{"id":299290,"date":"2025-03-28T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=351987"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:02:12","slug":"english-is-no-longer-the-most-played-language-on-steam-and-the-reason-is-chinese-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/english-is-no-longer-the-most-played-language-on-steam-and-the-reason-is-chinese-games\/","title":{"rendered":"English is no longer the most played language on Steam and the reason is Chinese games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Steam has established itself as a global gaming platform, and recent statistics reveal that more than 66% of users do not have English as their primary language. <strong>Mandarin, specifically simplified Chinese, has surpassed English as the most used language, reaching 33.7% of players compared to 33.5% who use English<\/strong>, according to a report presented at the Global Developer Conference 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Black Myth: Wukong<\/strong> has been a great catalyst for the Asian market<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>This trend is largely due to the growing popularity of games like Black Myth: Wukong,<strong> which has revitalized the national video game market in China, attracting a larger number of users to PC and console gaming<\/strong>. Developers in the region claim that this interest has been a long-term desire and that they are now seeing a real opportunity to launch large-scale titles.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Iconic games like Genshin Impact, Infinity Nikki, and Honkai: Star Rail have achieved remarkable success, solidifying the impact of Chinese companies in the industry. <strong>Tencent, a gaming giant in China, has a strong presence in this ecosystem, influencing various areas of video game development and distribution<\/strong>.<\/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=\"Black Myth: Wukong - Final Trailer | PS5 Games\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pnSsgRJmsCc?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>Additionally, <strong>Japanese developers have highlighted the enormous capacity of the Chinese industry, mentioning that it uses ten times more resources and labor than Japan for its projects<\/strong>. This greater financial and human commitment allows for more innovative and bold ideas to emerge, something that, they say, would not always be accepted in the Japanese context.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mandarin is not only widely spoken in China, <strong>but also in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Vietnam, which increases its use on gaming platforms<\/strong>. This phenomenon could continue, as the number of Mandarin speakers continues to rise, altering the landscape of global gaming in the coming years.<\/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>Steam has established itself as a global gaming platform, and recent statistics reveal that more than 66% of users do not have English as their primary language. 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This trend is largely due to the growing popularity of games like Black Myth: Wukong, which has revitalized the market [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":299292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[7260,1563,9750,6353,5283,7018,1056,1763],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-299290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-black-myth-wukong","tag-china","tag-gdc-2025","tag-genshin-impact","tag-honkai-star-rail","tag-infinity-nikki","tag-steam","tag-tencent","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299290","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=299290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308393,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299290\/revisions\/308393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299290"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=299290"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=299290"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=299290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}