total hours played, and it seems like Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;s moment extends to handheld gaming, too. CD Projekt Red&#8217;s 2020 sci-fi open-world RPG found itself fourth on the list along with some repeats from last month, like Vampire Survivors, Elden Ring, and Stardew Valley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not too surprising to see Cyberpunk rank so highly, considering we recently reported that it pulled in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cyberpunk-2077-is-now-pulling-in-more-than-1-million-players-per-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than 1 million players daily<\/a> just last week. This is starting to feel like a second launch after CD Projekt Red&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cyberpunk-2077-update-adds-transmog-and-cat-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1.6 &#8220;Edgerunners&#8221; update<\/a> finally added the much-awaited transmog system. I can confirm that at least two of those Steam Deck hours were me meticulously organizing my V&#8217;s outfits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Update aside, the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime on Netflix seems to have driven some Cyberpunk 2077 owners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/welp-the-cyberpunk-2077-anime-made-me-want-to-give-the-game-another-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">back to Night City<\/a>. Our unofficial anime editor, Wes Fenlon, thought it was a fun watch. CDPR even added some in-game items based on the anime, as well, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cyberpunk-2077-davids-jacket-edgerunners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David&#8217;s jacket<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We joked last month when we saw the August list of top Steam Deck games that everyone is using their Deck like a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/everyone-is-using-their-steam-deck-like-a-better-nintendo-switch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> better Nintendo Switch<\/a>. It&#8217;s a sentiment I can get behind, though, because the Steam Deck plays some Nintendo Switch games better than the Switch itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CD Projekt Red announced this week that Cyberpunk 2077 has broken over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/cyberpunk-2077-has-now-sold-more-than-20-million-copies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">20 million copies<\/a> sold, which is a pretty impressive milestone. Cyberpunk 2077 is also getting an expansion next year called Phantom Liberty that&#8217;ll mark the return of V and computer ghost friend Johnny Silverhand, with Keanu Reeves reprising his role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<p>Seeya September! Here&#8217;s a quick look at the top games on Steam Deck for the past month, sorted by total hours played. pic.twitter.com\/1YTCuzPwIs<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OnDeck\/status\/1575888327039143941\">September 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"see-more__button-container\"><span class=\"see-more__button\">See more<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}