Over 14,500 games made their way to Valve's Steam platform in 2023, according to a quick look at SteamDB'. This continues a four-year streak of Steam breaking its record each year, though releases in general have ballooned dramatically in the past ten years as Valve loosened Steam publishing requirements with what eventually became Steam Direct.
Now, make no mistake: we can't guarantee that even a majority of these games are actually worth your money or your time. However, there's a bit more to this giant number of PC Steam releases than meets the eye, and we can actually dig into that deeper meat ourselves by taking a closer look at Valve's official Best of 2023 page— particularly the "New Releases" tab, since "Top Sellers" includes games released in past years that are still successful today.
