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 Facts
- Website: store.steampowered.com
- Launch Year: 2003
- Headquarters: Bellevue, WA
- Developer: Valve
- What is Steam?
Join Steam for free and get games delivered straight to your desktop with automatic updates and a massive gaming community. (source)
Steam Stats
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 1/10/18
Total number of user-generated pieces of content on Steam:
Last updated 2/24/15
Highest amount of concurrent Steam users so far:
24.535 million concurrent players
Last updated 4/6/20
Top selling game on Steam in 2018:
Average number of games owned per Steam user:
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