I Studied Steam's Top 100 Games... Here's What I Found

[@emred4653]

"oh no people idleing on a game that gives them a chance to earn money, steam has fallen. be better" -you

[@AdventureSteve7]

Me when I don't understand anything said in the video

[@AutohousePerformanceProject]

pin of shame

[@doomguy9458]

@@AdventureSteve7 love the pfp

[@damyzs]

good quote I agree

[@thebois32]

@@AdventureSteve7he is right though: people aren’t on banana 24/7 clicking all day. It’s just sitting in the background while they do something else.

[@Elvenpath1337]

"Banana" sounds like a parody of the game industry. I literally went and checked Steam, and seeing it in the top 10 was downright surreal.

[@todesziege]

Clickers started out as a parody of the more manipulative/addictive elements of games, but have devolved into something much worse than even those parodies could imagine.

[@kyouksterm208]

it had a whole fked up nft shit going on the back to the point a ton of people got scammed and scammed others.

[@SuperM789]

@@kyouksterm208 not liking something doesn't make it a scam. value is subjective

[@kyouksterm208]

@@SuperM789 wanna buy a banana thats rainbow for a few thousand bucks?

[@DebasedAnon]

@@kyouksterm208 If someone does want to buy it then its not a scam, its that simple. Scams are deceptions as in "ill give you thing A if you pay me X amount" then giving them thing B instead. Selling something most people wouldnt buy isnt a scam same way shitcoins arent a scam. The word scam has lost all meaning.

[@ulpurt7612]

No Helldivers 2 mention? Im shattered. He was waiting so politely there, on his little number 8 spot, and you just ignored him. Jokes aside, a wonderful analysis of modern gaming.

[@JackyThaParrot]

@@ulpurt7612 report him to a local democracy officer

[@ModdedMatt-E3]

he didn't mention it because it defies his definitions, it is obviously more like a classic, however it still has microtransactions. Helldivers 2 is a masterpiece, its gameplay is better than most titans and arguably most classics, it doesn't rely on microtransactions like titans and instead it relies on its game play. but a classic doesn't have microtransactions which means it can't be that either, obviously it's not an application or clicker either. Helldivers is Helldivers, in it's own little category, better than any titan or classic could ever hope to be. FOR LIBERTY, DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM AND FOR SUPER EARTH!!! anyway great video

[@JackyThaParrot]

@@ulpurt7612 report him to a local democracy officer

[@Lan60za]

I LOVE HD2!!! 😶‍🌫️

[@NarrodJeech-f3q]

@Lan60za VERY DEMOCRATIC HELLDIVER!

[@theantianimeassociationleaer]

Tf2 is a mix of a Titan and a classic, I haven’t spent a dime on a game but I still play it for fun.

[@alface935]

TF2 was a Classic before the the release of the Sniper Vs Spy, Mann-Conomy and Uber updates of 2009, 2010 and 2011 After the release of thoses updates it became a Titan

[@liliataneva5874]

Tf2 player numbers are overinflated you can make money by afking in the menu

[@alface935]

@liliataneva5874 True I hear that TF2 actual player numbers sits around the 15000 players which would put TF2 between 90th-94th place on SteamDB which is a massive drop from the current 15th place that TF2 sits at right now because of combine number Idle Bots, Trade Bots, Casual Bots and Real Players

[@luk4323]

@liliataneva5874 game changed alot guy you can't anymore

[@alface935]

@luk4323 You can still make Money in TF2 by Afking inside of private vac servers That is why there is only around 15000 real players while the others 60000 are all either Idle Bots, Trade Bots or Casual Bots with the biggest out of thoses 3 being the Idle Bots

[@loadingerror9975]

What really needs to be analyzed is the Roblox top player chart. It’s wild. The top one has like a million, the second top will have like half of that and by the time you get to number 6 it struggles to get over 100k. It’s very similar to steams actually but the drop off is more dramatic. Also the actually fun games like phantom forces get beat out by slop games

[@Shizuu_z]

Me when the game that was made in probably 2 days where the only features are roleplaying, character customization and spawnable vehicles has over 600k active players while the genuinely good and playable games that don't include mincrotransactions or mindless gambling have 70 players in a good day

