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Headline says 'only', but the article says that's actually an increase from last year.
of course it is; 0% of players in 2023 played games released in 2024.
Well technically with early access games, it would be >0%. Although they didn't know that back in 2023...
So we had time travel all this time huh? Excuse me, I'm gonna go play a game from 2723 >!Star Citizen!<
Hell, I'm surprised it is over 10% with how many of the most popular games have been around for years.
Even one of the biggest releases of this year was a DLC to Elden Ring, which means the actual game is still a few years old
My guess is that Palworld and Helldivers 2 carried a good chunk of that time. I was going to mention Factorio Space Age, but it would just track time for base game. Satisfactory has been in early access for a long time, but officially released 1.0 this year as well, I wonder how that'd count.
Up from 9% last year tho...
There's a huge backlog of PC games and a lot that just play their favorites and that's it.
I basically only have games that cost less than $5 on a sale. The prices for new games are ridiculous generally. $100 for something that will take a year to get the bugs fixed? Only suckers buy new games.
Patient Gamers represent!
There are pros and cons to everything. You get to play before the game gets spoiled in GOTY podcasts. You can play a multiplayer game when the most people are playing, before the game has been "solved".
Multiplayer games are the only ones I buy new, but as I grow up, I find myself turning to multiplayer games less and less in favor of good story and single player experience.
9% played 2024 games in 2023?
I'm the guy who is consistently picking up old games that he's always wanted when they go on a steam sale years later for single digits. So I'm constantly three or four (or more years) behind. And I don't really mind because I'm always a single player who doesn't enjoy any form of online multiplayer.
So do I care that I only last month picked up EU4 and a bunch of DLC for cheap, not one bit. Same for Civ 6.
I'll happily chug away at my old games that no one cares about anymore.
I started Civ6 this year too, got it for like 10 dollarydos
Factory gamers were eating good this year.
I don't know what factory I am supposed to grow this week.
Space. Obviously space.
Same with simulators in general like flight/military/factory/etc
Looking through the sale trying to find ANY game that holds an interest for me... Any suggestions? Seems like a lot of trash lately.
Great games that came out in 2024:
- UFO 50
- Peglin
- ANIMAL WELL
- Balatro
2024 games that I haven't tried yet but seem promising:
- Pepper Grinder
- Yellow Taxi Goes Vroom
- Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
- Rabbit and Steel
- Another Crab's Treasure
- Felvidek
All are in no particular order. Dunno if you'll like those but these ones come to mind :)
Rabbit and Steel
I haven't had a chance to properly play it in coop, but I tried Rabbit and Steel and it is really fun.
Thanks! Bought and played a lot of UFO50 already, I liked it. Bought and loved Balatro as well! I'll have to look into the others. Thanks again!
No worries! I've just realized you were asking for games on sale (reading is hard ugh...) so hopefully the ones you want will be discounted mb ^^'
Another Crabs Treasure.
Oof. Wanted to love it. Wanted it to be SpongeBob like but with dark souls but timing is weird. The game is buggy. Fights don't feel satisfying and it's somehow too fast and too slow but people keep telling me to just turn on God mode and it will be fun... But then it's not a game it's a power trip.
I would skip it. I think it got hyped up the way that Stray did without being a great game just a great concept to talk about.
STALKER 2 is okay. Yeah I aint got nothing else besides high grade Slav jank.
It's apparently got a major patch to make it good recently! I plan on getting it next payday because of that
Is Nine Sols in the sale? GOTY for me. Got overlooked by a lot of awards.
Nine Sols is squarely in the "good but not fun" category for me. It is well executed but I did not enjoy most of it. Also the story is a bummer.
I reinstalled Sekiro after finishing it to see if my memory was rose tinted. No, sekiro is still like music. Even cleared the "you should lose this fight" tutorial boss.
It really depends on what you like.
Satisfactory was a lot of fun for me but others might not like it.
Stalker 2 the same.
I'm a big Total War nut also.
And Veilguard was good if a little watered down.
One sale just ended and there's another... Where am I supposed to get time to play when I'm busy buying them?
I hope this article isn't because the industry might consider shifting to a complete subscription model, I really can't afford the rising cost of new games on release or overpriced subscription models.
I’m surprised it is that high.
Seems reasonable to me. What percentage of games on steam have been released in 2024? Gotta be a smoll percentage. Actually, 15 percent seems pretty high now that you mention.
"A whooping 15 percent" seems like a better title.
I think all I played this year was Helldivers 2
balatrooooo
Usually TF2 is up here too depending on the seasonal update rotation.
STALKER 2 is the only new game I think I bought this year
That's because most new games either suck the butt or made by assholes, or both
I want to get Still Wakes the Deep but for what is apparently a pretty short game I'll be waiting for a better discount. that's about the only 2024 game I've been interested in
I actually played a fuck ton of new games and early access beta tests this year (34% of all playtime according to steam replay)
Only recent games I’ve bought are helldivers 2, battlebit, and ready or not. All went bad sadly