Elden Ring soars back to the top of Steam’s best-selling list amid DLC hype

Sometimes, all a game needs is a shot in the arm in the form of additional content—just look at Cyberpunk 2077‘s miraculous comeback. Granted, FromSoftware’s Elden Ring was already a masterpiece of game design in its own right, but the recent announcement of its long-awaited DLC has given the 2022 release a major resurgence. In what already feels like a huge year for big releases (see Palworld and Helldivers), the simple act of releasing a trailer has shot Elden Ring back into Steam’s top 10 bestseller list.

While Shadow of the Erdtree was undoubtedly going to appeal to the millions of players who have already journeyed into the Lands Between, seeing the announcement pull in so many new players—and into a genre once considered niche, at that—is surprising and heartening.