Over 6,000 games have been released on Steam this year
Over 6,000 games have been released on Steam this year
It has now been reported that over 6,000 games have been released in 2017 so far, almost as many games as what was released on the platform between 2005 and 2015 and around 1,500 more than were released in 2016. This data comes from Daniel Ahmad, an analyst at Niko Partners.
Since 2014 the number of new Steam games has increased significantly, leading many to argue that Steam has become too open while others see this as a natural progression that allows smaller developers to easily access Steam’s userbase.
With so many games releasing on the platform in a daily basis it is easy to see why so many low-quality games are on the platform and why Valve has had to abandon their “New Releases” section in the store homepage in favour of a “New and Trending” section.
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