A player checked their year in review on Steam and came across a statistic that shows how little most gamers actually play compared to others.
Who is it about? The Steam user PapaOogie recently looked at their year in review on Steam and discovered an interesting statistic. It shows how many achievements, games, and daily streaks the player has achieved compared to the median.
He finds that his numbers are well above the median:
- The median for completing achievements is 13 in a year – PapaOogie completed 585.
- The median for different games played is 4 in a year – The gamer played 57 different ones.
- While gamers manage to play for 6 days in a row on average over the course of a year, PapaOogie achieved a streak of 114 days.
Shocked, he wonders: “Are the median figures correct or am I just unemployed?” The Steam community responds to him with various explanations.
Although millions of players are playing, Counter-Strike 2 has only a single achievement:
Most gamers don’t play that much
What does the community say? Under the player’s post, there are numerous comments. Many of them explain that there are plenty of gamers who only play one or a few games repeatedly. Some games also have little or no achievements. Many see gaming as a hobby that isn’t engaged in every day, especially when other things in life are more important.
All of these are possible reasons for the low values in the statistic. A Reddit user Dan5000 feels the same way: “Yes, I usually don’t play on days when I work. I do so many other things during the day that I can’t play on workdays or else I wouldn’t be able to get everything else done.”
The shooter CS2, played monthly by millions of players, could also be to blame, as sk1d_eu points out on Reddit: “Also all CS2 players who only play CS and nothing else have only one achievement, which is for their first game.”
Whether the statistic also counts accounts that haven’t played at all throughout the year is unknown. So it is unclear whether inactive accounts skew the statistics down or not, as user Extra-Cold3276 notes on Reddit.
How can I compare my data? To see how you performed compared to the median in 2024, you need to check your Steam year in review. To do this, open Steam on your computer and hover your mouse over your username, which you can find prominently at the top next to Store, Library, and Community.
A menu will expand there, with the Steam year in review offered as the last item. Besides the statistics and comparison to the median, you can also find more interesting facts about yourself and your favorite games from the past year.
The statistics that Steam provides always bring surprises. For example, when it comes to how many hours gamers have put into their favorite hobby in a year: According to Valve, new players in 2023 have spent around 16,000 years on Steam
