Steam Game Pricing Analysis: 109 Games Tracked Across 30 Data Fields

I built a weekly pipeline that scrapes pricing, discount, and review data from Steam. Here's what the data shows after the first few weeks of collection. The Dataset 109 games tracked from Steam's top sellers, new releases, specials, and featured categories. 30 fields per game including price, discount %, genres, developers, publishers, review scores, review counts, metacritic score, platform support, DLC count, achievements, and more. Updated every Monday. Available in CSV and JSON. Key Findings Pricing Landscape Metric Value Average price $21.36 Games on discount 52% Average discount depth 22.3% Price range $0 (F2P) to $69.99 (AAA) Free-to-play share ~14% Pricing by Genre Genre Avg Price Avg Review % On Sale RPG $34.81 78% 47% Simulation $19.93 80% 53% Adventure $18.94 83% 55% Action $16.82 79% 51% Indie $13.57 85% 54% Casual $9.45 82% 42% RPGs are the most expensive genre by a wide margin, but don't score higher in reviews. Indie games underprice themselves relative to their excellent review scores. Discounts Are the Norm More than half of all tracked games are on sale right now. The average discount of 22.3% means Steam users have been trained to expect deals. If you're launching a game, your pricing strategy needs to account for this — customers will wait for a sale. Price vs Quality: No Correlation The correlation between price and review score is essentially zero (r ≈ 0.12). Indie games ($13.57 avg) score 85% while RPGs ($34.81) score 78%. Higher price doesn't mean higher quality — it means higher expectations. Platform Support Windows: 100% Mac: 63% Linux: 48% Linux support is higher than many assume — nearly half of tracked titles support it. Total Reviews 33.9 million total reviews across 109 games Average 310k reviews per game Average review score: 81.4% Where the Data Comes From Games are collected from Steam's top sellers, new releases, specials, and featured categories. Details come from the official Steam API and reviews from Steam's reviews API. The pipeline runs weekly. Get the Full Dataset The complete weekly-updated dataset (CSV + JSON, 30 fields, updated every Monday) is available on Gumroad: Steam Game Pricing & Intelligence Dataset Use code LAUNCH20 for 20% off. A free 10-row sample CSV is included so you can evaluate the data before purchasing.