Number of games released on Steam 2004-2021
The online gaming platform, Steam, was first released by the Valve Corporation in 2003. What started off as a small platform for Valve to provide updates to its games has turned into the largest computer gaming platform in the world. The platform initially released just seven games in 2004, but this number has progressively risen in the ensuing years, reaching a staggering 10,263 in 2020, up from 8,033 in 2019. In 2021, 3,031 titles have been released on the platform so far.
When you think of PC gaming, you automatically think of Steam. With such a wide range of games on offer from traditional online multiplayer shooters to farming simulators, there is something for every gaming taste on the platform. As a result, gamers flock to Steam in their millions, with the platform registering over 25.47 million peak concurrent users in May 2021. Steam generated 4.3 billion U.S. dollars in game sales in 2017, marking a dramatic increase from the 1.5 billion U.S. dollars of revenue generated in 2014. The global nature of the platform can be seen by the wide range of languages spoken by its users. Whilst English remains the dominant language, almost a third of Steam users in 2021 stated that their main language was either Chinese or Russian.
Counter Strike: Global Offensive was the most popular game on Steam during 2020. The first-person shooter averaged almost 649.3 thousand players per hour, more than 41 percent more users than its closest competitor, DOTA 2. The game also topped the 2020 list for peak number of concurrent players - CS:GO reached more than 1.3 million players in a single hour in its peak, with Cyberpunk 2077 claiming second place.
Steam’s PC dominance
When you think of PC gaming, you automatically think of Steam. With such a wide range of games on offer from traditional online multiplayer shooters to farming simulators, there is something for every gaming taste on the platform. As a result, gamers flock to Steam in their millions, with the platform registering over 25.47 million peak concurrent users in May 2021. Steam generated 4.3 billion U.S. dollars in game sales in 2017, marking a dramatic increase from the 1.5 billion U.S. dollars of revenue generated in 2014. The global nature of the platform can be seen by the wide range of languages spoken by its users. Whilst English remains the dominant language, almost a third of Steam users in 2021 stated that their main language was either Chinese or Russian.
Steam’s biggest games
Counter Strike: Global Offensive was the most popular game on Steam during 2020. The first-person shooter averaged almost 649.3 thousand players per hour, more than 41 percent more users than its closest competitor, DOTA 2. The game also topped the 2020 list for peak number of concurrent players - CS:GO reached more than 1.3 million players in a single hour in its peak, with Cyberpunk 2077 claiming second place.
