Steam is a gaming platform that almost every PC gamer encounters. Therefore, we wanted to know from you how many games you own on Steam, and you answered us in large numbers.
That was the question: Steam offers its users a huge amount of diverse games from all genres and areas. Many of them are completely free, while others are sold for very little money during big sales. Consequently, significant amounts of games have accumulated in users’ libraries over the years.
Therefore, we asked you in a survey how many games are in your Steam collection. Here is what you told us.
These are the results: A total of 3,506 readers participated in the survey. Each had only one vote that could be cast, and the vote could not be undone.
- 26.64% – Between 100 and 250 games
- 22.1% – Between 250 and 500 games
- 14.26% – Between 50 and 100 games
- 14.2% – Between 500 and 1000 games
- 12.6% – Less than 50 games
- 9.32% – More than 1,000 games
Thus, almost 90% of participants have more than 100 games in their Steam library. Almost half (45.62%) own over 250 games, and one in five has more than 500. So, you have gathered quite impressive amounts of games.
“No idea how it could have come to this”
Here’s what you said: In the comments under the survey, you told us more about your collections. Most users from the comment section had at least 100 games, many well over 500, when factoring in the DLCs. You revealed that you extensively utilize the features and deals of Steam.
The games in the collection are:
- Free games that can simply be downloaded
- Gifts from friends
- Part of Humble Bundle purchases
- Part of the big Steam Sales
Purchases at full price therefore seem to be rather rare.
791 games, of which many were indeed gifts, snagged for free or taken along as part of some bundles.
Like recently the Humble “Stand with Ukraine” bundle. In that case, there were about 90 games included […]
MeinMMO user ratzeputz
Over the course of 17 years, more than 3300 games have gathered with me. Humble Bundle collections are great.
MeinMMO user Merudo
A large part of you likes to take advantage of Steam’s big offers and thereby continually enlarge their collection. Due to the frequency of sales and the size of bundles, some apparently even have more games and DLCs than they can remember. MeisterchickenXL writes somewhat dismayed in his comment:
I don’t know how, but it’s probably around ~1200. And I have no idea how it could have come to this.
Collectors also openly admit that they haven’t played most of the games in their Steam libraries but enjoy collecting nonetheless.
However, there are also readers who own less than 50. Leyaa wrote, for example:
Less than 50. I mostly play single-player games on Steam. MMOs often run better with the proprietary client. Accordingly, I mainly have RPGs in my library.
Did you expect the results or was it unexpected? What was your estimate of the number of games in the Steam libraries of MeinMMO readers? Let us know in the comments.
By the way, we are conducting a follow-up survey about how many of the games you have actually played. Join in!
How many games in your Steam library have you actually played?
