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Steam Replay is live and notes only 14% "of playtime spent by all Steam users" was for 2025 releases (www.gamingonlinux.com)

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[–] Janx@piefed.social 9 points 4 months ago

According to Metacritic, there were only eight 9/10 or better games this year. Or two, if you ignore remakes, remasters, and sequels. Maybe the issue is a drop in quality this year...?

https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/all/current-year/