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Steam game sales revenue 2014-2017
Revenue generated by game sales on Steam from 2014 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
by Christina Gough,
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Aug 9, 2019
First released in 2003 by Valve Corporation, Steam is now the go-to PC gaming platform for gamers across the world. Through releasing its first-party games and other offerings from third-party developers and publishers, Steam generated 4.3 billion U.S. dollars in game sales in 2017. This marks a dramatic increase from the 1.5 billion U.S. dollars of revenue generated in 2014.
Steam still going strong
Despite fierce competition from console rivals, Steam still manages to hold on to a loyal legion of fans. The platform added approximately 62.76 million new users in 2017, nearly 2.5 million more than in the previous year. What started off as a small platform for Valve to provide updates for its games has turned into a worldwide gaming phenomenon. In October 2018, Steam reached a peak of 18.5 million concurrent users, a dramatic increase from the six million in November 2012.
Steam’s biggest game
There are a staggering amount of games released each year on Steam, with over 9,000 alone arriving on the platform in 2018. These games can vary from classic shooter games to farming simulators, yet it is a very small fraction of the games that bring in the big bucks. Of all the blockbuster games available on Steam, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds comes out on top. The battle royale game has been purchased by upwards of 50 million gamers and, despite being released back in 2017, remains the most popular game on the gaming platform. It generated revenue of 600 million U.S. dollars on Steam in 2017, five times the amount of its closest competitor, Counter Strike: Global Offensive. PUBG regularly peaks at over one million concurrent players each month and reached its peak in January 2018, when 3.24 million players were recorded to be playing at the same time.
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by Christina Gough,
last edited
Aug 9, 2019
First released in 2003 by Valve Corporation, Steam is now the go-to PC gaming platform for gamers across the world. Through releasing its first-party games and other offerings from third-party developers and publishers, Steam generated 4.3 billion U.S. dollars in game sales in 2017. This marks a dramatic increase from the 1.5 billion U.S. dollars of revenue generated in 2014.
Steam still going strong
Despite fierce competition from console rivals, Steam still manages to hold on to a loyal legion of fans. The platform added approximately 62.76 million new users in 2017, nearly 2.5 million more than in the previous year. What started off as a small platform for Valve to provide updates for its games has turned into a worldwide gaming phenomenon. In October 2018, Steam reached a peak of 18.5 million concurrent users, a dramatic increase from the six million in November 2012.
Steam’s biggest game
There are a staggering amount of games released each year on Steam, with over 9,000 alone arriving on the platform in 2018. These games can vary from classic shooter games to farming simulators, yet it is a very small fraction of the games that bring in the big bucks. Of all the blockbuster games available on Steam, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds comes out on top. The battle royale game has been purchased by upwards of 50 million gamers and, despite being released back in 2017, remains the most popular game on the gaming platform. It generated revenue of 600 million U.S. dollars on Steam in 2017, five times the amount of its closest competitor, Counter Strike: Global Offensive. PUBG regularly peaks at over one million concurrent players each month and reached its peak in January 2018, when 3.24 million players were recorded to be playing at the same time.
