Peak online of 33 million people and revenue growth of games on sale — Steam summed up the results of 2023

The Steam team shared the platform's statistics for 2023. It turned out that by some indicators it was a record.

The main thing from the report

In 2023, the peak online Steam reached the mark of 33 million people. By the way, Steam has already updated this record this year — in January 2024, online grew to 33.67 million people.
For the first time, more than 500 games in a year have grossed over $3 million each. For comparison, in 2018, half as many games had such annual revenues.
During the fall sale of 2023, the games earned more than a year earlier. This time, 19% more games were able to earn over $500,000, and 21% more games were able to earn over $1 million.

From December 20 to December 31, 2023, Steam users activated gift cards worth over $80 million.
More than a quarter of the new products from the top of the best games were developed by the teams that first released the game on Steam.
During the year, 11.8 million Steam users used the playtest function — 41% more than in 2022.
The Steam team reported that Antarctica residents are actively playing on the platform. Over the past week, they have downloaded a total of 200 GB of games and updates.