A detailed report on consumer habits and video game releases in the Cf shows that more than half of the games released on the Valve platform were released in the last three years. And it doesn’t end there: more than half of the games available on the platform haven’t even raised thousands of dollars throughout its life cycle. Below we tell you more:
More than half of the games released on Steam are less than three years old and have grossed less than a thousand dollars
According to the data published in newsletter GameDiscover, Over 50% of games released on Valve’s digital store have grossed less than $1,000 it has a life cycle, which is the period of time from its launch to the present time. On the other hand, Over 41,000 video games have been released on Steam in the past three yearswhat does that mean 58% currently available on the platform. Among these new releases is Counter-Strike 2.
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Something that has a lot to do with these numbers is the fact that We only need to pay one hundred dollars to publish a video game on Steamas we see on the site itself.
The conclusions that GameDiscover makes by tabulating the data are as follows:
- Most games that make less than $5,000 are small hobby projects.. These more modest games are created by very small teams, sometimes just one person, who create them for pure hobby and to improve their skills, and the income generated is ancillary, not a business model.
- Most of the developers who make successful games are small studios. There are many Steam success stories related to the previous category, either because of the quality of the game itself or because a well-known streamer gives it a very strong boost in visibility, as was the case with Only Up!, which is now removed from Steam by decision its creator.
- The PC ecosystem has eliminated generations. Consumers now have a single library of games instead of having to buy a different machine, as is the case with different generations of consoles.
- Starting from 2019, the number of new successful games is increasing year by year. The “metric” used to define the success story generated more than $10,000 in the first three months after launch.
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Catastrophic forecasts are backed by data. I the data doesn’t lie: modest releases by small studios are in good health thanks to digital stores like Valve.
