What are the best Steam games? Valve's beloved digital marketplace has been the go-to platform for PC gamers for much of the last decade, marauding our wallets with seasonal sales and silently taunting us with the dozens of unplayed games in our library - we can't help but feel comfort in its warm embrace.
The store is home to an enormous number of games - around 30,000 at the most recent estimate - with over 600 releasing each month according to SteamSpy. But which are the best Steam games? Given the numbers, it's all but impossible to boil Steam down to a list of the ten best games, But we'll give it our best shot.
We've aimed to include some of the best games on Steam, but also games that are heavily associated with the platform, whether they boast a hefty modding community on the Steam Workshop or never miss out on a Steam sale.
We've been busy analyzing what makes a game a Steam game. How many viewers does it average on Twitch? How large and vocal is the community? How old is the game? Most importantly, though, is the "feel." There's a certain je ne sais quoi that the steamiest of Steam games exude. You know it when you feel it, inhale it, and let it caress your grey matter, kind of like a sauna for your brain.
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