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Steam Replay is a function that Steam dished out a good whereas in the past the place you’ll be able to try your gaming habits and primarily, look again at the way you’ve gamed every year. To test it out your self, you go to Steam’s retailer web page and hover over the “New and Noteworthy” part the place it is best to be capable of see your Replay for 2023.
Both method, in the present day, I needed to share a few of my highlights of this 12 months, in response to Steam.
This 12 months…
- I’ve performed 124 video games, 84 of which had been newly added to my library.
- I’ve unlocked 798 achievements throughout 86 video games, 72 of which had been uncommon achievements.
- I spent 45% of my playtime taking part in with a controller, or extra exactly, I used the controller for 30 video games throughout 126 play classes.
- To call a couple of, I performed Monster Hunter Rise, Dave the Diver, Spiritfarer, Fable Anniversary, and Mud – An Elysian Story with a controller.
- This 12 months, 56% of my playtime was spent on newly launched video games.
- I shared 394 screenshots.
- I added 33 buddies.
- I gifted 5 video games.
- I subscribed to 13 Workshop Objects (aka mods).
- I earned three badges.
- I posted one assessment.
- I gave two group awards.
- Monster Hunter Rise made up 21% of my playtime – throughout 49 classes.
- Deep Rock Galactic made up 7% of my playtime – throughout 37 classes.
- Dave the Diver made up 4% of my playtime – throughout 10 classes.
The truth that these three video games stood out at a price of 21/7/4% is sensible, in my view, given how a lot I change video games, taking part in completely different titles and usually roguelikes, at that.
In comparison with the Steam Neighborhood…
- I unlocked 798 Achievements whereas the median is 16.
- I performed 124 video games whereas the median right here is 4.
- my longest streak was 26 days whereas the median is 5.
There’s not a lot to say right here. I performed lots of video games this 12 months and I’d do a mission in DRG earlier than mattress very often.
Actually, after my two-month interval right here of getting no web and never with the ability to play video games attributable to my lack of a desk, I realised that lots of my gaming habits had been extreme… or relatively, I streamed lots this 12 months and I don’t suppose it was wholesome for me, so I undoubtedly wish to minimize out on that.
Whereas I do nonetheless plan on taking part in video games, I wish to reduce a bit and ensure to not play as a lot per day, lowering the screentime I get total in 2024. I don’t suppose I’m addicted per sé (though that’s additionally what an addict would say, in idea) however I don’t suppose that reducing down a bit on this interest of mine can be a foul factor both.
Take a look at me coming in with an uncontroversial and lukewarm take. Oh my. “They” will cancel me for this. Jk.
What’s extra stunning to me is that the typical Steam consumer will solely play 4 video games per 12 months… or relatively on common, Steam customers solely play 4 video games.
Based mostly on what I’ve seen within the running a blog group, I believe this is sensible.
There are tons of people that will play one sport and primarily that sport, to not point out heaps of people that additionally play different video games on different platforms. I ponder if this may change now that some ABC video games (like Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4) launched on Steam.
The median for “achievements unlocked” is 16 which is much less stunning: For those who play fewer video games however extra of it, you’ll inevitably get caught at actually troublesome achievements – otherwise you’ve already unlocked all of them and therefore can’t unlock new ones. As a private instance, since I’ve unlocked all achievements in Danger of Rain 2, I gained’t unlock extra in that sport since there are none to unlock left.
On the identical time, I ponder how many individuals really hunt for achievements today. I’m positive there’re lots achievement hunters on the market however I ponder if it has gone down through the years, particularly with the introduction of grindy filler achievements which have develop into pretty widespread in lots of titles, i.e. “End 1000 missions” or no matter.
Other than that, although, there are additionally a number of accounts, in all probability, that drag the achievement metric down that belong to gamers banned on one other account. The identical goes for bot accounts which might be inevitable on platforms like this. It’d be attention-grabbing to see if Steam has knowledge on these.
New Releases
In response to Steam, 56% of my playtime had been newly launched video games that got here out in 2023. As somebody who receives lots of keys for protection functions (Twitch/Weblog), this is sensible. It’s hardly stunning.
The common for Steam’s userbase seems to be 9%.
That is additionally relatively unsurprising. I wouldn’t be capable of play so many new releases if it weren’t for the truth that I’m despatched them free of charge. The hurdle to assessment a sport that prices lots is fairly excessive, in any case, particularly amidst the price of dwelling disaster, amongst different components.
In comparison with 2022, that is really much less. 61% of my playtime was spent on newly launched video games final 12 months whereas the median for Steam customers was 17%. Which means that individuals on Steam performed lots fewer newly launched video games as a result of they both couldn’t afford them or they had been nonetheless taking part in those from final 12 months. An alternative choice would even be that they did play newly launched video games this 12 months however simply not as a lot as they performed older video games. I’d like to see some knowledge on that by Steam.
