Data as of . Every number comes from Steam’s own public surfaces or is computed from them; definitions are in Metrics.
90kstudios have shipped at least one dated game
77%never shipped a second one
203 dmedian gap between a studio's releases
65%of this year's releases are debuts
games per studio · how many ever ship again
only 23% of studios ever ship a second gameexperience pays · median reviews by the studio's game number
median reviews grow up to a studio's 5th game; the 6th+ bucket is dominated by high-volume factories · “seen” = 10+ reviewsthe publisher effect · releases of the last 3 years
with a publisher12,180 releases
self-published62,542 releases
the median self-published release gets zero reviews — partly selection: publishers pick projects that already look alivedebut share · % of the year's releases from first-time studios
six releases out of ten come from studios shipping their first game