The median price of best-selling new games on Steam has dropped in the past 2 years, research finds: "Charging >$25 is getting trickier, as players compare value to the $10-$15 indie titles"

If you've anecdotally clocked a rise in cheap-but-fun games regularly taking over Steam, you may be intrigued to hear there might be something to this trend on the statistical level, as well. New research from analyst newsletter GameDiscoverCo finds that the median price of best-selling new Steam games has dropped by upwards of 14% in the last two years.In an analysis of the first month of sales for the top 50 new, non-free-to-play Steam releases for every month since February 2023, GameDiscover