"Alongside your own stats and details, Steam Replay measures you against the average Steam user, and in doing so reveals some extraordinary statistics about how people really play games. So where the page tells you about how many achievements you unlocked this year, it'll compare that to the median of just 11, or how the average longest streak of days on which games are played is only 6."
"Then there's the really astonishing fact that the median user of Steam plays just four games a year. Not "buys" but "plays." And given the frequent Steam sales that mean squillions of games are available for as little as a dollar, and the ease with which multiple free games can be played, to get an average as low as four suggests vast numbers of Steam users are playing far, far fewer than that."
"Then comes perhaps the most shocking statistic. Where you're told how much time you spent playing games released in 2025 (mine was 58 percent), you're told that the average percentage is just 14. Of all the time all Steam users (estimated to be around 185 million people in September 2024) play games, just a seventh is on a game from this year."
Steam Replay compares individual play statistics to the median Steam user and surfaces revealing metrics about how people actually play. Median values include just 11 achievements unlocked and an average longest daily play streak of six days. The median Steam user plays only four games per year, and many players focus on playing rather than buying. Only 14 percent of aggregate Steam playtime is on games released in 2025, while 40 percent is on games eight or more years old and 44 percent on games one to seven years old, indicating heavy engagement with older titles.
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