Nearly 19,000 video games were released on Steam in 2024. That’s a lot! I n fact, it’s more than hit the platform in any other year. But most of those games, around 80 percent of them in fact, went mostly unplayed, according to publicly available data.

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The Steam Deck and the PlayStation Portal, in their different ways, absolutely trounce the Switch in the controller department. I've gotten spoiled by the luxurious feel of both handhelds. The Steam Deck is studded with control options: roomy analog triggers, large extra trackpads and additional paddle buttons on the backside.