Recently, the 2023 global PC game market report was released, and the total revenue of complete games on Steam exceeded $9 billion in the whole of last year, and 580 million games were sold! A total of about 14,000 new games were released on the platform, and these new games accounted for one-third of the total revenue, including the top 10 games including Baldur's Gate 3, accounting for 61% of the total revenue of new games, and a very staggering 20% of the total revenue!
VGI, a foreign business data analyst, released a report on the global game market this year, in which PC games grew significantly, with a total revenue of $9 billion, the highest revenue ever!
Since 2020, revenue has been flat for several consecutive years, and this year, excluding krypton microtransactions, Steam's total revenue has increased by 17.8%, and the total sales of games have reached 580 million copies, which is also the highest in history!
Steam released a record-breaking 14,000 new games, with annual revenue for new games accounting for about one-third of total revenue, or about $3 billion, while the number of online players also peaked at 33.6 million!
According to statistics, the total revenue of the top 10 games, including "Baldur's Gate 3" and "Hogwarts Suspicion", accounted for 61% of the new game revenue and 20% of the total revenue of all the games released in 23 years!
VGI estimates that the PC gaming market will continue to grow at an annual rate of about 5% for the foreseeable future, but it is likely to decline in 2024.