Over 14,000 Games Released on Steam in 2023 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 January 2024 / 4,169 Views
There were over 14,000 games released on Steam in 2023, which is a new record for the digital storefront, according to SteamDB.
There were 14,535 games released on Steam in 2023, which is up from the previous record of 12,562 games released in 2022.
According to Circana data, the closest any other platform has come to Steam in the US was the Nintendo Switch with 2,360 games released in 2023. This does mean Steam had over six times as many games released on it than the Nintendo Switch last year.
Over 14,000 games released on Steam in 2023.https://t.co/9fF4zjBAEu pic.twitter.com/ca9vl4MsgP
— SteamDB (@SteamDB) January 2, 2024
According to @WeAreCircana 's own @SilvaStandard , the closest any other platform has come in the US is the 2,360 games released on Switch, also in 2023.
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) January 3, 2024
14,000 is a lot.
"Steam breaks another annual record, launching more than 14,000 games in 2023" https://t.co/f0VlXy7vfl
Here is the total number of games released on Steam by year:
- 2023 - 14,535
- 2022 - 12,562
- 2021 - 11,389
- 2020 - 9,746
- 2019 - 8,134
- 2018 - 8,900
- 2017 - 6,949
- 2016 - 4,670
- 2015 - 2,829
- 2014 - 1,715
- 2013 - 435
- 2012 - 301
- 2011 - 280
- 2010 - 276
- 2009 - 379
- 2008 - 242
- 2007 - 136
- 2006 - 71
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Unfortunately this isn't actually a good thing, considering how much shovelware is released on Steam these days lol
Quality over quantity?
And Conina owns everyone of them😊
And how many were at least good? 400? Maybe? And how many of those 400 were great to amazing? 4-10?
Steam is textbook quantity over quality.
Yeah, Switch is loaded with mediocre games and even shovelware. PlayStation has a lot as well. But I suppose being on an open platform opens the floodgates for Steam.
I mean, sure, "games", but really 90% of that is garbage.
And only 4 of them good
As a steam colelctor. Its hard to buy all these "games"
