Recently, I used Steam's database to make a crawler because I wanted to learn some Python. I pulled data from Steam up until November 2022 and got about 60,000 game pages. After cleaning up the data, I was left with around 40,000 games. Most of the games I removed were ones that hadn't been released yet.
I did a quick analysis on indie games using that data and added in some of my own thoughts. If you're into indie game development and thinking about launching on Steam, you might find it interesting to see what the data says about Steam's trends. It could help you come up with a better plan for your game next year.
Before we begin, let me briefly explain the content of this data.
The data source is the Steam platform, and the collecting date is November 18, 2022. It contains 44,191 released games. The store country is Australia (prices are in Australian standards), with the following 9 features.
| Game name | Price | Positive review rate | All review number | Release date | Game tag (439 tags) | Developer | Steam Feature (28 features) | Game language (103 languages) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Alright, let's begin!
<aside> 💬 This data belongs to Steam and is only shared for free reference, please do not use it for commercial purposes. Steam has the right to notify me at any time and take down this article.
The content of the article is based on my understanding and analysis and is time-sensitive (the data date is November 18, 2022). If there are any discrepancies with the facts, please point them out and provide suggestions, thank you.
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First of all, because this analysis focuses on indie games, of the 44,191 games, games that cost more than 50 AUD were not counted as indie games, leaving 43,143 games after deletion.
Next, since the game market is changing rapidly every year, long-term analysis is not the main focus of this analysis. So games that were released over two years ago were not included in the consideration, only games that were released after 2021 were included in the analysis, leaving about 15,220 games.