Steam Statistics (2024) —Active Users & Market Share

Steam has become one of the world’s most popular gaming distribution platforms since its launch in 2003

Beyond its role as an online game marketplace, Steam fosters community engagement among game developers and players alike, contributing to its widespread popularity.

The number of Steam players has now exceeded 132 million, with millions playing games on the platform simultaneously.

Let’s explore more details about number of Steam users, most popular games on the platform, Steam revenue, and more in this article. 

Steam Statistics 2024 (Editor’s Pick)

  • Steam has 132 million monthly active users (MAU).
  • The platform has 69 million daily active users (DAU).
  • Steam is estimated to generate a revenue of $8.58 billion in 2024.
  • PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS is the most popular game on Steam, with 3.26 million all-time peak concurrent users.
  • In September 2024, Steam hit an all-time peak, with 38.37 million users accessing the platform at the same time.

How Many People Use Steam?

Steam has 132 million monthly active players (MAU).

According to the latest data revealed by Steam’s owner, Valve, the platform reached 132 million users in 2021. That was an increase of 10% compared to the 120 million Steam users recorded in 2020. 

Number Of Steam Active Players

Here is  a table displaying the number of Steam active players by year:

YearSteam Monthly Active Users
2021132 million
2020120 million
201995 million
201890 million
201767 million

Source: Statista

Steam Daily Active Users

Steam has 69 million daily active users (DAU).

As of the latest data, the platform had 69 million daily active players in 2021, an increase of 6.4 million daily active players compared to 62.6 million recorded in 2022. 

Over 52.27% of the Steam monthly active users access the platform at least once a day.

Here is a table displaying the daily active users of Steam worldwide:

YearSteam Daily Active Users
202169 million
202062.6 million
201847 million
201733 million

Source: Statista

Steam Concurrent Users

In September 2024, Steam reached a record high, with 38.37 million users accessing the platform simultaneously.

 Meanwhile, the peak concurrent players in August 2024 and July 2024 were 37.27 million and 36.61 million, respectively. 

Here is a table displaying the concurrent users of Steam recorded in the past months: 

MonthPeak Concurrent players
September 202438,367,277
August 202437,266,324
July 202436,609,032
June 202436,928,521
May 202435,552,327
April 202436,300,119
March 202436,354,393
February 202433,393,132
January 202433,675,229
December 202332,669,308

Source: SteamDB

Steam Revenue 2024

Steam’s revenue for 2024 is projected to reach $8.58 billion, slightly up from the $8.56 billion recorded in 2023. 

Looking ahead, the platform’s revenue is expected to grow to $8.9 billion by 2028.

Steam Revenue By Year

Here is  a table displaying Steam revenue by year:

YearRevenue
2028*$8.9 billion
2027*$8.82 billion
2026*$8.73 billion
2025*$8.67 billion
2024*$8.58 billion
2023$8.56 billion
2022$8.78 billion
2021$10.04 billion
2020$9.72 billion 

*Projected

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor-NEW is the best-selling game on Steam by revenue as of May 2023. 

Here is a list of the top best-selling games on Steam by revenue. 

  1. Star War Jedi: Survivor-NEW
  2. Steam Deck
  3. Mahjong Soul
  4. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II
  5. Age Of Wonders 4- NEW
  6. Naraka: Bladepoint
  7. Cult of the Lamb
  8. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon- Pre-orders
  9. Don’t Starve Together
  10. FIFA 23
  11. 50% of Steam’s revenue comes from only 100 games. 
  12. According to 2021 data, Steam yielded an average revenue of $23.66 per user. However, projections indicate that the average revenue per user will decline to $19.35 by 2027.

Source: Statista.

Most Popular Games On Steam

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS holds the title of the most popular game on Steam, with an all-time peak of 3.26 million concurrent players.

Black Myth: Wukong, Palworld,  Counter-Strike 2, and Lost Ark make it to the top 5 of the list. 

Here is a table displaying the most played games on Steam:

GamesAll-Time Peak Players
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS3,257,248
Black Myth: Wukong2,415,714
Palworld2,101,867
Counter-Strike 21,818,773
Lost Ark1,325,305
Dota 21,295,114
Cyberpunk 20771,054,388
ELDEN RING953,426
Banana917,272
New World913,634

Source: SteamDB

Steam Demographics Statistics

Based on Statista’s report, there are more male video gamers than female gamers in the United States. In this section, we’ll explore this topic further.

43% of Steam users in the United States are aged between 20 to 29 years. 

  • 20 to 29 years- 43%
  • More than 65 years- 6%  

14.43% of Steam users are from the United States. 

There are more than 30 million Steam users in China. 

68% of Steam gamers are male, while the remaining 32% are female in the United States.

Source: Enterprise Apps Today, Statista.

Steam Games Statistics

There are numerous games available on Steam, but only a select few can make it to the top of the list.

In this section, we will highlight all of the top games currently available on Steam.

