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- The new Steam Replay 2025 report reveals how players spent their total playtime this year.
- Only 14% of players’ total playtime was spent on titles released this year, a concerning metric.
- The rest of the playtime was spent on live-service and multiplayer games that launched before this year.
Steam dominated the PC gaming scene this year, surpassing multiple of its own groundbreaking milestones in the process. It also saw a record-breaking 19K game releases this year, but new metrics reveal they barely made a dent in the store’s entire 2025 playtime.
As every year, Steam published its new Replay report that is personalized for every user. It shows that all Steam users averaged only 14% of the total playtime on titles that launched this year, with the rest taken up by games that came out in 2024 and before.
Why it matters: These metrics show that older, more established live-service and multiplayer games continue to see more activity than 2025’s new single-player and multiplayer releases, a pattern unlikely to change anytime soon.
And unsurprisingly, Steam Replay also reveals that games that arrived between 2018 and 2024 had the most playtime, averaging around 44%. This list includes Helldivers 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, Red Dead Redemption 2, Rust, and the like.
The other 40% was taken by classics that launched eight years ago. This metric includes multiplayer and live-service behemoths like Dota 2, PUBG, GTA 5, and Warframe. These games have managed to retain an incredible number of players over the years.
2025 also saw some incredible games launching on Steam, including both single-player entries like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Multiplayer giants like Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6 also cemented themselves as popular choices.
The statistics also show that the median number of titles played by all Steam users is only 4, confirming the trend that many gamers tend to stick with a select few games rather than checking out many.
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Shameer Sarfaraz has previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, he loves to devoutly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games. Besides his passion for breaking news stories, Shahmeer loves spending his leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited his articles.
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