11mo ago

Only 15% of all Steam users' time was spent playing games released in 2024

www.pcgamer.com

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- About... 85% would you say?
  
  A lot more than that.
- forehead
Headline says 'only', but the article says that's actually an increase from last year.
- of course it is; 0% of players in 2023 played games released in 2024.
  
  Well technically with early access games, it would be >0%. Although they didn't know that back in 2023...
  
  I played like 20 hrs of satisfactory last year lol.
  However the joke was good so imma let it slide.
  This time.
  /s
- Hell, I'm surprised it is over 10% with how many of the most popular games have been around for years.
  
  Even one of the biggest releases of this year was a DLC to Elden Ring, which means the actual game is still a few years old
  
  My guess is that Palworld and Helldivers 2 carried a good chunk of that time. I was going to mention Factorio Space Age, but it would just track time for base game. Satisfactory has been in early access for a long time, but officially released 1.0 this year as well, I wonder how that'd count.
I'm the guy who is consistently picking up old games that he's always wanted when they go on a steam sale years later for single digits. So I'm constantly three or four (or more years) behind. And I don't really mind because I'm always a single player who doesn't enjoy any form of online multiplayer.
So do I care that I only last month picked up EU4 and a bunch of DLC for cheap, not one bit. Same for Civ 6.
I'll happily chug away at my old games that no one cares about anymore.
- I started Civ6 this year too, got it for like 10 dollarydos
- You're not alone.
Factory gamers were eating good this year.
- I don't know what factory I am supposed to grow this week.
  
  Space. Obviously space.
- Same with simulators in general like flight/military/factory/etc
- Factorio released an expansion and Satisfactory hit 1.0 after a long (and excellent) early access campaign. Dobwe count either as a 2024 game?
  
  I wouldn’t but I’m not in charge of anything. I was wearing a factorio t-shirt many years ago and I think that makes it “out” even if it’s not done.
One sale just ended and there's another... Where am I supposed to get time to play when I'm busy buying them?
I hope this article isn't because the industry might consider shifting to a complete subscription model, I really can't afford the rising cost of new games on release or overpriced subscription models.
I’m surprised it is that high.
Seems reasonable to me. What percentage of games on steam have been released in 2024? Gotta be a smoll percentage. Actually, 15 percent seems pretty high now that you mention.
"A whooping 15 percent" seems like a better title.
Usually TF2 is up here too depending on the seasonal update rotation.
I think all I played this year was Helldivers 2
- balatrooooo
STALKER 2 is the only new game I think I bought this year
That's because most new games either suck the butt or made by assholes, or both
Only recent games I’ve bought are helldivers 2, battlebit, and ready or not. All went bad sadly
- Helldivers2 still keeps me coming back and even gets better. What don’t you like about it?
I want to get Still Wakes the Deep but for what is apparently a pretty short game I'll be waiting for a better discount. that's about the only 2024 game I've been interested in
I actually played a fuck ton of new games and early access beta tests this year (34% of all playtime according to steam replay)
And that's a biased statistic. My recap shows I spent 1% of my time playing games released in 2024 when I know, for a fact, that I didn't. Upon further investigation, I found that it was counting my play time in Palworld as 1% even though it still shows as "0 minutes" because I literally only opened it to check that it worked.
I've also been playing games that haven't been released yet.
Has there ever been an extraction shooter that released?
I don't think I played any games from 2024. Scratch that, I have played a bit of rivals

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