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

[Sphinx]

.....the really interesting stuff is on the macro scale, as it shows that Steam users spent just 15% of their total playing time in games that launched in 2024. 47% of the total playing time on Steam was spent on games released in the last one to seven years, while a sizeable 37% of time was spent in games that have been out for eight years or more.

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

Steam's end-of-year review of what we play and how we play makes for some interesting reading.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[NumeroUno778]

Many people play games from backlog/previous years because the games are usually on discounted prices.

I rarely buy game on day 1 on Steam.

This year, I only got WuKong on day 1.

 

[Realistic]

I swear I'll play space marines 2... when it hits 70% off and doesn't cost me an arm and a leg

 

[Hazel Stevenson]

I feel like 15% is pretty normal. There's vastly more games from 2023 and before, including live services.

 

[Lesovikkstar]

Games cost too much and are priced too high to this to be sustainable, surely