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A banana-clicking game is already this summer's biggest hit

A wave of banality (bananality?) has swept across the world with the success of Banana on PC platform Steam

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This is getting ridiculous: It looks like one of Deadlock's leakers has made it so you can see the unannounced Valve shooter's playtest concurrents, hero code names, and update history on SteamDB

This is getting ridiculous: It looks like one of Deadlock's leakers has made it so you can see the unannounced Valve shooter's playtest concurrents, hero code names, and update history on SteamDB

It would take an unreasonable effort to fake this SteamDB entry.

It took one day for Hades 2 early access to beat the first game's all-time peak player count on Steam

It took one day for Hades 2 early access to beat the first game's all-time peak player count on Steam

Hades 2 Early Access has already beat Hades' all-time peak player count on Steam.

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Rocksteady's 'Suicide Squad' game sinks to an all-time low player base, which doesn't bode well for the game's future

SteamDB reports that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's concurrent player base has sunk below 118 players, indicating that players have almost completely lost interest in the game.

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Nearly 9 years after release, Fallout 4 was one of the most played Steam games this weekend

It drew in over 160,000 players on Sunday.

Fallout 76 hits an all-time player count record on Steam following the Fallout TV series on Amazon, and the other games are spiking too

All the games in the long-running Fallout series are enjoying a sudden surge in popularity.

Call of Duty sees a new peak player count on Steam following a free trial for Multiplayer and the launch of Season 3

The return of a popular Warzone map and a free trial for Season 3 content led to a jump in the Call of Duty player base, setting a new 24-hour peak record according to SteamDB.

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Starfield's Steam account adds 'unknown app' prompting speculation that DLC is imminent

Starfield's Steam account adds 'unknown app' prompting speculation that DLC is imminent

Changes to Starfield's SteamDB listing has prompted speculation that new DLC is on the way.

Several fake Helldivers 2 scam listings appear on Steam in the dead of night, prompting Arrowhead to call in 500kg bomb-sized takedowns

Several fake Helldivers 2 scam listings appear on Steam in the dead of night, prompting Arrowhead to call in 500kg bomb-sized takedowns

Multiple fake Helldivers 2 listings recently went up on Steam, but Arrowhead and Valve were quick to give them the boot.

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The Meta Quest 3’s popularity is proof a cheap Vision Pro can’t come soon enough

The Meta Quest 3’s popularity is proof a cheap Vision Pro can’t come soon enough

There's a place for high-end VR headsets, but I hope they don't replace budget options – and the numbers show they won't.

A Dragon's Dogma 2 demo may be on the way, if the prophecy foretold by SteamDB proves true

A Dragon's Dogma 2 demo may be on the way, if the prophecy foretold by SteamDB proves true

But how long will it drag-on?

Latest SteamDB update suggests a Dragon's Dogma 2 demo could be imminent

Latest SteamDB update suggests a Dragon's Dogma 2 demo could be imminent

SteamDB's latest update adds 'free on demand' app to Dragon's Dogma 2 listing, hinting a demo might be coming.

A game pretending to be The Day Before has appeared on Steam, and yeah, it's a scam

A game pretending to be The Day Before has appeared on Steam, and yeah, it's a scam

SteamDB says the game appeared six months ago as Carrot the Cat, and was also briefly named GTA Brasil.

Persona 3 Reload is the series' biggest Steam launch ever, but there's still no critical consensus on which version of the JRPG is best

Persona 3 Reload is the series' biggest Steam launch ever, but there's still no critical consensus on which version of the JRPG is best

Reload just hit 42,112 concurrent players

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Palworld hits 200,000 concurrent PC players less than 24 hours after it launched in early access

And that isn't including Game Pass players

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New Elden Ring DLC listing hits Steam's backend, suggesting Shadow of the Erdtree's release date may be imminent

A new unknown DLC listing has been spotted on SteamDB. Could Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion be coming soon?

Steam achieves a new record with over 33.6 million concurrent users

Steam has set a new record after over 33.6 million users were logged in to the service at the same time.

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Over 14,500 games launched on Steam in 2023, breaking records for the fourth year in a row

By launching an average of 36 games per day in 2023 according to SteamDB, Steam exceeded its previous "high score" in annual game releases. Steam's own Best of 2023 page also provides some insight on the most successful titles of the year.

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Left 4 Dead creator says he'll never do Early Access again: "SteamDB will say we have 1 player yesterday - we have 10,000"

Chet Faliszek says stats are "synthesized on bad data and always amazingly low"

In under 6 weeks, co-op hit Lethal Company passes Baldur's Gate 3 and Resident Evil 4 to become the highest-rated Steam release of 2023

The viral co-op horror game has well and truly exploded

Steam is reportedly adding features to let you limit play time and hide games from your friends

There'll also be controls to let parents restrict purchases for children

Armored Core 6 is the fifth biggest Steam launch of 2023 and FromSoft's second-biggest launch ever

Armored Core 6: Fire of Rubicon is off to a mechtastic start, racking up over 156,000 concurrent players in its debut weekend.

The inevitable Half-Life 2 RTX remix is being made without Valve

Nvidia's calling it "the most comprehensive graphical remaster of Half-Life 2" and is working with the modding community to make it happen.

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All signs point to Valve selling certified refurbished Steam Decks in the future (update: confirmed)

Valve briefly pushed information on refurbished Steam Decks to its store long enough for us to see what they're up to.

Valve lets slip plan to sell refurbished Steam Decks

These officially Certified Refurbished models made it onto the Steam store just long enough to be spotted on SteamDB.

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