Steam released 18,825 new games in 2024, beating its previous record of 14,311 last year. However, Steam-monitoring platform SteamDB breaks down this number into 14,888 limited games and 3,937 games. Limited games are titles that have limited profile customization features because they haven’t met certain criteria like the number of their player base and the number of copies sold. Steam also released its list of the top-rated titles for the year.
Even so, 2024 saw the greatest number of games sold since 2019, with the count consistently increasing from then, even through the 2020 Global Pandemic. One might also say that the 14,888 limited games published on the platform is an achievement, but some also argue that these titles are often rubbish and not worth spending money on.
