Steam saw a record-breaking number of game releases in 2024, with nearly 19,000 new titles hitting the platform. While this signifies a significant increase compared to previous years, the number of games reaching notable popularity and community engagement remains relatively stagnant.
Nearly 19,000 videogame products released on Steam this year—18,945 as of press time, meaning if 50-some things get dropped before January 1, 2025 my headline there turns into a lie but whatever I'm going for it. Where was it?According to ever-reliable stat tracker Steam DB
Despite the onrushing tide of games, only a few more of them made the threshold of popularity that Valve requires for community profile features to get enabled—that's when they can have profile customization like trading cards, badges, and emoticons, and when they count towards a user's Game Collector and Achievement Collector totals.
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