The Steam Thread

[Ramzavail]

I'm tempted, but no. I'll wait.

[MizzouRah]

Got my PoE steam key and pre loaded. Can't wait to dig into it tomorrow!

[Peregrine]

I pre-ordered PoE and am excited about it.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Got my PoE steam key and pre loaded. Can't wait to dig into it tomorrow!

Hrmm... I don't think I've gotten my steam key yet. This is something I should look into. Tomorrow is nigh!

[MizzouRah]

Indeed!

How Pillars of Eternity rewrites the rules for role-playing | Polygon

[SirFozzie]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Hrmm... I don't think I've gotten my steam key yet. This is something I should look into. Tomorrow is nigh!

Update #69: Pillars of Eternity

Do what's in that update to generate your steam key

[cartman]

I won't get my hopes up that this means there is HL3 coming down the pike anytime soon. But this will be cool to check out.

Half-Life 2: Update on Steam

[MizzouRah]

Anyone play Ironcast yet?

Edit: Saw this over at DQ as Bill Harris wrote about it, so for $10 and some change I just installed it. Quite a neat little game thus far.

[mckerney]

SteamSpy - All the data about Steam games

Now you can see how many copies your favorite games have sold on Steam.

[CraigSca]

So Front Office Football has sold 8940 copies?

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by CraigSca

So Front Office Football has sold 8940 copies?

I guess. The chart is a little confusing since the "number of owners" somehow drops and raises.

[dubb93]

I'm confused by it, but it says that FOF has twice as many owners as the new OOTP....which is surprising to me.

[mckerney]

The numbers on games with lower sales numbers could be off due to small sample size (see the +/- 100% on OOTP16), though numbers on games with 100k copies sold seem to be fairly accurate at least.

EDIT: According to the site's creator, "Anything below 30K frankly isn't reliable - be it owners data or players data."

[EagleFan]

Men of War is the top selling game?

[mckerney]

It looks like a recent free weekend is throwing off the numbers there.

[EagleFan]

Since I am a geek for numbers...

My Top 10 played
1) Worldwide Soccer Manager 2009 (long running time at the top)
2) Skyrim (should overtake the top spot soon)
3) Plants versus Zombies (thanks to letting my daughters play before my oldest got Steam and my youngest got less interested in the game; granted some of the play time was mine)
4) OOTP 15
5) FM 2011
6) Mass Effect
7) MLB 2K12
8) FM 2010
9) FM 2013
10) Defense Grid: The Awakening

Easily the FM/WSM franchise leads the way (and oddly I am not normally a soccer guy)


Over Past Two Weeks
1) EHM (by a wide margin; more than the next two combined)
2) Skyrim
3) Thief: Gold
4) Half Life 2: Update
5) CS:GO
6) OOTP 16
7) Frozen Cortex
8) OOTP 15
9) theHunter: Primal
10) TEW 2010

[Coffee Warlord]

This is somewhat skewed by the fact that I used to play a lot in offline mode. But, for all time.

1) FM 2014 (I have > 100 hours more on this than my #2)
2) FM 2012
3) Civ 5
4) Europa Universalis 4
5) Dota 2
6) Crusader Kings 2
7) Skyrim
8) Tropico 4
9) OOTP 14
10) Banished

[Dutch]

I think FOF is skewed quite a bit, but already in my all-time most played.

1.) Crusader Kings II
2.) Wasteland 2
3.) Europa Universalis 4
4.) FOF 7
5.) Empire: Total War
6.) March of Eagles
7.) Banished
8.) Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
9.) Fallout 3
10.) State of Decay

And the only one that will challenge those for some time is Pillars of Eternity. I think the main theme here are "games I can play and also multitask".

[Izulde]

1. FM 2013 (though the numbers are inflated by my leaving the game up while I go do other stuff)
2. Crusader Kings II (Probably my most played by actual time)
3. FM 2010 (See 1)
4. FM 2014 (See 1,3)
5. Shadowrun Returns (This is where the big dropoff occurs - from triple digits to 34 hours)
6. Tropico 4
7. Long Live the Queen
8 Out of the Park Baseball 14 (This *has* to be another one I've let run while I've done other stuff... I've opened it maybe five times total)
9. Tropico 3
10. Game Dev Tycoon

So in reality, CK2 and Tropico series are most played. If hour tracking was still around with CK1, that would be up there, too.

