Steam has always been known as one of the world's leading online gaming platforms.
Developers themselves also prioritize bringing their games to Steam, so it's understandable that every year, Valve's platform witnesses a surprising increase in new games. 2024 is no exception, but the actual numbers surprise many players.
Specifically, according to the latest statistics from this platform, in 2024 there will be nearly 190,000 new game titles appearing.
In fact, this number also makes 2024 the year with the most new games appearing on Steam. But besides famous blockbusters like Helldivers 2, Black Myth: Wukong, Shadow of the Erdtree, there is a fact that surprises many gamers. That's the fact that up to 80% of those 19,000 new games have almost no players.
To explain this problem, most developers believe that it comes from Steam's somewhat too strict mechanism. Years ago, Valve rolled out new features to its platform like Steam achievements, game cards, and badges to encourage people to play and buy more titles. But it wasn't long before some shady developers started creating very basic “games” that were only designed to boost achievements, providing players with cheap cards to trade and increase stats. their collection number. So Valve came up with a solution to prevent those.
According to SteamDB, in 2024, 18,992 games were released on Steam. But only 4,041 of those games achieved enough sales and attracted enough players to escape the cap. That means the 14,951 games launched last year on Valve's digital PC store were barely played or purchased. So you see, on Steam, there are many quality games but there are not many “bad” games.
