Most Popular Games on Steam | 2012 - 2021 🎮🕹️🖥️ 📊

Watch as this data visualization and bar chart race ranks the top games on Steam from 2012 to 2021. The dataset contains the average players by month for the current top 100 games. The graph at the bottom tracks total monthly average players for the same time period.

Chapters:
00:00 Steam history and stats
00:24 Player with highest Steam level: St4ck
00:41 Carmaggedon Max Pack
00:59 Origin of Valve's logo
01:18 AI bots in Counter-Strike
01:45 Left 4 Dead easter egg
02:03 NASA and Portal 2
02:22 Stephen King and Half Life
02:40 Origin of GlaDOS
02:58 Market value of Valve

Steam is a video game digital distribution service by Valve. It was launched as a standalone software client in September 2003 as a way for Valve to provide automatic updates for their games and, expanded to include games from third-party publishers. Steam has also expanded into an online web-based and mobile digital storefront.

The Steam platform is the largest digital distribution platform for PC gaming, holding around 75% of the market share in 2013. By 2017, users purchasing games through Steam totaled roughly US$4.3 billion, representing at least 18% of global PC game sales. By 2019, the service had over 34,000 games with over 95 million monthly active users. The success of Steam has led to the development of a line of Steam Machine microconsoles, which include the SteamOS operating system and Steam Controllers, Steam Link devices for local game streaming, and the upcoming Steam Deck, a handheld personal computer system tailored for running Steam games.

📊 Data:
Steam | https://steamcharts.com/
Statista | https://www.statista.com/

📝 Research:
Encyclopedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/
http://www.findmysoft.com/news/10-Amazing-Stats-Facts-You-Probably-Don-t-Know-About-Steam/
https://dankfacts.com/13-amazing-facts-about-valve/
https://comparecamp.com/steam-statistics/
https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/techtalk/25-facts-for-Valve-super-fans/
https://mddailyrecord.com/valve-net-worth-2021-2022-2023

🎵 Track Info:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5oUlEEHYqk

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