i thought we had moved beyond this
situation surrounding the game aside, using steamchart player numbers to judge a game's success or something has never been a good metric, we went over this years ago
situation surrounding the game aside, using steamchart player numbers to judge a game's success or something has never been a good metric, we went over this years ago
City of the Wolves' launch peak on Steam is lower than that of any fighting game released since DNF Duel. This is rather pathetic compared to this release's marketing budget. Gives me mixed emotions, but ultimately, fuck this. Let it burn.
April 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
i thought we had moved beyond this
situation surrounding the game aside, using steamchart player numbers to judge a game's success or something has never been a good metric, we went over this years ago
situation surrounding the game aside, using steamchart player numbers to judge a game's success or something has never been a good metric, we went over this years ago
Now that we’ve agreed SteamChart pocket watching is dumb b/c Marathon rocks, we can also agree not to push “X game has lost Y% of its players a month after launch” content, right?
There are bigger things to worry about, but that coverage actively hurts games and importantly the folks who make them.
There are bigger things to worry about, but that coverage actively hurts games and importantly the folks who make them.
April 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Now that we’ve agreed SteamChart pocket watching is dumb b/c Marathon rocks, we can also agree not to push “X game has lost Y% of its players a month after launch” content, right?
There are bigger things to worry about, but that coverage actively hurts games and importantly the folks who make them.
There are bigger things to worry about, but that coverage actively hurts games and importantly the folks who make them.
as someone that loves arc raiders, i genuinely cannot wait to watch the game die. people online comparing every fucking video game to steamchart numbers of arc raiders is so unhealthy for the game industry. embark also might be the worst company at addressing issues in their game i've ever seen
February 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
as someone that loves arc raiders, i genuinely cannot wait to watch the game die. people online comparing every fucking video game to steamchart numbers of arc raiders is so unhealthy for the game industry. embark also might be the worst company at addressing issues in their game i've ever seen
I saw him worm the phrase "Arena Royale" back into his new statement on why his re-released game's steamchart numbers are still ass and I was screaming at the phone over it. how is he the last person to realize nobody wants this from the free Portal-Halo guys
January 7, 2026 at 2:54 AM
I saw him worm the phrase "Arena Royale" back into his new statement on why his re-released game's steamchart numbers are still ass and I was screaming at the phone over it. how is he the last person to realize nobody wants this from the free Portal-Halo guys
people are people and people have opinions but I was getting war flashbacks to when dunkey was popular when tassi kept posting marathon steamchart numbers every week and made everyone hate a game they'd never even bothered to look into before
September 21, 2026 at 11:29 PM
people are people and people have opinions but I was getting war flashbacks to when dunkey was popular when tassi kept posting marathon steamchart numbers every week and made everyone hate a game they'd never even bothered to look into before
Marathon steamchart son or Pragmata chud daughter
April 20, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Marathon steamchart son or Pragmata chud daughter
i watch 1 videosgames yt vid and now ive been sent back to the 10th rung of Hell: steamchart analysts
June 2, 2026 at 1:47 AM
i watch 1 videosgames yt vid and now ive been sent back to the 10th rung of Hell: steamchart analysts
Yo-ho, steamchart-neighbours! Hope it is smooth sailing form here!
June 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yo-ho, steamchart-neighbours! Hope it is smooth sailing form here!
Seeing people do steamchart discourse with non FG games cracks me up sm. A popular game will have 30k concurrent players long after it's peak and the audience will shit on devs for not holding 500k when everyone's moved on to the new Twitch Flavor of The Month lol
August 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Seeing people do steamchart discourse with non FG games cracks me up sm. A popular game will have 30k concurrent players long after it's peak and the audience will shit on devs for not holding 500k when everyone's moved on to the new Twitch Flavor of The Month lol
I think most gamers who talk online about games almost exclusively talk about them as consumer products, and because thats genuinely the inverse of seeing it as art actual artistic critique is almost always forgotten in favor of things like steamchart posting and dumb shit.
