Hace unos días el sitio ArsTechnica había publicado estadísticas de Steam que indicaban que el 36% de los juegos comprados nunca fueron siquiera instalados.
Ademas revelaba sobre los juegos más populares de Steam en relación a las horas jugadas y usuarios registrados. Luego de que se dieran cuenta de que los datos recolectados no tomaban en cuenta las horas jugadas offline y aquellos juegos previos al 2009, ArsTechnica se disculpó y agregó al informe que las estadísticas eran aproximadas pero no 100% precisas. Aún así es mejor que nada.
En esta oportunidad, han llevado a cabo otro informe que nos da una idea aproximada de cuales son los 100 juegos más jugados de Steam.
Como podremos observar, en los primeros 20 puestos dominan los juegos free-to-play y demás juegos de Valve, juntos con algunos de esos juegos que podemos jugar por horas y no estar consciente del paso del tiempo. Skyrim y Civilization V son dos ejemplos.
| Rank | * | Game | Players | Owners | Developer | Publisher | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dota 2 | 25,926,966 | 25,926,966 | Valve | Valve | 7/9/13 | |
| 2 | * | Team Fortress 2 | 20,297,606 | 20,297,606 | Valve | Valve | 10/10/07 |
| 3 | * | Counter-Strike: Source | 8,927,294 | 11,990,057 | Valve | Valve | 11/1/04 |
| 4 | Left 4 Dead 2 | 8,590,676 | 10,713,676 | Valve | Valve | 11/16/09 | |
| 5 | * | Counter-Strike | 6,656,737 | 9,784,056 | Valve | Valve | 11/1/00 |
| 6 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | 5,664,405 | 5,942,000 | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | 11/10/11 | |
| 7 | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 5,418,167 | 5,885,743 | Valve | Valve | 8/21/12 | |
| 8 | Sid Meier’s Civilization® V | 5,353,610 | 5,838,709 | Firaxis Games | 2K Games | 9/21/10 | |
| 9 | * | Portal | 4,971,802 | 7,357,640 | Valve | Valve | 10/10/07 |
| 10 | * | Garry’s Mod | 4,619,506 | 5,354,532 | Facepunch Studios | Valve | 11/29/06 |
| 11 | * | Half-Life 2 | 4,144,552 | 8,051,165 | Valve | Valve | 11/16/04 |
| 12 | Portal 2 | 4,125,185 | 4,879,578 | Valve | Valve | 4/18/11 | |
| 13 | Alien Swarm | 3,814,389 | 3,814,389 | Valve | Valve | 7/19/10 | |
| 14 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 | 3,728,621 | 4,197,120 | Infinity Ward | Activision | 11/12/09 | |
| 15 | Terraria | 3,685,276 | 3,933,359 | Re-Logic | Re-Logic | 5/16/11 | |
| 16 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 – Multiplayer | 3,508,205 | 4,197,120 | Infinity Ward | Activision | 11/12/09 | |
| 17 | PlanetSide 2 | 3,435,348 | 3,435,348 | Sony Online Entertainment | Sony Online Entertainment | 11/20/12 | |
| 18 | Warframe | 3,371,714 | 3,371,714 | Digital Extremes | Digital Extremes | 3/25/13 | |
| 19 | APB Reloaded | 2,966,850 | 2,966,850 | Reloaded Productions | Gamersfirst | 12/6/11 | |
| 20 | Borderlands 2 | 2,865,403 | 3,127,320 | Gearbox Software | 2K Games | 9/17/12 | |
| 21 | Spiral Knights | 2,858,025 | 2,858,025 | Three Rings | SEGA | 6/14/11 | |
| 22 | Call of Duty®: Black Ops | 2,832,203 | 3,027,718 | Treyarch | Activision | 11/9/10 | |
| 23 | * | Counter-Strike: Condition Zero | 2,810,069 | 7,190,714 | Valve | Valve | 3/1/04 |
| 24 | * | Half-Life 2: Deathmatch | 2,747,356 | 11,015,248 | Valve | Valve | 11/1/04 |
| 25 | Loadout | 2,685,566 | 2,685,566 | Edge of Reality | Edge of Reality | 1/31/14 | |
| 26 | * | Left 4 Dead | 2,485,440 | 3,048,007 | Valve | Valve | 11/17/08 |
| 27 | Call of Duty®: Black Ops – Multiplayer | 2,461,462 | 3,024,951 | Treyarch | Activision | 11/9/10 | |
| 28 | Blacklight: Retribution | 2,448,550 | 2,448,550 | Zombie, Inc. | Perfect World Entertainment | 7/2/12 | |
