Only 15% of all Steam users’ time was spent playing games released in 2024

The Steam end-of-year review always throws up some interesting numbers, and with 2024’s stats now out, it prompts some interesting reflections on how we game, both individually and en masse. On a personal level, it turns out I’ve played about 50% fewer games on Steam than last year (I blame Game Pass, emulation, and my overpriced but utterly captivating Nintendo 3DS XL), while turn-based, stealth, and detective games made up a big part of my 2024 jam.

But the really interesting stuff is on the macro scale, as it shows that Steam users spent just 15% of their total playing time in games that launched in 2024. 47% of the total playing time on Steam was spent on games released in the last one to seven years, while a sizeable 37% of time was spent in games that have been out for eight years or more.