June 4, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I think most gamers who talk online about games almost exclusively talk about them as consumer products, and because thats genuinely the inverse of seeing it as art actual artistic critique is almost always forgotten in favor of things like steamchart posting and dumb shit.
a bit of an aside but if anything, looking at steamcharts for FGs only highlights how street fighter 6's massive mainstream success has mercilessly absorbed so many players from other games,,
but whipping out a steamchart to be like "number lower after launch, game is ded" is just so dumb anywhere
but whipping out a steamchart to be like "number lower after launch, game is ded" is just so dumb anywhere
February 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM
a bit of an aside but if anything, looking at steamcharts for FGs only highlights how street fighter 6's massive mainstream success has mercilessly absorbed so many players from other games,,
but whipping out a steamchart to be like "number lower after launch, game is ded" is just so dumb anywhere
but whipping out a steamchart to be like "number lower after launch, game is ded" is just so dumb anywhere
It fuckin' WILD that Rockstar are disrespecting PC users with this GTA6 "Console only" crap when these are the current numbers on steam for GTA5.
A 12 year old game.
This is more numbers than most AAA new releases.
A 12 year old game.
This is more numbers than most AAA new releases.
February 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
It fuckin' WILD that Rockstar are disrespecting PC users with this GTA6 "Console only" crap when these are the current numbers on steam for GTA5.
A 12 year old game.
This is more numbers than most AAA new releases.
A 12 year old game.
This is more numbers than most AAA new releases.
One thing that bothers me about gaming discourse on the internet in the last ten years is what I want to call shareholder mentality. It's arguing over steamchart screens, it's telling critics they're scaring the players away, it's shutting down design talk with "yeah but it sells". I don't like it.
October 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
One thing that bothers me about gaming discourse on the internet in the last ten years is what I want to call shareholder mentality. It's arguing over steamchart screens, it's telling critics they're scaring the players away, it's shutting down design talk with "yeah but it sells". I don't like it.
I looked at steamspy, steamchart, steam achievements and number of steam and metacritic reviews for bg3 and the wizard game and the wizard game is blatantly not the number one game of 2023 by a large margin. BG3 clearly is.
January 19, 2024 at 1:19 AM
I looked at steamspy, steamchart, steam achievements and number of steam and metacritic reviews for bg3 and the wizard game and the wizard game is blatantly not the number one game of 2023 by a large margin. BG3 clearly is.
I think “SteamChart Culture” is a major drain on gaming, and players have absolutely no need for game population metrics beyond stupid repackaged console wars bullshit.
It’s mainly used for confirmation bias and grifting, with an inverse relationship between posting about it and playing the games.
It’s mainly used for confirmation bias and grifting, with an inverse relationship between posting about it and playing the games.
March 15, 2026 at 11:51 AM
I think “SteamChart Culture” is a major drain on gaming, and players have absolutely no need for game population metrics beyond stupid repackaged console wars bullshit.
It’s mainly used for confirmation bias and grifting, with an inverse relationship between posting about it and playing the games.
It’s mainly used for confirmation bias and grifting, with an inverse relationship between posting about it and playing the games.
Destiny 2 had more players sign in on PC yesterday than any day since The Final Shape (Steamchart which is not other platforms)
June 11, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Destiny 2 had more players sign in on PC yesterday than any day since The Final Shape (Steamchart which is not other platforms)
The All-Time peak of Marathon (77,358) players on Steamcharts is currently less than Destiny 2’s current playercount (86,906).
I loath steamchart posts but that’s wild.
I loath steamchart posts but that’s wild.
June 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The All-Time peak of Marathon (77,358) players on Steamcharts is currently less than Destiny 2’s current playercount (86,906).
I loath steamchart posts but that’s wild.
I loath steamchart posts but that’s wild.
