Steam's end-of-year review of what we play and how we play makes for some interesting reading.
  • sunbytes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I’ve also been playing games that haven’t been released yet.

    Has there ever been an extraction shooter that released?

  • mlg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Usually TF2 is up here too depending on the seasonal update rotation.

  • Fades@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I actually played a fuck ton of new games and early access beta tests this year (34% of all playtime according to steam replay)

  • stevedice@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 days ago

    And that’s a biased statistic. My recap shows I spent 1% of my time playing games released in 2024 when I know, for a fact, that I didn’t. Upon further investigation, I found that it was counting my play time in Palworld as 1% even though it still shows as “0 minutes” because I literally only opened it to check that it worked.

  • BlueFootedPetey@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Seems reasonable to me. What percentage of games on steam have been released in 2024? Gotta be a smoll percentage. Actually, 15 percent seems pretty high now that you mention.

    “A whooping 15 percent” seems like a better title.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I’m the guy who is consistently picking up old games that he’s always wanted when they go on a steam sale years later for single digits. So I’m constantly three or four (or more years) behind. And I don’t really mind because I’m always a single player who doesn’t enjoy any form of online multiplayer.

    So do I care that I only last month picked up EU4 and a bunch of DLC for cheap, not one bit. Same for Civ 6.

    I’ll happily chug away at my old games that no one cares about anymore.

  • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 days ago

    i always wait until the games are actually done (and priced reasonably), and that means nowadays that yeah, no 2024 games.

  • Marin_Rider@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I want to get Still Wakes the Deep but for what is apparently a pretty short game I’ll be waiting for a better discount. that’s about the only 2024 game I’ve been interested in

  • AMillionNames@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I hope this article isn’t because the industry might consider shifting to a complete subscription model, I really can’t afford the rising cost of new games on release or overpriced subscription models.