Valve has released a bunch of interesting info in its Steam Year in Review 2021, including controller usage statistics. According to Valve, there are currently 48 million controllers "ed by Steam s," and they're used in over 10% of all gaming sessions. I wonder how many of those are Steam controllers?
Back in February, a Steamworks update added a new controller like a banana) but isn't a mouse and keyboard is counted as a controller.
It wasn't surprising to read that, isn't the best, for example.
It seems a lot of PC gamers prefer to stick with keyboard and mouse controls, even in games that prioritize controllers.
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Valve offered examples of how using this data could help a dev improve controller for their games. Suppose you notice that PlayStation controller usage falls below the global average (24%); you might want to check if the correct PS button prompts are displaying in its game instead of an Xbox controller.
Steam's year in review also noted that players logged over 21% more playtime in 2021 than 2020. The active daily s sit around 69 million, with a concurrent count of 27.4 million. Steam also delivered over 32.9 exabytes of data, which is a lot of games ed in 2021.
