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

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.

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

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.

Factory gamers were eating good this year.

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.

makes sense, most games came out before 2024

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

That's because most new games either suck the butt or made by assholes, or both

Headline says 'only', but the article says that's actually an increase from last year.

Up from 9% last year tho...

There's a huge backlog of PC games and a lot that just play their favorites and that's it.

Looking through the sale trying to find ANY game that holds an interest for me... Any suggestions? Seems like a lot of trash lately.

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.

I’m surprised it is that high.

One sale just ended and there's another... Where am I supposed to get time to play when I'm busy buying them?

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

I think all I played this year was Helldivers 2

STALKER 2 is the only new game I think I bought this year

Only recent games I’ve bought are helldivers 2, battlebit, and ready or not. All went bad sadly