What were gamers playing when you first joined steam?

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Violeta Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:18pm

What were the big things at the time.

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𝕎𝔸𝕃𝕋𝔼ℝ Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:20pm

CSGO and Dota 2

Χάρης Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:50pm

Counter Strike Source, Modern Warfare 2, Counter Strike 1.6, Condition zero, Team Fortress 2, Portal, BF Bad Company 2.

Those were the most played games on steam back then. I am thinking about it now and damn, condition zero and cs source player count dropped a lot. However cs 1.6 is still in the stats page which is cool. But yeah, there were 3 cs games in the top 10 played games.

Your_White_Knight Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:52pm

Originally posted by Sashie:
What were gamers playing when you first joined steam?

What were the big things at the time.

No idea, I'm here for my own entertainment not for what others are doing...

Brimzel Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:53pm

Wasn't really paying attention to what people were doing back then. I joined around 2012.

EDIT: Most likely TF2.

Last edited by Brimzel; Dec 13, 2020 @ 2:54pm

Marius Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:57pm

Went to the Waybackmachine-website. Earliest stat they have is from 2008.
https://web.archive.org/web/20080907214048/http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Current / Highest
''53,539 93,526 Counter-Strike: Source
47,940 76,420 Counter-Strike
17,022 20,357 Team Fortress 2
7,320 13,522 Condition Zero
5,000 8,204 Day of Defeat: Source
4,354 5,741 Garry's Mod
2,379 3,093 Half-Life 2
1,966 2,754 Day of Defeat
1,877 2,979 Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
969 1,132 Portal''

And many more ofcourse. I started here on 2004, it was CS 1.6, Source and all that. So kinda similar.

Last edited by Marius; Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:58pm

DarkCrystalMethod Dec 13, 2020 @ 2:42pm

Half-Life was the ONLY thing, plus all of its mods. Fortunately they started bringing non-Valve games onto steam and now we have the wonderful gaming empire we have today.

♥Peachboy♥ Dec 13, 2020 @ 2:47pm

I joined in 2018, so whatever was popular then

crimsonfate Dec 13, 2020 @ 4:21pm

Counter-Strike 1.6, Half-Life, Team Fortress Classic. I joined in 2003.

L1qu1dator Dec 13, 2020 @ 5:04pm

Counter Strike Source and Half-Life 2 Deathmatch

Phantom Dec 13, 2020 @ 5:06pm

CS:GO was and probably will be the biggest thing for a while.

A lot of new releases this year definitely took the spotlight.

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Anasmi Dec 13, 2020 @ 5:46pm

March 25th, 2013...
Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike... oh, what a surprise!

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Q-T_3.14.exe Dec 13, 2020 @ 6:29pm

When I got my account I was playing COD: Black Ops, first game actually. Then the library started slowly growing with free games and as gifts for birthday and Christmas until I got a credit card.

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