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- Distribution of Steam sales revenue worldwide as of August 2017, by regionSteam sales value share 2017, by region
- Monthly revenue generated by game sales on Steam from April 2015 to December 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)Steam monthly sales revenue 2015-2016
- Monthly unit sales of games on Steam from April 2015 to December 2016 (in millions)Steam monthly game unit sales 2015-2016
- Estimated revenue of platinum tier VR games sold on Steam in 2017 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)Estimated revenue of platinum tier VR games sold on Steam in 2017
- Estimated revenue of gold tier VR games sold on Steam in 2017 (in 1,000 U.S. dollars)Estimated revenue of gold tier VR games sold on Steam in 2017
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- Distribution of Steam users worldwide as of April 2018, by countrySteam user distribution worldwide 2018, by country
- Steam's user retention rate from 2003 to 2016Steam retention rate 2003-2016
- Share of Steam (gaming platform) users in June 2019, by operating system usedSteam gaming platform software survey: operating system used in June 2019
- Number of peak concurrent Steam users from November 2012 to September 2019 (in millions)Number of Steam users 2012-2019
- Number of daily and monthly active Steam users worldwide in 2018Number of Steam DAU and MAU 2018
- Leading PC/Mac storefronts used for purchasing digital game content worldwide as of September 2016Leading storefronts used for purchasing digital game content worldwide 2016
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- Distribution of physical CPUs among users of the Steam gaming platform in June 2019Steam hardware survey: number of CPUs per computer 2019
- System RAM distribution among Steam gaming platform users in June 2019Steam gaming platform system RAM size 2019
- VRAM distribution among Steam gaming platform users in June 2019Steam platform hardware survey: size of video memory (VRAM) 2019
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- Cumulative estimated number of games released on Steam worldwide as of November 2017, by genre/categoryCumulative number of games released on Steam 2017, by category
- Number of Linux games available on Steam worldwide as of January 2018Number of Linux games on Steam 2017
- Number of indie games released on Steam worldwide from 2015 to 2017Number of indie games released on Steam 2015-2017
- Monthly number of peak concurrent players of DOTA 2 on Steam worldwide as of September 2019 (in 1,000s)DOTA 2 peak concurrent player number on Steam 2016-2019
- Monthly number of peak concurrent players of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) on Steam worldwide as of September 2019 (in 1,000s)CS:GO peak concurrent player number on Steam 2016-2019
- Number of peak concurrent players of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) on Steam worldwide from April 2017 to September 2019 (in 1,000s)PUBG peak concurrent player number on Steam 2019
- Game rankings
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- Most played games on Steam in 2018, by peak number of concurrent players (in 1,000s)Most played games on Steam 2018, by peak player count
- Most played games on Steam in 2018, by hourly average number of players (in 1,000s)Most played games on Steam 2018, by average players per hour
- Leading paid game titles on Steam in 2017, by revenue (in million U.S. dollars)Top paid games on Steam 2017, by revenue
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Statistics on "Steam - gaming platform"
- Steam game sales revenue 2014-2017
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- Estimated revenue of platinum tier VR games sold on Steam in 2017
- Estimated revenue of gold tier VR games sold on Steam in 2017
- Valve Corporation annual revenue 2005-2014
- Number of Steam's new users 2003-2017
- Steam user distribution worldwide 2018, by country
- Steam retention rate 2003-2016
- Steam gaming platform software survey: operating system used in June 2019
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- Number of Steam DAU and MAU 2018
- Leading storefronts used for purchasing digital game content worldwide 2016
- Steam platform users: Intel vs AMD PC processor use 2017-2019
- Steam platform hardware survey: video card families used 2019
- Steam hardware survey: number of CPUs per computer 2019
- Steam gaming platform system RAM size 2019
- Steam platform hardware survey: size of video memory (VRAM) 2019
- Proportion of Mac models on the gaming platform Steam 2019
- Number of games released on Steam 2004-2018
- Distribution of game releases on Steam 2004-2016, by year
- Cumulative number of games released on Steam 2017, by category
- Number of Linux games on Steam 2017
- Number of indie games released on Steam 2015-2017
- DOTA 2 peak concurrent player number on Steam 2016-2019
- CS:GO peak concurrent player number on Steam 2016-2019
- PUBG peak concurrent player number on Steam 2019
- Most played games on Steam 2018, by peak player count
- Most played games on Steam 2018, by average players per hour
- Top paid games on Steam 2017, by revenue
- Top paid games on Steam 2017, by unit sales
- Italy: DualShok4 video game controller use on Steam gaming platform 2016
- Share of Chinese version video games on Steam platform 2018, by game type
- Main language of Steam users worldwide 2019
- VR headset ownership among Steam users 2019
- Steam awareness, membership and active use in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2014
- Steam gaming platform hardware survey: microphone use 2019
- Growth of online game spending and revenue in China until 2016
- PC bang sales South Korea 2015-2020
- Market size of gaming in India 2012-2022
- Playing games online New Zealand 2007-2015
- Online gaming monetization methods used by gaming companies worldwide 2016
- South Korea Netmarble's operating profit 2015-2017
- Breakdown of stand-alone game users in China as of 2013, by age group
- EBITDA of Activision Blizzard worldwide 2014-2017
- Cloud gaming content subscription market size worldwide 2018-2023
- Cloud gaming market size worldwide 2017-2023
- Arcade game market sales South Korea 2015-2020
- Worldwide projectors market quarterly revenue 2015-2018
- Employee development - Kienbaum company 2010
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