[@TonyExists]

Roblox is the biggest source of whiplash ever, you have slop like Blox Fruit, Sol's RNG and Fisch (now that the dev sold the game i can officially call it a cashgrab) beating out well put together experiences of various genres, Frontlines, Block Tales, Need More Heat, Pressure etc with a clear amount of effort and love poured in day after day

[@Shizuu_z]

@@TonyExists Exactly my thoughts

[@bananatheo3796]

@@TonyExists Roblox often gets ragged on for being a ton of slop and in fairness i don't blame the people who take one look at it and assume that's all it is, but there is some really good diamonds in the rough on there. It's just annoying that they are very rarely what's popular. Most of the good games on roblox that i've found was from seeing other people play them, NEVER by scrolling on the games tab (Or "experiences" as they're called now).

[@ooorigami4166]

Zipf's law

[@qwertyqwertperson]

algorithm gonna pick this up

[@grzegorzrolnik2855]

I sure hope so

[@kylehill9653]

@@qwertyqwertperson was in my algorithm 😂

[@jb9943]

@@kylehill9653 same 😂

[@Voujou.]

@@qwertyqwertperson algorithm did indeed pick this up

[@radiomanhans]

yup

[@damyzs]

Deep Rock Galactic has one of the best battlepasses I've seen, since you can play any battlepass that was released from the very beginning, they have only cosmetics and skins and after the battlepass is over, all the items are transferred to the ingame store that are available only for the ingame currency and chests that are frequently found within game. The only DLC's for the game are founders packs, dropped very infrequently which are direct ways to support the game in exchange for some higher quality skin sets.

[@RBrito-fd4lc]

They actually changed it so when a battle pass is it over you can manually go back to that season and do any battle passes you missed.

[@SpriteDoge]

Deep rock is peak, ROCK AND STONE!!!

[@itami369]

ROCK AND STONE

[@clocks08]

thank you lufa for giving me content during my fever

[@NoStep_OnSnek]

This video needs a lot more attention, like I didn't even realize how little views it had until I went to like it.

[@owl448]

warframe being not mentioned besides being used as the icon for premium currency is an absolute disgrace. Warframe is the perfect example of how an online/live service game CAN be a classic.

[@func_e]

yooooo satisfactory shoutout for good practices and good design?? that's my boy!

[@iAmLufa]

I love that game. It’s a bit overwhelming but I think that’s the point. Extremely rewarding to play

[@Froggermelon]

tf2 shows that battle passes arent required with cosmetics. Also, great vidoe, I didnt realize but i only play fortnite when i need to grind quests

[@Diskmeta]

@Froggermelon Tf2 foreveer

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

tf2 did monetization before battle passes were a thing and the contract system is pretty much a battle pass

[@Diskmeta]

@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 True but I personally don't feel the same about contracts and Battle passes. Battle passes feel more 'grindy' and 'important'. With contracts you don't feel obligated to do them

[@Froggermelon]

@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 true. I will admit they are similar but they also arent limited time so you are never "forced" to do them.

[@RandoEmmy224]

@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 thing is you can take your time with it, it isn't like a 9/5 job like a battlepass it's more of something you can do on your free time

[@wastedaga1n]

My grandfather has the heart of a lion and a lifetime ban at the zoo.

[@worlds_biggest_dumbass]

Lmao

[@tumultoustortellini]

🧐🚬

[@lord-ks7yp]

Sucks to see that warframe wasn't mentioned as a classic cuz in my opinion it checks all the boxes that a classic game has. It has devs that listen to their players and also interact with them, all of the content is free except for skins that are made by the community where profits from them go into creators pockets (from how I understand it), it is a singleplayer/co-op game, you can buy premium currency but it serves more as a donation to devs rather than a necessity to make progress + it can be earned for free through trading where the market isn't controlled by devs but by players and it has a welcoming community. In early stages of the game it may feel undewhelming when there is not a lot of things that boost your dopamine except for world building but when players stick with it they are rewarded with experience and freedom that no other game offers. And once you complete all quests and every mission you unlock steel path which is basically a new game+ where you do all missions again but with more difficult enemies. It also has characters each with unique kits and gunplay is phenomenal. Certainly a game which stood a test of time without implementing predatory strategies and keeps their playerbase by updates and dev streams where they also give away premium currency. Sorry for a lenghty comment and if you managed to get to the end of it thank you for reading my tedtalk ^^ (english is my second language so sorry for any grammar errors)