[Groundhog]

1. NBA 2K12
2. FM 2010
3. Mount & Blade: Warband
4. Total War: Shogun 2
5. FM 2012
6. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
7. Crusader Kings II
8. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
9. Mass Effect 2
10. Fallout: New Vegas

[Scoobz0202]

I have played CS:GO for over 3,000 hours. ho-boy...

[EagleFan]

Interesting to see where the friends play list comes into play:

Last Two weeks:
OOTP 16 288 hours
NBA 2K15 248 hours
FM 2015 200 hours
Pillars of Eternity 185 hours
EHM 185 hours
Gems of War 87 hours
Cities Skylines 85 hours
Marvel Puzzle Quest 55 hours
OOTP 15 52 hours
Tales of Maj'Eyal 50 hours

Lifetime:
FM 2014 15,996 hours
FM 2012 14,807 hours
FM 2010 12,304 hours
FM 2013 11,059 hours
??? Something with no picture or name 9,502 (maybe that is any non-steam game?)
Civ V 5,418 hours
FM 2015 3,886 hours
Skyrim 3,805 hours
DOTA 2 3,444 hours
Crusader Kings 2 3,272 hours


With most of the friends list being FOFC members it leans heavily towards the FM series.

[Bobble]

I don't know if this has been posted before (and it's not solely Steam-related) but: Scenario Generator | Random Challenges for Great Games It rolls up a random challenge for a number of games, Civ, Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress, Skyrim, Kerbal, Pillars of Eternity...

[EagleFan]

Cool, thanks for the link.

[MizzouRah]

Stardrive 2 is out. I know SD 1 got a lot of backlash, but I enjoyed it for what is was. SD 2 is now turned based instead of RTS like SD 1 was. You also get 33% off if you purchased SD 1.

Good review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LugFe--lmWg

[SackAttack]

I don't know if I'm still findable as 'JoshGamenikki,' as I changed my handle to DFiPL. I bring that up mostly because a Nero2015 sent me a friend request.

Thing is, the profile is private, so I have no idea who in the flying fuck that is. If that's you, or if anybody can vouch for whomever that is, let me know and I'll accept it. Otherwise, the invite is getting trashed in a couple days.

[Ramzavail]

theres been a lot of weird or fake friend requests going around. I would assume its fake.

you can add me though, I'm real. haha.

[SackAttack]

Yeah, I see you in the FOFC group, Ramza.

[EagleFan]

Yeah, been getting a lot of weird friend requests lately from what look like newly created accounts.

[Groundhog]

Running With Rifles is a strangely addictive little game.

[Mota]

Friend requests followed by a request to trade via a "link" which is actually a virus. I've had a few very recently.

Essentially if you're not someone from FOFC or a personal friend of mine I just decline them.

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Mota

Essentially if you're not someone from FOFC or a personal friend of mine I just decline them.

this

[SackAttack]

Originally Posted by Mota

Friend requests followed by a request to trade via a "link" which is actually a virus. I've had a few very recently.

Essentially if you're not someone from FOFC or a personal friend of mine I just decline them.

That's why I'm waiting to see if an FOFCer outs themselves here before I do anything. If nobody does, I'm declining it.

[path12]

My top 10 Steam games:

1) FM 2012 -- 427 hours
2) FM 2010 -- 424 hours
3) Civ V -- 324 hours
4) FM 2014 -- 253 hours
5) Age of Wonders 3 -- 209 hours
6) XCOM: EU -- 119 hours
7) FM 2013 -- 88 hours
8) Endless Legend -- 82 hours
9) Sim City 4 Deluxe -- 75 hours (I do not remember spending so much time on this)
10) Tales of Maj'Eyal -- 66 hours

Hmm. I waste a lot of time.

