How many games release on Steam each year?
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By Eduardo Orellana ·
SteamDB counted over 19,000 games released on Steam in 2025, a record, up from roughly 18,500 in 2024; later counts for 2025 run higher as late releases and re-dated apps are added. That is more than 50 a day. SteamDB also noted that almost half of 2025's releases had fewer than ten reviews. The number of games is not the competition you face: most of them never reach the players who would buy yours.
Fifty a day, most unseen
The headline makes Steam sound impossible. But a game with a clear hook, a page that converts and wishlists before launch is not competing with the thousands that launched with none of those.
The counts
- 2024: about 18,500 games (SteamDB).
- 2025: over 19,000 by mid-December (SteamDB), a record; later tallies are higher.
Counts differ by source and date because apps are delisted, re-dated or re-released.
What it means for you
Pick a launch date away from the big releases in your genre, build wishlists first, and use festivals and Next Fest, where visibility is shared rather than bought.
Where Flockbay fits
Flockbay prepares the Steam page, trailer, posts and playtests that make a game stand out among them. Free to build; publishing tools free in beta until 1 December 2026.