Nearly 19,000 video games were released on Steam in 2024. That’s a lot! I n fact, it’s more than hit the platform in any other year. But most of those games, around 80 percent of them in fact, went mostly unplayed, according to publicly available data.

Techopedia explores the 10 most played games on Steam in 2025, analyzes their all-time player counts, and explains why they are so popular.

From sci-fi narratives to spectacular action, the Humble Choice games for January are incredible, and you can get eight for just $12.

Steam OS will be installed on Legion Go S. Valve's OS is free to install on any device and that might replace Windows on many handhelds.

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The Steam Deck led to a surge of handheld gaming PCs, but GPD has been making its own options since before Valve entered the scene. Now the company has revealed a new laptop-handheld hybrid, the GPD Win Mini 2025.