By the Numbers…
I performed primarily Motion-Roguelikes. Duh. That is by far the least stunning data, particularly in the event you comply with my streams, haha.
The spider graph additionally reveals that I play a bunch of roguelike deckbuilders, Tower Protection (in all probability referring to Infinite Dungeon and Dungeon of the Infinite), “Emotional” video games, and “Open World Survival Craft” video games.
This final class in all probability refers to some titles I performed with buddies. For some time earlier this 12 months, I ended up taking part in a good bit of Valheim on a group server on a streamer pal’s discord. This concerned sure challenges and lore and roleplay. It was fairly nice.
Other than that, I additionally clocked in a good few hours in Ark, when a pal opened up a server in that. Then, in some unspecified time in the future, I ended up taking part in a little bit of Don’t Starve Collectively, once more, in addition to Raft, and another titles in that form of style.
And properly, maybe Monster Hunter Rise additionally counts into that, to a level. There may be crafting. The world is comparatively open. You gotta survive monsters, lol.
Anyhow, I took 394 screenshots – I wanna say Rookie numbers on the one hand but it surely’s additionally an enchancment. I’m undecided what occurs while you expend all of your area.
I gifted 5 video games, added 33 new buddies, earned three badges (have to get again into that), gave two group awards, wrote one assessment (on my non-curator account), and subscribed to 13 workshop gadgets (largely Slay the Spire mods, in addition to that one Specialist mod for The Binding of Isaac).
Evaluating 2023’s and 2022’s Replays
So, I already began doing this a bit bit earlier however in essence, this 12 months I’ve performed fewer video games, taken fewer screenshots, and total, the stats had been over all decrease in comparison with 2023.
That’s an enchancment!
I nonetheless wanna minimize down on my display time, as already talked about, however within the context of final 12 months’s Replay, I’ve already improved a good bit.
So, whereas I performed 124 video games and unlocked 798 achievements this 12 months, I performed 148 video games in 2022 and unlocked 1058 achievements.
I additionally took 1377 screenshots, so I’ve minimize down lots, I assume?
I imply, sure, I didn’t play video games for the final sixth of this month, principally, however I’m uncertain if these two months would have made a lot of a distinction.
There are far more statistics right here to analyse and I could try to do this over the course of 2024 when I’ve my dual-monitor set-up and web and the whole lot working. On one display on my laptop computer, it’s only a tad troublesome to check the information on two tabs and likewise write this and… you already know. Therefore, a wee little bit of a mission for subsequent 12 months, maybe?
All that mentioned, although, in the event you wanna check out my 2022 Steam Replay, you’ll be able to it over right here. As for this 12 months’s, you’ll discover it over right here.
Gaming Resolutions for 2024
For 2024, I wanna undoubtedly minimize down on the time I spend on screens and I wanna reside a little bit of a extra balanced life, if that is sensible. I’m busy as it’s, so I didn’t fairly discover the time for gaming or different hobbies, really, particularly with the shortage of web. Once I get again on-line, I wish to attempt to not indulge an excessive amount of. Hold it cool, y’know? Get pleasure from issues carefully versus extra.
Extra importantly, although, I wish to additionally spend extra time in titles that I actually take pleasure in and hop much less round. I’d like to attempt to really get good at one sport as an alternative of switching to a different. I’ve obtained over 200 roguelikes in my library and maybe I might attempt to do extra problem runs or go for very particular issues.
I’ve obtained that form of content material deliberate for Streaming in 2024, together with a modded playthrough of Skyrim, a challenge-adjacent playthrough of Minecraft, and another cool and attention-grabbing concepts. I’d like to do very particular issues and make them entertaining whereas additionally difficult myself all year long. I hope I could make that work.
That being mentioned, I digress.
In terms of gaming in 2024, I wanna go for:
- high quality as an alternative of amount
- and moderation as an alternative of extra.
These two factors could sound comparable however the former refers back to the quantity of video games I play and the latter refers back to the time per day or session, if that is sensible.
So, have a much less lengthy good time as an alternative of an okay time for too lengthy.
I nonetheless wanna assessment video games, after all, and really write extra of these, but it surely’d be good to even have a good time taking part in video games I already know I take pleasure in. Like Monster Hunter World/Rise, Deep Rock Galactic, and a bunch of motion roguelikes (which I clearly are likely to gravitate in direction of).
Therefore, want me luck, I assume?
Do you’ve gotten any resolutions for gaming in 2024? Had been you shocked by any of your statistics? Any ideas you wanna share on my Replay or another views or ideas expressed on this submit?
This submit was initially written by Dan Dicere/MagiWasTaken from Indiecator.
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