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Valve have released Steam Replay for 2025, showing off some interesting stats about your gaming and how it stacks up against everyone on Steam.
Interestingly, this year they note that only 14% of gaming was "spent by all Steam users in new releases (games released in 2025)". That's actually down a single digit percentage from last year, but continues to show that with the onslaught of over 19,000 games from 2025 that a lot of people continue playing through their older games. According to the stats 44% of playtime from all Steam users were for releases from the last 1-7 years, and 40% playtime from all Steam users was spent on releases from 8 or more years ago.
Valve's stats don't include time spent in offline mode or when you're without internet.
Mine has been quite skewed back to Desktop Linux due to ARC Raiders, Dune: Awakening, and Overwatch 2.
What did you spend the most time on across 2025?
Check out your own on Steam Replay.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Arehandoro 10 hours ago
I'll leave mine [here](https://s.team/y25/dwmkrjg?l=english) 😊
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I have 95% on Linux and 5% on SteamDeck. Notably, I also played some hours through GFN, both on PC and SD, I wonder if they filtered it out or if they are now able to tell the device behind the GFN, because I know for sure it counted as playing on Windows in the past.
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Quoting: pbI have 95% on Linux and 5% on SteamDeck. Notably, I also played some hours through GFN, both on PC and SD, I wonder if they filtered it out or if they are now able to tell the device behind the GFN, because I know for sure it counted as playing on Windows in the past.I don't have that stat on mine. How do I get the that? Do some users just not have it? Are "Here are a few of your highlights..." random?
More than likely though I'm missing an obvious button right?
(EDIT: as suspected, I was in fact missing that the page was taking while to load and I could then scroll further down).
Last edited by ben-green on 17 Dec 2025 at 12:12 pm UTC
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I have playtime 60% Linux, 32% Steam Deck and 9% Windows. The shame of 9% windows. Also yes, I know that adds up to 101%, that's Valve's maths not mine. I'm taking the extra 1% from the Windows part to reduce shame.
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First year of 0% Windows for me !
Spoiler, click me
are the old emojis gone for good ? I liked their older style better than these modern ones..
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If anybody interested - my replay is [here](https://store.steampowered.com/replay/76561197997786835/2025).
In short - 16% in 2025 releases, Top 5 most played games are Hearts of Iron IV, Europa Universalis IV, Underrail, Stellaris & Gothic 1.
:).
In short - 16% in 2025 releases, Top 5 most played games are Hearts of Iron IV, Europa Universalis IV, Underrail, Stellaris & Gothic 1.
:).
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89% linux 11% deck is my breakdown.
For me it sucks because the ASSTASTIC star wars outlaws garbage launcher would get stuck open after you exited the game, and steam would still think the game was running when it wasn't. So it logged like a billion sw outlaws hours and has that as my number 1 game even when I only played a tiny bit of it and didn't like it at all. Bleh.
My REAL number 1 played game was Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon. SOOOO GOOD. Absolutely loved it. It deserves that number 1 spot!
For me it sucks because the ASSTASTIC star wars outlaws garbage launcher would get stuck open after you exited the game, and steam would still think the game was running when it wasn't. So it logged like a billion sw outlaws hours and has that as my number 1 game even when I only played a tiny bit of it and didn't like it at all. Bleh.
My REAL number 1 played game was Tainted Grail Fall of Avalon. SOOOO GOOD. Absolutely loved it. It deserves that number 1 spot!
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Leaving mine [here](https://s.team/y25/hcwfwcf?l=english). My first year with 0% windows. 46% new releases. Baldur's Gate 3 is my most played game, and I guess it will be my most played game in 2026 😆
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GustyGhost 5 hours ago
Had I taken the earlier Replays, I would be 0% Windows since 2015. There should be a badge.
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31% EXAAAPUUUNKSS. And still didn't beat the last bonus levels. Great game.
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darthbasselope 4 hours ago
I have 50% Linux and 50% SteamDeck. I also have have 50% controller and 50% keyboard and mouse. 0% Windows.
Last edited by darthbasselope on 17 Dec 2025 at 5:22 pm UTC
Last edited by darthbasselope on 17 Dec 2025 at 5:22 pm UTC
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Caldathras 4 hours ago
Valve's stats don't include time spent in offline mode or when you're without internet.
Making this an absolutely pointless feature for me, since ALL of my gaming is done offline with no Internet.
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100% of my Steam games played in 2025 were... New World. Until they announced the sunset.
Everything else was games with GOG offline installers or Warframe, GW2 and PoE1/2 with their respective standalone launchers.
Everything else was games with GOG offline installers or Warframe, GW2 and PoE1/2 with their respective standalone launchers.
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Cloversheen 2 hours ago
https://s.team/y25/npgpcc?l=english
Heck yeah, EU4 still grabbing a third of my time! \o/
Except that one time in May/June where I was gone from the world playing Rogue Trader. 😆
Heck yeah, EU4 still grabbing a third of my time! \o/
Except that one time in May/June where I was gone from the world playing Rogue Trader. 😆
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Kimyrielle 2 hours ago
14% of gaming was "spent by all Steam users in new releases (games released in 2025)If not for Clair Obscur, my personal figure would be zero percent. I have almost no interest in new releases at this point. I guess since I am predominately a MMO player, that's kinda natural - these games are meant to be played for years, even decades. And yes, there hasn't been a decent new MMO on over a decade, too.
But usually I had this handful of newly released games I played at least for a little. They seem to be far and between these days. Other than Clair Obscur, the only other recent games I can remember having played in their respective release years were Baldur's Gate 3 and Hogwarts Legacies.
Not even sure why I still have a Humble Choice subscription. :D
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I mostly played CK III (89%) and then 4 other games share the rest. Also, 4 months where I didn't play a single game (on Steam).
I don't see any breakdown by OS, but I assure you it's 100% Linux :-).
Though if GOG had similar stats, I think they'd be quite a bit different ... (for one, 89% KC:D2)
I don't see any breakdown by OS, but I assure you it's 100% Linux :-).
Though if GOG had similar stats, I think they'd be quite a bit different ... (for one, 89% KC:D2)
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It shows that I have played 5 games on Windows, but I don't even own a Windows computer.
https://s.team/y25/qnrhkhv
https://s.team/y25/qnrhkhv
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Quoting: 1xokIt shows that I have played 5 games on Windows, but I don't even own a Windows computer.Maybe on some visit? I don't have Windows either, but I played at a relative's.
https://s.team/y25/qnrhkhv
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only 14% of gaming was "spent by all Steam users in new releases (games released in 2025)Personally I enjoyed Split fiction and DRG survivor from this year. Tried and refunded a few games, most of them were some combination of buggy, overpriced, uninteresting, unoptimised and so on.
If your time and wallet are finite, you're simply better off buying games a couple years after release.
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