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Steam Stats, Facts and News

Last Updated on: December 30th, 2020

Steam Stats and Facts

Steam Description

Steam is the ultimate destination for playing, discussing, and creating games, with thousands of games from AAA to indie and everything in-between. Join for free and enjoy exclusive deals, automatic game updates, and other great perks.

Steam Facts

  • Website: store.steampowered.com
  • Launch Year: 2003
  • Headquarters: Bellevue, WA
  • Developer: Valve

Steam Stats

Here are a few of the most interesting Steam stats I was able to dig up. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated Steam stats become available.

How many people use Steam?

90 million monthly active players

Last updated 10/24/18


How many people use Steam Link?

2 million installs

Last updated 5/23/19


Number of daily Steam users:

47 million daily active players

Last updated 10/24/18


Amount of time players spent in games on Steam in 2019:

2.5 million years


Average number of new Steam users per month:

1.5 million users

Last updated 8/3/17


Number of Steam registered users:

125 million registered users

Last updated 1/10/18


Number of Steam paying users:

27 million users

Last updated 1/10/18


Number of Steam users in China:

30 million

Last updated 10/18/18


Percentage of Steam sales in 2017 that come from North America:

34%

Last updated 8/3/17


Percentage of the PC gaming market that Steam reportedly controls:

50-70%

Last updated 2/13/17


Number of games available on Steam:

47,973 games

Last updated 11/1/20


Amount it would cost to purchase every game on Steam at full price:

$556,286.14

Last updated 11/1/20


Total number of user-generated pieces of content on Steam:

400 million pieces of content

Last updated 2/24/15


Highest amount of concurrent Steam users so far:

24.776 million concurrent players

Last updated 12/12/20


Top selling game on Steam in 2018:

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey


Average number of games owned per Steam user:
11.07 games

Last updated 1/10/18


Number of gaming titles for Linux on Steam:

more than 1,000 games

Last updated 3/14/15


First game to have over 1 million concurrent players on Steam:

Dota 2


Percentage of Steam users that run some version of Windows:

96.44%

Last updated 9/6/18


Percentage of Steam users that run MacOS:

2.87%

Last updated 9/6/18


Percentage of Steam users that run Windows 10:

79%

Last updated 2/7/20


Number of countries Steam is available in:

237 countries

Last updated 12/19/16


Number of languages Steam is available in:

21 languages

Last updated 12/19/16


Amount that creators on the Steam Workshop have earned:

$57 million

Last updated 1/29/15


Number of creators in the Steam Workshop:

1,500

Last updated 1/29/15


Number of countries the Steam Workshop is active in:

75 countries

Last updated 1/29/15


Number of VR games available on Steam:

600

Last updated 10/11/16


Number of new games launched on Steam in 2016:

5,245


Number of new games launched on Steam in 2015:

around 3,000


Number of paid games that were activated on Steam in 2016:

370 million

Last updated 1/6/17


Steam’s estimated revenue for 2016:

$3.5 billion


Steam’s estimated revenue for 2015:

$3.5 billion


Number of game titles that were added to Steam in 2017:

7,672

Last updated 1/10/18


Average number of new titles added to Steam daily in 2017:

21/day

Last updated 1/10/18

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Steam News

  • Steam Reveals the Top-Selling and Most-Played Games of 2020, January 1, 2021
  • Steam Had Over 120 Million Monthly Active Players in 2020, January 18, 2021
  • Steam’s 2020 Black Friday Sale Was Its Most Successful Ever, December 21, 2020
  • Steam Adds More Support For PS5 DualSense Controllers, November 22, 2020
  • Controller use on Steam has ‘more than doubled’ since 2018, November 25, 2020
  • Steam sets new concurrent player record, December 14, 2020
  • Steam officially launches News Hub, December 16, 2020
  • Steam Client Update Released, October 9, 2020
  • Chat Filtering Now Available on Steam, October 7, 2020
  • Steam Digital Tabletop Fest Debuts Oct 21, October 1, 2020
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