Analyst: Dota 2 made around $80 million in microtransaction revenues in 2013

Developers don’t need to make single-player first-person shooters starring nerdy silent protagonists if they’ve got something like Dota 2.

Valve’s popular online arena battler is a hit with the competitive crowd, and it apparently generated around $80 million in microtransaction revenues in 2013, according to industry intelligence firm SuperData Research. While that was enough to place in 13th for the year in terms of cash generated from selling virtual goods.