Steam game reviews by year
SteamDB's stacked bar chart drew 42.7K views on X: 0.5x its typical post and #8 of 10 SteamDB charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025.
Why it spread
This post spread because it landed on a hot topic that week and drew a high rate of quotes, reaching 42,681 views with 253 likes, 22 reposts, 14 quotes, and 23 saves from an account in the top quarter for source reach and quote rate.
What worked
- The headline number is concrete and large: over 19,000 games released on Steam in 2025.
- The second line adds a sharp contrast: almost half of them have fewer than ten reviews.
- The stacked-bar form showing games released per year by review count is branded and self-labelling enough to be read quickly.
What to borrow
We could pair one big yearly total from our own data with one surprising split of that total, then show it as a stacked bar by category so the contrast is visible at a glance.
Careful
Do not copy the lack of a source line, and do not over-read the quote rate or the hot topic as proof that the chart design alone drove the spread.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by SteamDB.
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Your numbers, in this stacked bar chart.
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How far did SteamDB's "Steam game reviews by year" chart travel?
42,681 views, 253 likes, 22 reposts and 23 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @SteamDB gets about 78.5K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A stacked bar chart. Games released per year by review count on Steam.
Can I use SteamDB's chart?
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