  • Nearly 50,361 games games are available on Steam as of 2024.
  • In 2023, 9,103 games were released on Steam worldwide.
Steam Games Statistics
YearThe Number of Games Released on Steam Worldwide
200464
200579
2006143
2007129
2008190
2009278
2010309
2011323
2012434
2013583
20141,348
20152,500
20164,315
20176,306
20188,159
20197,816
20209,635
202110,283
202210,963
20239,103
  • Your Chronicle is the most popular game on Steam by average playtime, with 237 hours and 32 minutes as of February 2023. 
GameHours Spend In Two Weeks
Your Chronicle 237 hours and 32 minutes
War Robots208 hours and 59 minutes
Robocraft118 hours and 37 minutes
Black Squad103 hours and 51 minutes
Empyrion- Galactic Survival79 hours and 27 minutes
Hurtworld60 hours and 36 minutes
Crossout59 hours and 42 minutes
Unturned45 hours and 11 minutes
Football Manager 202144 hours and 13 minutes
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit43 hours and 42 minutes

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is the top game on Steam by the hourly average number of players, with 603.77K players. 

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive- 603.77K players
  • Dota 2- 466.5K players
  • Lost Ark- 277.66K players
  • PUBG- 207.87K players
  • Apex Legends- 188.38K players
  • Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II- 149.4K players 
  • Elden Ring- 111.26K players
  • Grand Theft Auto 5 (GTA V)- 93.59K players 
  • Team Fortress 2- 86.68K players
  • Rust- 79.89K players

The most-rated game on Steam is Portal 2, with 97.61% of an average rating. 

Only five games have more than 97% of ratings on Steams. These games are Portal 2, Hades, Factorio, The Witcher: Wild Hunt, and Terraria.

  • Portal 2- 97.61%
  • Factorio- 97.44%
  • Hades- 97.43%
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt- 97.10%
  • Terraria- 97.09%

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive only have 88% of ratings on Steam.  

On Steam, the top 1% of games earn more than $25 million. 

Half of the Steam games (50%) even do not earn $5,000. 

There are only 12 games that have Platinum ratings on Steam. 

On average, 63 games sales for every review on Steam. 

Over 50,000 games are available on U.S. Steam Store.   

From 2020, the sales of games on Steam increased by 21%.  

Source: Statista, Finance Online.

Steam Content Statistics

Here we will take a look at the most popular languages used by Steam users on the Steam platform. Let’s dive right in.

English is the most common language of the Steam gaming platform, with 36.87% of the share as of 2023. 

  • English- 36.87%
  • Simplified Chinese- 23.81%
  • Russian- 10.31%
  • Spanish-Spain- 5.63%
  • Portuguese-Brazil- 4.08%
  • German- 2.96%
  • French- 2.38%
  • Japanese- 2.18%
  • Polish- 1.92%
  • Turkish- 1.64%

Source: Statista.

Steam Library Statistics

You’ll find a diverse range of game developers within the Steam Library. In the following section, we’ll highlight some of the industry’s leading developers on Steam.

Valve game developer has the top ratings, with 8.5 ratings. 

  • Valve- 8.5 ratings
  • Supergiant Games- 8.44 ratings
  • Klei Developers- 8.4 ratings
  • The Behemoth- 8.36 ratings
  • Free Lives- 8.35 ratings
  • CDPR- 8.18 ratings
  • Bethesda- 7.85 ratings
  • Feral Interactive- 7.8 ratings

Source: Finance Online.

What Steam Gamers Use?

Gamers utilize various tools and devices while engaging in online games. In this section, I have gathered all pertinent statistics regarding the gadgets used by Steam gamers.

Let’s take a look.

  • 48 million Steam users use game controllers.
  • 74.83% of Steam users use NVIDIA video cards.

Here is a list of video cards that Steam users use. 

  • NVIDIA- 74.83% 
  • AMD- 16.28%
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060- 9.19%
  • Intel- 8.76% 

100% of Steam users use microphones. 

71.34% of Steam gamers use Intel as a PC processor. 

22.91% of Steam gamers use Oculus Quest 2 VR headsets. 

  • Oculus Quest 2- 22.91%
  • Oculus Rift S- 21.58%
  • Valve Index HMD- 16%

71.82% of Steam users with multiple monitors have a desktop resolution of 2840 x 1080, while 67.29% have a primary display resolution of 1920 x 1080.

Windows 10-64 bit operating system is most used by Steam games, with 63.46% of the share as of 2023. 

  • Windows 10 64-bit- 63.46%
  • Windows 11 64-bit- 30.33%
  • Windows 7 64-bit- 1.6%
  • Mac OS 12.5.0 64-bit- 0.52%
  • Others- 4.09%

16 GB RAM is used by more than half of the Steam users, with 51.74% of the share as of 2023. 

  • 16 GB- 51.74% 
  • 8 GB- 21.3%
  • 32 GB- 13.84%
  • 4 GB- 5.84%
  • Other- 7.28%

Source: Finance Online. 

Conclusion: Over 132 Million People Use Steam

Steam continues to maintain its position as the leading digital gaming platform, boasting impressive growth in both user base and revenue.

With over 132 million active users, record-breaking concurrent player counts, and projected revenue projected to reach $8.9 billion by 2028, Steam remains one of the most popular platforms in the gaming industry.

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