The prime 100 greatest promoting video games on Steam made 50% of the income earned by the platform. Speaking at GDC, SteamSpy proprietor and operator Sergey Galyonkin stated that in 2017, the lion’s share of income is gathered by a tiny minority of video games.
Valve are going to start shipping games again, which can most likely enhance these numbers even additional.
Last yr, 7,696 video games have been revealed on Steam, that means that the highest 100 video games make up a bit over 1% of every thing revealed on the platform final yr. Yet regardless of making up a tiny proportion of the accessible video games, the most well-liked video games on the platform made half of the cash spent.
There are just a few technicalities that can have an effect on outcomes – a tiny proportion of Steam accounts aren’t public, for instance, that means SteamSpy can’t learn their information. The service additionally doesn’t account for refunds, DLC, or microtransactions, which could imply video games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which has a fairly wholesome cosmetics financial system, would possibly contribute greater than these numbers recommend.
Galyonkin tweeted final evening to say that final yr was the platform’s greatest ever, with a complete income of $4.three billion, up roughly $800 million on 2016 (not counting in-app purchases or DLC, which can undoubtedly pad that determine). That implies that the highest 100 video games made one thing within the area of $2.15 billion. There are greater than 21,000 video games on Steam in whole, that means that the underside 20,900 video games needed to duke it out for his or her share of the opposite half of the income.
2017 was one of the best yr for Valve thus far: Steam’s share of the market grew to $4.3B, not counting in-apps and DLCs.
If you are at #GDC18, come to my discuss at 4PM at 2005 West for much more numbers and graphs. pic.twitter.com/j4a15aBvpZ
— Steam Spy GDC (@Steam_Spy) March 22, 2018
Galyonkin additionally revealed among the greatest earners of 2017. PUBG topped that checklist by an enormous margin, incomes round $600 million by itself final yr. CSGO got here in second, incomes $120 million. Interestingly (to me at the very least), indie darling Cuphead got here in at 20th, with a complete income within the area of $22 million.
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