| 29 | * | Empire: Total War™ | 2,406,127 | 2,681,877 | The Creative Assembly | SEGA | 3/3/09 |
| 30 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 | 2,373,849 | 2,687,411 | Infinity Ward | Activision | 11/8/11 | |
| 31 | Day of Defeat: Source | 2,357,248 | 5,632,127 | Valve | Valve | 7/12/10 | |
| 32 | Magicka | 2,233,668 | 2,776,868 | Arrowhead Game Studios | Paradox Interactive | 1/25/11 | |
| 33 | Fallout: New Vegas | 2,218,912 | 2,630,232 | Obsidian Entertainment | Bethesda Softworks | 10/19/10 | |
| 34 | Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 – Multiplayer | 2,217,068 | 2,692,944 | Infinity Ward | Activision | 11/8/11 | |
| 35 | America’s Army 3 | 2,150,666 | 2,150,666 | U.S. Army | U.S. Army | 6/17/09 | |
| 36 | * | Half-Life 2: Lost Coast | 2,120,232 | 12,769,351 | Valve | Valve | 10/27/05 |
| 37 | * | Grand Theft Auto IV | 2,109,166 | 2,653,288 | Rockstar North | Rockstar Games | 12/2/08 |
| 38 | Saints Row: The Third | 2,099,021 | 2,590,575 | Volition | Deep Silver | 11/14/11 | |
| 39 | Metro 2033 | 2,087,954 | 3,233,378 | 4A Games | Deep Silver | 3/18/10 | |
| 40 | Torchlight II | 2,064,898 | 2,283,469 | Runic Games | Runic Games | 9/20/12 | |
| 41 | Killing Floor | 1,988,352 | 2,360,015 | Tripwire Interactive | Tripwire Interactive | 5/14/09 | |
| 42 | Total War: SHOGUN 2 | 1,871,227 | 2,044,609 | The Creative Assembly | SEGA | 3/15/11 | |
| 43 | ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead | 1,845,405 | 2,661,588 | Bohemia Interactive | Bohemia Interactive | 6/29/10 | |
| 44 | No More Room in Hell | 1,799,293 | 1,799,293 | No More Room in Hell Team | Lever Games | 10/31/11 | |
| 45 | Dead Island | 1,790,992 | 2,084,265 | Techland | Deep Silver | 0000-00-00 | |
| 46 | Just Cause 2 | 1,782,692 | 2,377,538 | Avalanche | SQUARE ENIX, Eidos Interactive | 3/23/10 | |
| 47 | BioShock Infinite | 1,780,848 | 2,206,001 | Irrational Games | 2K Games | 3/25/13 | |
| 48 | Realm of the Mad God | 1,755,947 | 1,755,947 | Wild Shadow Studios | Kabam | 2/20/12 | |
| 49 | * | Half-Life 2: Episode One | 1,722,746 | 4,813,177 | Valve | Valve | 6/1/06 |
| 50 | DayZ | 1,718,135 | 1,743,958 | Bohemia Interactive | Bohemia Interactive | 12/16/13 | |
| 51 | Path of Exile | 1,700,613 | 1,700,613 | Grinding Gear Games | Grinding Gear Games | 10/23/13 | |
| 52 | * | Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II | 1,633,289 | 2,039,075 | Relic Entertainment | SEGA | 2/18/09 |
| 53 | DC Universe™ Online Free-To-Play. Your Way.® | 1,625,911 | 1,625,911 | Sony Online Entertainment | Sony Online Entertainment | 11/2/11 | |
| 54 | * | Half-Life 2: Episode Two | 1,616,689 | 4,269,977 | Valve | Valve | 10/10/07 |
| 55 | Borderlands | 1,603,777 | 1,771,625 | Gearbox Software | 2K Games | 10/26/09 | |
| 56 | The Binding of Isaac | 1,582,566 | 1,873,994 | Edmund McMillen and Florian Hi | Edmund McMillen | 9/28/11 | |
| 57 | War Thunder | 1,581,644 | 1,581,644 | Gaijin Entertainment | Gaijin Entertainment | 8/15/13 | |
| 58 | Gotham City Impostors Free to Play | 1,580,721 | 1,580,721 | Monolith Productions, Inc. | Warner Bros. Interactive Enter | 8/30/12 | |
| 59 | Chivalry: Medieval Warfare | 1,560,432 | 1,680,323 | Torn Banner Studios | Torn Banner Studios | 10/16/12 | |
| 60 | Alliance of Valiant Arms | 1,498,642 | 1,498,642 | RED DUCK Inc. | Aeria Games | 6/14/11 | |
| 61 | Rust | 1,467,286 | 1,502,331 | Facepunch Studios | Facepunch Studios | 12/11/13 | |
| 62 | PAYDAY 2 | 1,458,063 | 1,555,821 | OVERKILL – a Starbreeze Studio | 505 Games | 8/13/13 | |
| 63 | XCOM: Enemy Unknown | 1,450,685 | 1,656,345 | Firaxis Games | 2K Games, Feral Interactive (M | 10/8/12 | |
| 64 | Call of Duty®: Black Ops II | 1,450,685 | 1,839,871 | Treyarch | Activision | 11/12/12 | |