SteamChart is stupid. I saw people calling a single player game a massive failure because it had a significantly smaller playerbase... MONTHS after the game was released.
It's dumb.
It's dumb.
April 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
SteamChart is stupid. I saw people calling a single player game a massive failure because it had a significantly smaller playerbase... MONTHS after the game was released.
It's dumb.
It's dumb.
Amazing.
Look at the company this 13 year-old game is keeping.
So happy for Digital Extremes, my favourite developers in the world.
#warframe #steamcharts #lootershooter #coop
Look at the company this 13 year-old game is keeping.
So happy for Digital Extremes, my favourite developers in the world.
#warframe #steamcharts #lootershooter #coop
August 29, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Amazing.
Look at the company this 13 year-old game is keeping.
So happy for Digital Extremes, my favourite developers in the world.
#warframe #steamcharts #lootershooter #coop
Look at the company this 13 year-old game is keeping.
So happy for Digital Extremes, my favourite developers in the world.
#warframe #steamcharts #lootershooter #coop
Decided to judge every game by steamchart player numbers. If it has less than the arbitrary game I pick it's bad. Doesn't work for console only games but those are mostly nintendo and I just assume it has performance problems.
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Decided to judge every game by steamchart player numbers. If it has less than the arbitrary game I pick it's bad. Doesn't work for console only games but those are mostly nintendo and I just assume it has performance problems.
A newcomer has shaken up the ranks in this week's SteamDB chart. Can you guess which one? 🤔
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August 3, 2026 at 6:00 PM
A newcomer has shaken up the ranks in this week's SteamDB chart. Can you guess which one? 🤔
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#Steamchart #roguelite #roguelike
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it genuinely kinda feels like higher ups in riot str8 up did not like the game, the marketing was non existent and the riot socials just posted about it less than any of their other stuff. ppl didnt even know it was 1.0!!
and yeah absolutely "dead game" steamchart analysis makes me so sad
and yeah absolutely "dead game" steamchart analysis makes me so sad
August 27, 2026 at 10:37 PM
it genuinely kinda feels like higher ups in riot str8 up did not like the game, the marketing was non existent and the riot socials just posted about it less than any of their other stuff. ppl didnt even know it was 1.0!!
and yeah absolutely "dead game" steamchart analysis makes me so sad
and yeah absolutely "dead game" steamchart analysis makes me so sad
The Steam chart is up and there's been a surprise addition to the top 10 this week 👀Find out what everyone's been playing in our weekly feature 🎮
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August 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The Steam chart is up and there's been a surprise addition to the top 10 this week 👀Find out what everyone's been playing in our weekly feature 🎮
allrogues.com/steams-rogue...
#roguelike #Steamchart #roguegames
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#roguelike #Steamchart #roguegames
every time ppl get the same discourse in trying to figure out why 90% of all fighting games hit 2-3 digit steamchart numbers in a month, we will continue to spin around the same ideas (single player, teams, ease, ect) and ignore games with them and still fail to hit the dream FG numbers.
February 11, 2026 at 11:40 PM
every time ppl get the same discourse in trying to figure out why 90% of all fighting games hit 2-3 digit steamchart numbers in a month, we will continue to spin around the same ideas (single player, teams, ease, ect) and ignore games with them and still fail to hit the dream FG numbers.
Our latest Steam charts reveal the 10 most-played rogue games of the week, with Slay the Spire 2 piling the pressure on the current number one. -https://allrogues.com/most-played-rogue-games-of-the-week-slay-the-spire-2-closes-in-as-steams-rogue-chart-holds-firm/
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July 20, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Our latest Steam charts reveal the 10 most-played rogue games of the week, with Slay the Spire 2 piling the pressure on the current number one. -https://allrogues.com/most-played-rogue-games-of-the-week-slay-the-spire-2-closes-in-as-steams-rogue-chart-holds-firm/
#RogueGames #SteamChart
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