Whew! What a yr it was. We noticed One of the best Steam video games of 2023 revealed – with some stunning outcomes – countered by the tragic lack of quite a lot of studios and growth groups. Above all, the final 12 months have proven the recognition of gaming is in no way dipping.

In line with current information from SteamDB, 14,533 video games had been launched on the Steam platform in 2023. Except 2018, we will see this quantity has been on the rise for the reason that early 2000s. In line with the graph, October was the busiest month, with 1,324 titles launched on the platform.

Given what we will see – and offering the information is certainly correct – we will count on this determine to rise even additional all through this new yr.

Diamonds within the tough

Clearly, over 14,500 online game launches is lots. However it’s greater than doubtless that many of those would have been obscure indie titles that maybe didn’t make a lot of an influence. However that’s okay, the quantity alone exhibits that gaming – particularly on PC – continues to be on the rise.

Really, the indie scene did have fairly an influence on the business. The SteamDB chart exhibits that impartial builders launched a complete of 6,408 video games, which accounts for round 44% of all titles launched final yr. That and we bought to see the big success of the likes of Deadly Firm, which nonetheless holds a excessive place on Steam’s Prime Sellers (simply behind Baldur’s Gate 3, no much less).

Briefly, 2023 noticed a hell of quite a lot of video video games being launched on Steam. Could it proceed into 2024 and past.