Valve: Chinese language surpassed English in popularity on Steam in 2024 - sponsored by Neon
66% of Steam users are using a language other than English.
The company revealed new data about the platform at GDC '25. Simon from GameDiscoverCo shared the slides. A full recording of the presentation, with more data, will be released soon.
Chinese became the most popular language on Steam (33.7% of the audience), surpassing English (33.5% of the audience). Russian is in third place (8.2%).
In 2024, 2,897 new games were released in Early Access on Steam.
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Meanwhile, the percentage of Early Access games out of all releases in 2024 decreased. Overall, since 2013, it has ranged from 13% to 19%.
Over 14,000 games on Steam are currently in Early Access. 28% of the most successful releases in 2024 started in Early Access.
More than 50% of games are in Early Access for less than a year.