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Steam achieves a new record with over 33.6 million concurrent users

Steam has set a new record after over 33.6 million users were logged in to the service at the same time.

Over 14,500 games launched on Steam in 2023, breaking records for the fourth year in a row

Over 14,500 games launched on Steam in 2023, breaking records for the fourth year in a row

By launching an average of 36 games per day in 2023 according to SteamDB, Steam exceeded its previous "high score" in annual game releases. Steam's own Best of 2023 page also provides some insight on the most successful titles of the year.

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Left 4 Dead creator says he'll never do Early Access again: "SteamDB will say we have 1 player yesterday - we have 10,000"

Left 4 Dead creator says he'll never do Early Access again: "SteamDB will say we have 1 player yesterday - we have 10,000"

Chet Faliszek says stats are "synthesized on bad data and always amazingly low"

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In under 6 weeks, co-op hit Lethal Company passes Baldur's Gate 3 and Resident Evil 4 to become the highest-rated Steam release of 2023

The viral co-op horror game has well and truly exploded

Steam is reportedly adding features to let you limit play time and hide games from your friends

There'll also be controls to let parents restrict purchases for children

Armored Core 6 is the fifth biggest Steam launch of 2023 and FromSoft's second-biggest launch ever

Armored Core 6: Fire of Rubicon is off to a mechtastic start, racking up over 156,000 concurrent players in its debut weekend.

The inevitable Half-Life 2 RTX remix is being made without Valve

Nvidia's calling it "the most comprehensive graphical remaster of Half-Life 2" and is working with the modding community to make it happen.

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All signs point to Valve selling certified refurbished Steam Decks in the future (update: confirmed)

All signs point to Valve selling certified refurbished Steam Decks in the future (update: confirmed)

Valve briefly pushed information on refurbished Steam Decks to its store long enough for us to see what they're up to.

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Valve lets slip plan to sell refurbished Steam Decks

Valve lets slip plan to sell refurbished Steam Decks

These officially Certified Refurbished models made it onto the Steam store just long enough to be spotted on SteamDB.

Baldur's Gate 3 dominating the Steam Charts, Starfield keeps making moves too

Baldur's Gate 3 dominating the Steam Charts, Starfield keeps making moves too

Baldur's Gate 3 has been a roaring success in the sales and player number charts, while Starfield is also starting to make some moves.

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This new Steam update will show you the lowest price a game has sold for in the last 30 days

This new Steam update will show you the lowest price a game has sold for in the last 30 days

But only if you're in the EU

Street Fighter 6 is already the most popular fighting game on Steam

Street Fighter 6 is already the most popular fighting game on Steam

Just hours after Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 launched, it’s already become the most popular fighting game on Steam

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Starfield quietly drops Russian language support and Bethesda won't say why

Starfield quietly drops Russian language support and Bethesda won't say why

Russian language support was cut earlier this week.

Starfield loses Russian language support on PC, and fans have mixed feelings about it

Starfield loses Russian language support on PC, and fans have mixed feelings about it

Bethesda wouldn't be the first developer to limit its game in Russia

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Random Fallout 4 update references "New Vegas 2" and nobody knows why

What does this mean, Todd?!

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Returnal is the next Playstation exclusive to come to PC

Roguelike third-person shooter Returnal will be the next big Sony exclusive to make the jump to PC, based on back-end Steam data surfaced on SteamDB.

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