The global nature of the platform can be seen by the wide range of languages spoken by its users.

dollars in game sales in 2017, marking a dramatic increase from the 1.5 billion U.S. As a result, gamers flock to Steam in their millions, with the platform registering over 25.47 million peak concurrent users in May 2021.

With such a wide range of games on offer from traditional online multiplayer shooters to farming simulators, there is something for every gaming taste on the platform. When you think of PC gaming, you automatically think of Steam. In 2021, 3,031 titles have been released on the platform so far.

The platform initially released just seven games in 2004, but this number has progressively risen in the ensuing years, reaching a staggering 10,263 in 2020, up from 8,033 in 2019. What started off as a small platform for Valve to provide updates to its games has turned into the largest computer gaming platform in the world. The online gaming platform, Steam, was first released by the Valve Corporation in 2003.