Valve claims over 5,000 Steam games earned more than $100,000 last year. Oh, and it'd really love some RAM

Steam's dominance as a gaming platform shows no sign of faltering, does it? In early January, it set a new concurrent user record, which is about as strong a start to a new year as you can hope for, and since then it's smashed it again with a peak of 42 million players. Sure, Valve has some headaches to contend with in 2026 too - component price rises and shortages are clearly having an effect on its lineup of new hardware, and it's got a few lawsuits floating around as well. However, it's still the go-to destination for most PC gamers. In a talk at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Valve has now shared some interesting data behind how many games are finding success on Steam. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS:"I don't want to play them:" 10% of the top Steam Next Fest demos admit to using generative AINew report says older games like CS2 and League of Legends take up 35% of PC playtime, but Roblox reigns supremeValve just made Steam user reviews infinitely more useful with the option to add your gaming PC specs

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Steam's dominance as a gaming platform shows no sign of faltering, does it? In early January, it set a new concurrent user record, which is about as strong a start to a new year as you can hope for, and since then it's smashed it again with a peak of 42 million players. Sure, Valve has some headaches to contend with in 2026 too - component price rises and shortages are clearly having an effect on its lineup of new hardware, and it's got a few lawsuits floating around as well. However, it's still the go-to destination for most PC gamers. In a talk at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Valve has now shared some interesting data behind how many games are finding success on Steam.

Read the rest of the story...

RELATED LINKS:
"I don't want to play them:" 10% of the top Steam Next Fest demos admit to using generative AI
New report says older games like CS2 and League of Legends take up 35% of PC playtime, but Roblox reigns supreme
Valve just made Steam user reviews infinitely more useful with the option to add your gaming PC specs

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