Valve's list of the top 20 games released on Steam in January 2020 contains a bit of trivia. Valve's list of the top 20 games released on Steam in January 2020 contains a bit of trivia, as there were only 11 new games released on Steam that month, and of those 11, only 3 made it into the top 20 for 2020.

Valve did not say which three, but we can probably guess; since Valve does not share revenue data, we present the list from 2010 in order of release:

For the current list, Valve emphasizes the diversity of development teams in the new Top 20.

For the current list, Valve highlights the diversity of the development teams in the new top 20, noting that more than half were developed in Asia, including eight in Japan. More interestingly, nearly half of the list was released without English support, perhaps reflecting the fact that Simplified Chinese is currently the most popular language on Steam.

"Not long ago," Valve wrote, "including English support at launch was a requirement for success on Steam." While English speakers still make up the majority of Steam's audience, the success of January's top releases reinforces the fact that now, more than ever, Steam players come from all over the world and support a very wide variety of language options."

Quickly, here are the Top 20 new Steam releases for January 2020, in order of release:

And the Top 5 free games of the month:

All the games on the list can be found in this big handy list.