| 65 | Tomb Raider | 1,411,951 | 1,698,768 | Crystal Dynamics | SQUARE ENIX, Eidos Interactive | 3/4/13 | |
| 66 | * | Half-Life | 1,405,496 | 4,813,177 | Valve | Valve | 11/8/98 |
| 67 | Starbound | 1,394,429 | 1,424,863 | Chucklefish Ltd. | Chucklefish Ltd. | 12/4/13 | |
| 68 | FTL: Faster Than Light | 1,331,716 | 1,651,734 | Subset Games | Subset Games | 9/14/12 | |
| 69 | Dungeon Defenders | 1,310,505 | 1,598,244 | Trendy Entertainment | Trendy Entertainment | 10/18/11 | |
| 70 | Napoleon: Total War™ | 1,293,904 | 1,600,088 | The Creative Assembly | SEGA | 2/25/10 | |
| 71 | Mafia II | 1,253,326 | 1,534,609 | 2K Czech | 2K Games | 8/23/10 | |
| 72 | Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter | 1,247,792 | 1,247,792 | Croteam | Devlover Digital | 4/28/10 | |
| 73 | Bastion | 1,245,948 | 1,695,079 | Supergiant Games | Warner Bros. Interactive Enter | 8/16/11 | |
| 74 | Super Meat Boy | 1,232,114 | 1,490,342 | Team Meat | Team Meat | 11/30/10 | |
| 75 | The Walking Dead | 1,225,659 | 1,484,808 | Telltale Games | Telltale Games | 4/24/12 | |
| 76 | Don’t Starve | 1,221,970 | 1,330,794 | Klei Entertainment | Klei Entertainment | 4/23/13 | |
| 77 | PAYDAY™ The Heist | 1,210,903 | 1,359,383 | OVERKILL Software | Sony Online Entertainment | 10/20/11 | |
| 78 | * | Zombie Panic! Source | 1,210,903 | 1,210,903 | Zombie Panic Team | 12/28/07 | |
| 79 | The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition | 1,186,002 | 1,725,513 | CD Projekt RED | CD Projekt RED, 1C-SoftClub | 5/17/11 | |
| 80 | Total War™: ROME II | 1,182,313 | 1,227,503 | Creative Assembly | Sega | 9/2/13 | |
| 81 | Far Cry 3 | 1,170,324 | 1,384,284 | Ubisoft Montreal, Massive Ente | Ubisoft | 12/4/12 | |
| 82 | Stronghold Kingdoms | 1,160,179 | 1,160,179 | FireFly Studios | Firefly Studios | 2/27/12 | |
| 83 | Tribes: Ascend | 1,155,568 | 1,155,568 | Hi-Rez Studios | Hi-Rez Studios | 6/27/12 | |
| 84 | * | Day of Defeat | 1,151,879 | 6,730,516 | Valve | Valve | 5/1/03 |
| 85 | Dark Souls™: Prepare To Die™ Edition | 1,147,268 | 1,368,606 | FromSoftware | Namco Bandai Games | 8/23/12 | |
| 86 | Hitman: Absolution™ | 1,136,201 | 1,397,195 | IO Interactive | SQUARE ENIX, Eidos Interactive | 11/19/12 | |
| 87 | * | Mirror’s Edge™ | 1,121,445 | 2,038,153 | DICE | Electronic Arts | 1/13/09 |
| 88 | Battlefield: Bad Company™ 2 | 1,117,756 | 1,165,713 | DICE | Electronic Arts | 3/2/10 | |
| 89 | War Inc. Battlezone | 1,099,311 | 1,099,311 | Online Warmongers Group Inc. | Online Warmongers Group Inc. | 7/18/11 | |
| 90 | Marvel Heroes | 1,088,245 | 1,088,245 | Gazillion Entertainment | Gazillion Entertainment | 6/3/13 | |
| 91 | Trine 2: Complete Story | 1,088,245 | 1,769,781 | Frozenbyte | Frozenbyte | 6/6/13 | |
| 92 | Dishonored | 1,084,556 | 1,288,371 | Arkane Studios | Bethesda Softworks | 10/8/12 | |
| 93 | Amnesia: The Dark Descent | 1,083,633 | 1,588,099 | Frictional Games | Frictional Games | 9/8/10 | |
| 94 | Fallen Earth Free2Play | 1,057,811 | 1,057,811 | Reloaded Productions | Gamersfirst | 10/12/11 | |
| 95 | LIMBO | 1,045,821 | 1,589,022 | Playdead | Playdead | 8/2/11 | |
| 96 | Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition | 1,045,821 | 1,871,227 | Rocksteady Studios | Warner Bros. Interactive Enter | 3/26/10 | |
| 97 | * | BioShock™ | 1,044,899 | 1,551,210 | 2K Boston | 2K Games | 8/21/07 |
| 98 | Age of Empires II HD | 1,042,133 | 1,166,635 | Hidden Path Entertainment, Ens | Microsoft Studios | 4/9/13 | |
| 99 | Super MNC | 1,029,221 | 1,029,221 | Uber Entertainment | Uber Entertainment | 4/19/12 | |
| 100 | * | AudioSurf | 1,012,621 | 1,184,158 | Dylan Fitterer | Dylan Fitterer | 2/15/08 |