Steam Stats and Facts

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.

Steam player count:

120 million monthly active players

Last updated 1/15/21

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How many people use Steam Link?

2 million installs

Last updated 5/23/19

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Number of daily Steam users:

62.6 million daily active players

Last updated 1/13/21

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

2.5 million years

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Average number of new Steam users per month:

1.5 million users

Last updated 8/3/17

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Number of Steam registered users:

125 million registered users

Last updated 1/10/18

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Number of Steam paying users:

27 million users

Last updated 1/10/18

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Number of Steam users in China:

30 million

Last updated 10/18/18

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

34%

Last updated 8/3/17

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Percentage of the PC gaming market that Steam reportedly controls:

50-70%

Last updated 2/13/17

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Number of games available on Steam:

47,973 games

Last updated 11/1/20

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

$556,286.14

Last updated 11/1/20

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Highest amount of concurrent Steam users so far:

27.9 million concurrent players

Last updated 1/2/22

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Top selling game on Steam in 2018:

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

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Average number of games owned per Steam user:
11.07 games

Last updated 1/10/18

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

Dota 2

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Percentage of Steam users that run some version of Windows:

96.44%

Last updated 9/6/18

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Percentage of Steam users that run MacOS:

2.87%

Last updated 9/6/18

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Percentage of Steam users that run Windows 10:

79%

Last updated 2/7/20

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

7,672

Last updated 1/10/18

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

21/day

Last updated 1/10/18

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During every month of 2020, there was an average of 2.6 million new purchasers on Steam.