PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch have had their 2023 year-in-reviews go live – apps that tell you just how much time you’ve spent engulfed in the gelatinous mass that is video games – now it’s Steam’s turn. Through the Steam application or by signing into the website, you can get a write-up of your year spent on the platform.
Except it won’t tell you your overall time played.
No. What it will tell you is how much of your mysterious overall time has been spent in each game. It will also tell you what your preferred genres are, how many achievements you unlocked, and how much time was spent using a mouse versus a keyboard.
But enough about you, let’s talk about me.
This year, Steam has me clocked at having played 167 games, with 121 of them being new. To me, it’s surprising that Baldur’s Gate 3 is my highest-played game, considering I don’t feel like I’m very far into it. Following that is Against the Storm and Draft of Darkness, so at least my playtime is focused on my favorite games of the year. My longest streak of days playing on the platform was 27.
The year-in-review also compares you against the median for people on the platform. Considering that Steam is also used by “normal” people who can pay for their own insurance, the median is laughably far below what I “achieved.”
The spider graph showing my favorite genres is most fascinating to me. Roguelike Deckbuilders and Open World Survival Crafting are at the top, which is funny, because I don’t particularly like those genres. Vampire and cyberpunk make more sense. However, combat racing and naval warfare are oddly specific. Naval warfare was probably Waves of Steel, but what combat racing? My Summer Car?
So let me know what yours looks like. Did you do some exploration into the PC’s back catalog, or did you stick with the popular new releases? Was your time spread across a pile of games, or did you spend it all with a few favorites? Did you make it past Act One in Baldur’s Gate 3?
If you are interested in knowing how much time you’ve spent this year on Steam, there are third-party sites that will dive into your stats. While Steamtime.info will only tell you your overall time, I believe mysteamgauge.com will allow you to drill down further. I’d confirm this, but the site is more or less unresponsive to me right now, possibly because of all the year-end shenanigans going on right now.
