Skip to main content PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES Search PC Gamer View Profile Movies & TV Gaming Industry PC Gaming Show Newsletter Signup Community Guidelines Affiliate Links Meet the team About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine Subscription Why subscribe? Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99View Baldur's Gate 3 Doom: The Dark Ages Marvel Rivals Survival & Crafting RuneScape: Dragonwilds RuneScape: Dragonwilds has dethroned Schedule 1 in the fight for Steam's top selling games list Fraser Brown 16 April 2025 Dragons vs drugs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Jagex) Since the dawn of time a battle has been raging between two equally powerful but opposing concepts. I am, of course, talking about dragons and drugs. And yes, I know all about how Puff the Magic Dragon allegedly tried to bring the two factions together, but it's all lies. There can be no lasting peace. Anyway! For now, at least, dragons are on top. Specifically the top of Steam's top selling games list, where RuneScape: Dragonwilds has dethroned Schedule 1. Of course, Schedule 1 has enjoyed plenty of time at the top already. The early access drug dealer sim seems to have really gripped folk—including myself. It has exactly what a good sim needs: a fun premise, an engaging escalation in complexity and risk, and drugs. But now it's RuneScape: Dragonwilds' time to shine. Unlike Schedule 1, I've not yet had time to check it out, though I'm not remotely surprised to see something that combines such a popular and enduring MMO with the trendiest of trendy genres racking up the sales. Some of my fellow PCG pals have been having a good time with it, too. You may like Forget REPO, Monster Hunter Wilds and Assassin's Creed Shadows, Steam's current global top seller is an early access game about managing a drug empire You may act like Walter White and look like Rick & Morty, but this co-op drug-dealer sim blowing up on Steam isn't just a goofy meme game Lauren says its build mode is "easily the best" she's played since Valheim, which is extremely high praise. And the other day we all got very excited when Mollie showed us how magic makes chopping down trees a doddle, letting you fling a magical spinning axe in front of you, where it then chops down all the trees in a row. Lovely stuff. I mostly play survival crafting diversions begrudgingly (though there are a few I genuinely like), but there's some stuff in here that actually sounds pretty interesting. And so far, the response of Steam has been pretty good, netting the early access game a Mostly Positive rating. While the dragon cohort might be celebrating this victory over drugs, drugs still has the numbers on its side. Schedule 1 is currently sitting comfortably in the fourth spot in Steam's most played list, boasting a daily peak concurrent player count of 241,699. That's nearly 100k over Path of Exile 2, in the fifth spot, but quite a bit below stalwarts like PUBG, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike, which sit above it. Dragonwilds has a more humble position in this list, where it's only at 47. That's still a respectable debut, though, with a peak of 41,270 players today. And thus, the battle rages on. There is no clear victor. Dragons and drugs will have to continue duking it out, which can only be a good thing for us. Best MMOs: Most massive Best strategy games: Number crunching Best open world games: Unlimited exploration Best survival games: Live craft love Best horror games: Fight or flight Fraser Brown Social Links Navigation Online Editor Fraser is the UK online editor and has actually met The Internet in person. With over a decade of experience, he's been around the block a few times, serving as a freelancer, news editor and prolific reviewer. Strategy games have been a 30-year-long obsession, from tiny RTSs to sprawling political sims, and he never turns down the chance to rave about Total War or Crusader Kings. He's also been known to set up shop in the latest MMO and likes to wind down with an endlessly deep, systemic RPG. These days, when he's not editing, he can usually be found writing features that are 1,000 words too long or talking about his dog. 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Forget REPO, Monster Hunter Wilds and Assassin's Creed Shadows, Steam's current global top seller is an early access game about managing a drug empire You may act like Walter White and look like Rick & Morty, but this co-op drug-dealer sim blowing up on Steam isn't just a goofy meme game RuneScape's open world survival game adds a new twist to chopping down trees and smashing up rocks: magic Schedule 1 is the kind of instant Steam hit that was only ever going to come from a complete rando Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 rockets past the first game's peak player count as it pips into Steam's top 100 most-played games RuneScape: Dragonwilds' build mode is easily the best I've played since Valheim Latest in Survival & Crafting RuneScape: Dragonwilds has dethroned Schedule 1 in the fight for Steam's top selling games list How many players can join RuneScape Dragonwilds? 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