The online gaming platform, Steam, was first released by the Valve Corporation in 2003. What started off as a small platform for Valve to provide updates to its games has turned into the largest computer gaming platform in the world. The platform initially released just 72 games in 2004, but this number has progressively risen in the ensuing years, reaching a staggering 12,068 in 2023, up from 9,394 in 2020.
Number of games released on Steam worldwide from 2004 to 2024 YTD
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