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What were the twelve highest-grossing games on Steam in 2017? Steam has now revealed those titles, though as with last year’s list the ‘Best of 2017 Top Sellers’ aren’t provided in any specific order or with any actual data. Instead the top grossing games are categorised into four medal categories. …

Valve has named the nine Most Played Steam games of 2017 as part of Steam’s Best of 2017 awards, based on hard data gathered by the platform throughout the year. Some housekeeping before we give you a rundown of the list.This list doesn’t actually compile the total players a game …

Marketing tool allows for better relationships between developers and Steam curators

Having set the streaming world alight with its fury-inducing play, the spiritual successor to QWOP enjoyed a brief stint at the top of the Steam charts after its release this week. Getting Over It With Bennet Foddy had previously been made available on the Humble Store. The surreal title challenges …

Valve has removed the ability for users to pay for goods on Steam using Bitcoin, blaming the decision on ‘high fees and volatility’. The company highlights the fact that Bitcoin transaction fees have now jumped as high as $20 per transaction – a far cry from the $0.20 fee that …

Valve’s ever-lasting attempts to ensure fair use of the Steam reviews system have now turned their attentions to the problem of review spamming. The current system in part relies on users giving existing reviews a thumbs up or thumbs down for ‘helpfulness’. Like all of these mechanisms, it relies on …

Valve's gaming portal has been working on readdressing its systems to help prevent aggressive spam

Twitch streamer WeeGeeTheGod has been criticised for what some are calling an abuse of Steam’s refund policy. Polygon reports that WeeGeeTheGod, whose real name is Cade McKown, recently streamed a complete playthrough of recent Sega release Sonic Forces. McKown was clearly not enjoying the game, and upon completion then streamed …

The amount of releases on Valve's store is almost equal to the the combined releases between 2005 and 2015

In a unique approach to gauging interest and testing, Bossa are giving Decksplash away for a limited time. Product manager, Ricardo Rego, tells us why