Steam players on average spent 14% of their playtime in games, released in 2025. And an insane 40% in games, released over 8 years ago.

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Are you ready?

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So, Steam Winter Sale is out, what're you buying?

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Gearbox ate shit and quit Epic Store deals, Remedy ate shit (but their Alan Wake deal is infinite), Square Enix cried that their sales failed on EGS, and so on.

Exclusive deals on EGS are a dead end. And Lords of the Fallen II is dead on arrival now.

Epic Store market share on PC is about 3-6% (depends on the report), while Steam holds over 70% of transactions and even more in playtime. After 6 years, EGS is still nowhere near.

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Valve messed up this time: their Winter Sale homepage now suggests me Blender (my most-used thing on Steam)

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Free to keep!
(IDK what it is)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/100_Orange_Juice/
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I'm curious, where's she now, is she still delivering...

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Hey, folks, here are a few exceptional deals from the Steam Winter Sale!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/292030/The_Witcher_3_Wild_Hunt/ — 90% off!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328670/Mass_Effect_Legendary_Edition/ — literally 100+ hours in three amazing games. EA-bounded, but clearly worth it!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/225540/Just_Cause_3/ — get it with all DLCs, also they removed Denuvo!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/606880/GreedFall/ — old-fashioned RPG where JUMPING and Climbing are skills you have to learn!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1532690/BLACKTAIL/ — a cool slavic-folk game from a small team. Narrative, funny, and depressing!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/487000/Quest_Hunter/ — a really dumb RPG, perfect for handhelds!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/219990/Grim_Dawn/ — my favorite diabloid!

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/345793/ — a nice platformer for all ages

https://store.steampowered.com/app/437630/State_of_Mind/ — mind-shifting quest, underrated

https://store.steampowered.com/app/412020/Metro_Exodus/ — imagine STALKER2, but actually working. I mean, a good game!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222690/Dragon_Age_Inquisition/ — my most-played RPG, aged oddly, still has a lot to tell!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/501590/Bulletstorm_Full_Clip_Edition/ — the best solo FPS of every year!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/64094/Thunderful_Black_Friday_Bundle/ — a full bundle from THUNDERFUL indie publishing

Drop your ideas too!

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Literally me

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And Steam is seemingly dead: gamers are trying to buy too many gifts!

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Just found out that Steam homepage during Winter Sale has a bottom...

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You can now check the best 100 games on Steam in 2025:

https://store.steampowered.com/charts/bestofyear/2025
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What a year... some might say it was PEAK! 😁

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Git gud, Shaw!

Silksong is GOTY and Best Game You Suck At on Steam. Labor of love is BG3, which is still not fixed in terms of stability and performance in the last chapter.

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For the first time in years Linux... lost a bit of market share on Steam. Seemingly, the growth of Steam Deck fanbase is no longer that significant and the transition from Windows to Linux for the average gamer isn't happening.

This will not be the year of Linux!

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Valve changed Steam Community Awards, made their price even and they no longer grant any scores for the receiving party.

Kinde meh, how do I farm my clowns now?

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Is this only me or Steam Refunds became slower? They used to be 2-8 hours, but both times I've tried it recently it took over 24 hours.

And I'm not even a frequent refunder, since I have refunded only about 10-15 games out of a ~1000. PS. I refunded exactly 18 games, actually. And at least two of them to later re-purchase a Deluxe/Ultimate edition.

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Due to USD conversion rates dropping and the fact that Steam has its own rates, developers from the rest of the world lost quite a lot over the last year. Even if they get $1000, its value is drastically lower than the year before. And they get much less in their local currencies (which also have their own inflation).

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Valve is no longer able to launch Steam Machines in time and yes, memory prices will affect the whole thing.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/45479024/view/625565405086220583?l=english
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