Video Game Insights: Steam H1 2022 statistics
The minority share of Steam releases is reaching any financial results.
6,015 games were published on Steam in the first half of 2022. It’s 11% more than in H1 2021.
5,895 out of released 6,015 are from indie developers. 75% of them have a price tag of less than $10. Only 56 games have a price of $40+.
80% of released in H1 2022 games earned less than $5,000.
There are 1,195 games released in H1 2022 that earned more than $5,000. 48% of them have a price tag from $10 to $19.99.
Developers continue to release the same genres they’ve been released in 2022.
70 games released in 2022 made more than $1M in Steam. The Elden Ring is first with 8M copies and about $380M of revenue.
It’s interesting that in the H1 2022 top-10 grossing in Steam, there are 4 indie projects (Dread Hunger, V Rising, Raft, and Core Keeper).
Can you use different colors for Sports & Adventure? Can't really tell the difference on the bar graph