{"id":297917,"date":"2025-03-14T02:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=351029"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:10:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:10:45","slug":"valve-reveals-the-gaming-hours-on-steam-deck-during-2024-and-they-are-staggering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/valve-reveals-the-gaming-hours-on-steam-deck-during-2024-and-they-are-staggering\/","title":{"rendered":"Valve reveals the gaming hours on Steam Deck during 2024 and they are staggering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an impressive year-end report, <strong>Valve has revealed that Steam Deck players accumulated 330 million hours of gameplay during 2024, representing a remarkable 64% increase compared to the previous year<\/strong>. This growth underscores the potential of this portable device in a market that is still considered somewhat niche, but is beginning to attract the attention of major game developers.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More and more studies support Steam&#8217;s proposal<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developers like Square Enix and Ubisoft have officially begun to support the compatibility of their titles with Steam Deck, highlighting the importance of this platform. For example, <strong>Square Enix announced the compatibility of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, while Ubisoft confirmed that Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows will be verified on the device<\/strong>. This move suggests a shift in publishers&#8217; perception towards the growth of the portable PC market.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steam Deck: All-in-one portable PC gaming.\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7_0SnbF_MhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valve also celebrated the arrival of SteamOS on the Lenovo Go S, a step that marks the beginning of a possible wave of third-party portable devices &#8220;powered by SteamOS.&#8221; Additionally, <strong>the company has mentioned the possibility of installing SteamOS on other portable devices such as the ROG Ally X or the latest version of the MSI Claw, which would further expand options for gamers<\/strong>. According to Valve, its investments in user interface, Linux compatibility, and input technology will benefit both developers and gamers.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the expectations surrounding the Steam Deck 2, <strong>Valve continues to dominate the market thanks to its platform and game store<\/strong>. With an expanding ecosystem, future hardware developments look promising, and players will be able to enjoy their game libraries in a variety of contexts, whether at home, at the airport, or in the garden.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Steam\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/3047d89c-96d0-11e6-8546-00163ed833e7\/2505233623\/steam-download.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Steam<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/steam.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an impressive year-end report, Valve has revealed that Steam Deck players accumulated 330 million hours of gameplay during 2024, representing a remarkable 64% increase compared to the previous year. This growth underscores the potential of this portable device in a market that is still considered somewhat niche, but is beginning to attract the attention of major game developers. More and more studios are supporting the Steam proposal. Developers like Square Enix and Ubisoft have officially begun to endorse the compatibility of their titles with Steam [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":297928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[9377,9378,4481,4631,9379,9380,1076,1944],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-297917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-lenovo-go-s","tag-rog-ally-x","tag-square-enix","tag-steam-deck","tag-steam-deck-2","tag-steamos","tag-ubisoft","tag-valve","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308896,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297917\/revisions\/308896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297917"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=297917"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=297917"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=297917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}