Valve has posted its annual Steam Yr in Assessment for 2024, which boasts that “2024 was our largest 12 months ever for the seasonal gross sales, with a ten% enhance in income in comparison with 2023.” The 4 seasonal gross sales are all the time noteworthy occasions, with the present Spring Sale having its personal trailer, free stickers to earn by going by means of your discovery queue, and, oh yeah, deep reductions on numerous video games. (Like Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous for 90% off.)
2024 was additionally the corporate’s largest 12 months for its smaller themed gross sales, which concentrate on a person style or area of interest. These have been working since 2019, when there have been simply six of them. This 12 months there are going to be 18 themed gross sales, and you will want Steam’s 2025 upcoming occasions calendar to maintain observe of them.
Subsequent up is the Metropolis Builder & Colony Sim Fest, which is able to run from March 24 to March 31. That’ll be adopted by the considerably smaller pigeonhole of the Sokoban Fest, which focuses on puzzle video games impressed by the basic Japanese warehouse-keeping block-pusher. Later within the 12 months Steam will host the Zombies vs. Vampires Fest, in addition to the Fishing Fest, the Political Sim Fest, and Steam Scream 4 Fest in time for Halloween.
So yeah, 2024 actually was an enormous 12 months for Steam, which crossed the 39-million-concurrent-players line in December. This 12 months it broke 40 million, so count on to see subsequent 12 months’s Yr in Assessment submit as soon as once more stuffed with excellent news for Gabe and co.