[Draft Dodger]

Mine

1) Terraria - 356 hours (this will go up when the next update rolls in a few months)
2) Civ 5 - 347 hours
3) Magic 2014 - 118 hrs
4) XCOM: EU - 107 hrs *waves at path12*
5) Magic 2013 - 90 hrs
6) Defense Grid: Awakening - 77 hrs
7) Prison Architect - 71 hrs (haven't owned this all that long)
8) Magic 2012 - 71 hrs
9) Dragon Age: Origins - 69 hrs
10) Fallout Vegas - 65 hrs

Magic 2015 is 14th and rising. Soon I'll have all 4 in the top 10

[cuervo72]

Originally Posted by path12

My top 10 Steam games:

1) FM 2012 -- 427 hours
2) FM 2010 -- 424 hours
3) Civ V -- 324 hours
4) FM 2014 -- 253 hours
5) Age of Wonders 3 -- 209 hours
6) XCOM: EU -- 119 hours
7) FM 2013 -- 88 hours
8) Endless Legend -- 82 hours
9) Sim City 4 Deluxe -- 75 hours (I do not remember spending so much time on this)
10) Tales of Maj'Eyal -- 66 hours

Hmm. I waste a lot of time.

What, were you in a coma in 2011 or something?

[Solecismic]

Originally Posted by EagleFan

I guess. The chart is a little confusing since the "number of owners" somehow drops and raises.

Originally Posted by Steam Spy

Steam Spy is still in alpha, so expect major bugs.

Peyton Manning led the league last season with 25,000 passing yards and 200 touchdown passes.

ETA... if I were closing in on 10K sales in two months on Steam, I'd be a fool not to be announcing the next version and the hiring of a full-time artist.

It has been good for me, but not life-changing good. More like "well, maybe I can keep doing this for a while longer" good.

One thing I'm proud of, and it may be why Steam Spy thinks I have so many sales, is that people who are buying it are playing the hell out of it. That's great. Really makes me feel good that a high percentage of those who buy it get their money's worth.

[Grover]

FM2013 - 2,012 hours
EUIV - 943 hours
Civilization V - 847 hours
FM2014 - 829 hours
FM2015 - 238 hours
Skyrim - 171 hours
Spelunky - 141 hours
Torchlight II - 127 hours
Prison Architect - 77 hours
The Binding of Isaac - 71 hours

It should be noted that I didn't start playing FM off of Steam until it was required with 13. I'm afraid to see how many hours I put on FM07-12

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

Peyton Manning led the league last season with 25,000 passing yards and 200 touchdown passes.

The pass only version of Chip's offense...

[korme]

Originally Posted by Solecismic

One thing I'm proud of, and it may be why Steam Spy thinks I have so many sales, is that people who are buying it are playing the hell out of it. That's great. Really makes me feel good that a high percentage of those who buy it get their money's worth.

Definitely a cool thing about Steam. You can see the user dedication

[TroyF]

My top 10:

FM 2015
FM 2014
FM 2011
FM 2012
FM 2010
FM 2013
Skyrim
Borderlands 2
FallOut New Vegas
Far Cry 4
Far Cry 3
Dragon Age
Torchlight
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2


The FM list hours is skewed by me leaving the game on and having it rack up hours. They are all in my top 10 even without that, but I added in from my list to show the graphical games.

[SirFozzie]

Steam has apparently fucked up the midnight release of GTA V and Mortal Kombat X

[korme]

Frozen Cortex major singleplayer update | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

[stevew]

someone pm me if you see FalloutVegas complete or Skyrim on sale for cheap. Like around 5-10 bucks.

[Marmel]

There was some talk here about Endless Legend a little while ago and I put it on my wish list. I just received a notification that it is on sale for 50% off until April 20 and also free to play for 3 days.

[Groundhog]

Pillars of Eternity has moved into my top 10 for playing time already.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Marmel

There was some talk here about Endless Legend a little while ago and I put it on my wish list. I just received a notification that it is on sale for 50% off until April 20 and also free to play for 3 days.

Worth it even without the 50% off

[mckerney]

Originally Posted by Groundhog

Pillars of Eternity has moved into my top 10 for playing time already.

I think it will eventually for me, though I've been playing more Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin lately which is also well on the way to making it in.

[Julio Riddols]

Originally Posted by korme

Frozen Cortex major singleplayer update | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

This is absolutely awesome and pretty unexpected.. An MP league is going to kick major ass with this added on. I'm hoping MP league functionality is next.... Er maybe MP isn't coming.

I hope they change their mind on that, but at least we have an SP option for multiple seasons.

[Groundhog]

Frozen Cortex didn't hold my interest precisely because of what it was missing. This sounds amazing.