PC gaming revenue in Japan has more than doubled in four years, from ¥132.1 billion in 2021 to over ¥300 billion in 2025. It’s not just Japanese games that are helping, Apex Legends, Counter-Strike 2, PUBG, ARC Raiders and Call of Duty are among the biggest PC games in Japan PC now accounts for 12% of Japan’s gaming revenue, up from 6% in 2021.

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Valve’s Gabe Newell always knew what makes Steam better than all other PC and console game stores. In a 2011 interview he said, “The thing that we’ve been successful with are the Steam sales.” While other companies made fancy stores or gave special games only for their platform, Valve made its sales into big events that gamers look forward to. The Summer Sale and Winter Sale give very big discounts of 75 to 90% off with time limits that make people want to buy fast. These sales bring much more traffic and can increase money many times over, which keeps players coming back year after year. This simple idea from more than 10 years ago is why Steam is still the top game store for PC gaming today. Via: gamesradar

According to recent Newzoo data, PC gamers are buying far more new game releases priced under $30 at launch than PlayStation or Xbox players, who mostly stick to premium $50 plus AAA titles. The under-$30 price range has become a true “sweet spot” for PC gaming and gives a major boost to indie developers This trend is powering faster growth in the PC market, with Newzoo projecting PC revenue will outpace consoles by 2028 through 6.6% annual increases versus 4.4% for consoles.

New estimates suggest that Steam now has over 200 million monthly active users, making Valve’s PC gaming platform more than 50% larger than PlayStation. The estimate comes from GameDiscoverCo, which combined Valve’s Digital Services Act data for Europe with Steam’s public network traffic data to estimate the platform’s global audience. Based on those estimates, Steam reached around 198 million monthly active users in late 2025 and has likely surpassed 200 million since then. For comparison, Sony recently reported that PlayStation had 125 million monthly active users as of March 2026.