0% new: from 2024 (average 15%)
0% recent: from the last 1–7 years (average 47%)
100% classic: older than 8 years (average 37%)
I am helped by being limited to an 8 years old notebook laptop currently.
The 5 games I have played this year, all for the first time: Stardew Valley, The Darkeness II, Star Wars Battlefront II 2005, Outlast, Oblivion.
That’s actually the retro gamer badge of honor
This is how budgeting works. Wait for the “old” sale so it’s cheaper money wise. Wait for the first few patches to roll out so you don’t spend that other precious commodity, time, on anything other than actual gameplay.
If dwarf fortress was recognized as a classic game I’d be right there too
I have the “Dwarf” category as one of my top genres. I’m so happy it’s now a tag for games.
I just realized this identifies what you’d consider the peak of gaming, a metroidvania dwarven deckbuilding action roguelike
I know, right‽ I don’t think a metroidvania would cross well with a deck builder, but maybe it would work with some creativity.
Slap metroidvania platforming exploration with Slay The Spire card battles and give it a dwarven storyline and generations of men will be lost. Absolutely lost. I’d be fully rocked and stoned.
I’d call it a classic
I was surprised to have 9% on new games.
Balatro skewed my numbers
I thought my 11% was competitive until I realized that after 15 years of hoarding most games I would buy I already own. Congrats on your victory.
In defense of my 12% new games, a lot of that is Humble Bundles fault
I’m only at 3%, which was one new game only, Stalker 2.
I think the only other game I got at release in a long while was Cyberpunk 2077. I usually wait until the sales.
99% of my playtime in the 2023 year In review was TF2, and I’m sure it will be the same in 2024. I am a patentint gamer because I only play the original and BEST team shooter game.
Losers playing sub par tf2 clones like marvel rivals and overwatch
Nice.
- 3% - new
- 85% - recent (last 1-7 years)
- 12% - classic (older than 8 years)
I played 50 games (many with very little playtime, I was just testing on my Steam Deck), so I’m not sure where the 3% comes from (is that one or two games?). But I played CIties: Skylines II just before it hit 1 year. I’m also surprised that I don’t have more in “classic,” because I played a lot of pretty old games, and I think many are right around that 7-year old mark.
That 15% number is reassuring. Huge majority of Steam users are patient gamers!
In the past three years, the only time I hadn’t got that badge was the year vampire survivors came out.
But no fair. It was a pretty retro game and only c9st like three bucks.
Damn, that’s quite the badge of honour! I had to check mine but because of the new Steam Family Sharing I tried out a bunch of new games that I never bought myself.
