I Scraped the Entire Steam Catalog, Here’s the Data

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😺 Join the Newbie Nexus on Discord: https://discord.gg/CkWXnH9utV ⭐ Get the source code on Patreon: https://patreon.com/NewbieIndieGameDev 👾 Play some of my games: https://newbie-indie-game-dev.itch.io/ I scraped data from the entire Steam catalog, analyzing over 140,000 games across 40+ data points, including genres, ratings, prices, and player feedback. This video highlights some of the most fascinating insights—driven by curiosity and a passion for exploring data and game development. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 0:00​ Context 0:56 Methodology 2:28 Most Common Words 3:18 Best & Worst 5:24 Opportunities for Innovation 8:39 Inclusivity in Games 9:16 Roguelike Deckbuilders 11:06​ Final Notes ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🎥 Video by: Flor Niemevz https://www.behance.net/florenciamn Nati Mendez https://www.behance.net/natimendez [email protected] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 📊 Charts from this video: Game Releases Over Time https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20221119/ Most Common Words https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20054087/ Overwhelmingly Positive Games https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20221305/ Overwhelmingly Negative Games https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20221377/ Genre-Genre Pairs https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20059232/ Top Themes https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20221430/ Genre-Theme Pairs https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20073344/ Genre-Dimension Pairs https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20074409/ Genre-Perspective Pairs https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20074514/ Dimensions Over Time https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20221523/ Female Protagonist https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20255396/ LGBTQ+ https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20255422/ Roguelike Deckbuilders: Releases https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20238203/ Roguelike Deckbuilders: Reviews https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20238521/ Roguelike Deckbuilders: Best https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20238736/ 📊 Raw dataset: Steam Catalog Insights (October 2024) https://github.com/NewbieIndieGameDev/steam-insights 📚 Related studies: (2022) Duerkos (Github) - Steam Data Analysis https://duerkos.github.io/steam_analysis/ (2019) Game Developer - Genre Viability on Steam and Other Trends - An Analysis Using Review Count 2 https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/genre-viability-on-steam-and-other-trends---an-analysis-using-review-count (2018) Alden Yuan (Medium) - Exploratory Data Analysis on Steam Store Games Dataset https://aldenyuan.medium.com/exploratory-data-analysis-on-steam-store-games-dataset-f4ff06da44eb (2024) How To Market a Game - What games are selling on Steam: The Q2 Report https://howtomarketagame.com/2024/07/16/what-games-are-selling-q2-2024/ (2016) Savvy Statistics - Video Game Genres by Year: 1980-2016 https://savvystatistics.com/video-game-genres-by-year-1980-2016/ 📈 Tools for Steam game insights and trends: SteamDB https://steamdb.info/ SteamSpy https://steamspy.com/ VG Insights https://vginsights.com/ Gamalytic https://gamalytic.com/ SteamCharts https://steamcharts.com/ Games-Stats https://games-stats.com/ Steam surveys https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey #GameDev​ #Steam #Data #IndieDev #VideoGames