Steam Stats, Facts and News
Last Updated on: December 30th, 2020
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?
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:
Average number of new Steam users per month:
Last updated 8/3/17
Number of Steam registered users:
Last updated 1/10/18
Number of Steam paying users:
Last updated 1/10/18
Number of Steam users in China:
Last updated 10/18/18
Percentage of Steam sales in 2017 that come from North America:
Last updated 8/3/17
Percentage of the PC gaming market that Steam reportedly controls:
Last updated 2/13/17
Number of games available on Steam:
Last updated 11/1/20
Amount it would cost to purchase every game on Steam at full price:
Last updated 11/1/20
Total number of user-generated pieces of content on Steam:
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:
Average number of games owned per Steam user:
11.07 games
Last updated 1/10/18
Number of gaming titles for Linux on Steam:
Last updated 3/14/15
First game to have over 1 million concurrent players on Steam:
Percentage of Steam users that run some version of Windows:
Last updated 9/6/18
Percentage of Steam users that run MacOS:
Last updated 9/6/18
Percentage of Steam users that run Windows 10:
Last updated 2/7/20
Number of countries Steam is available in:
Last updated 12/19/16
Number of languages Steam is available in:
Last updated 12/19/16
Amount that creators on the Steam Workshop have earned:
Last updated 1/29/15
Number of creators in the Steam Workshop:
Last updated 1/29/15
Number of countries the Steam Workshop is active in:
Last updated 1/29/15
Number of VR games available on Steam:
Last updated 10/11/16
Number of new games launched on Steam in 2016:
Number of new games launched on Steam in 2015:
Number of paid games that were activated on Steam in 2016:
Last updated 1/6/17
Steam’s estimated revenue for 2016:
Steam’s estimated revenue for 2015:
Number of game titles that were added to Steam in 2017:
Last updated 1/10/18
Average number of new titles added to Steam daily in 2017:
Last updated 1/10/18
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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