[@Inaluogh]

While the devs have gotten a little... odd in recent times, they surely supported the game fully for longer than most of the "classics" even existed. Most people don't even know it's been over a decade since the first version of the game. And it almost always got better than the way it was. Not to mention you don't need to even pay a penny to get premium currency if you really like the game and play it regularly.

[@gibarel]

I know of a game with an actually good battle pass design: deep rock galactic; the battle pass is free, with no paid tiers, when the "season" ends you can choose to replay that season and battle pass whenever you want. The "replay season" feature is somewhat new, before that, the loot would simply go to the random loot pool. Everything in the battle pass is cosmetic. The paid dlcs are also only cosmetics, generally with a specific theme related to the current season, and you get everything upon purchase.

[@solarflarearmor2081]

Damn I forgot how well Deep Rock Galactic handled their monetization. One if the few games that I willingly spent a little money in.

[@hbsavage0387]

Rock and Stone!!!!!! Man I love that game everything about it was so masterfully done.

[@CubesAndPortals]

no matter how much better THE FINALS' monetization actually is, people look at it and can't tell the difference. WTF. The only ethically monetized F2P FPS on the market and all it gets in this video is a picture of the currency exchange, never mind the massive innovations it brings to the genre. People ARE in the finals for the gameplay, not the cherry on top cosmetics.

[@anonymousbrowser9958]

couldn't have said it better bro

[@iAmLufa]

I didn’t even mention the finals lol

[@CubesAndPortals]

@@iAmLufa Finals is so overlooked my guy doesn't even know he put it in the video lmao

[@iAmLufa]

@@CubesAndPortals LOL

[@cloudboyistrash]

W game, definetely deserves a mention as a hidden gem

[@centuryt91]

i used to be a chill guy then i started playing apex legends and after a year or two of seriously playing to rank up i was more angry and ragefull until a few months ago when i decided this isnt worth my time and stopped playing completely. now im a lot calmer and dont care about many stuff that arent worth caring about. these games actually do make you more violent

[@invictusgaming7998]

Yeah, I don’t even like CS, but you’re wrong on it not being a classic. That game had millions of players worldwide before skins and all the predatory gambling bs. It was just way less popular in the US, because you people spent the 00s playing Halo & CoD on consoles, meanwhile almost everywhere else gamed mostly on PCs and CS was about as popular as football (not the handegg type) across the ocean.

[@todesziege]

It's not the CS 1.6 days anymore. Since CS:GO it has relied a lot more on extrinsic motivations.

[@gaigerobinson1908]

​@todesziege that is just not true, it is only a extremely minute population that plays the game because of skins. 99% of players are playing because of the gameplay.

[@todesziege]

@@gaigerobinson1908 People don't have to play it _exclusively_ for skins for it to still be a factor. It's not just what games you play, but how often, what modes etc.

[@bhanupratap6405]

Games like r6 and cs would still be in top 100 even if you removed skins from these games. The reason is that they have good gameplay and skins a very small part of it. These games rely on competitive nature of people.

[@rhandycs]

not to mention most of these other classics see more gameplay updates than cs sees new cosmetics i swear they release some new skins like every 2 years meanwhile games like cod are just pumping out weekly cosmetics. ofcourse skins are a big part of cs now but its quality over quantity in their case they somehow stumbled into the perfect way of introducing cosmetics into their game. and like 99% of the degens gambling with the skins don't even touch the game itself they just use it as a tax free way of gambling.

[@imsimonster]

The game in the top100 that I play most is Geometry Dash. I have hundreds of replays of it on my channel and I just can't stop playing it. When I watched your video I tried to fit it into the categories you listed, and found it difficult to place it. The thing about GD is that the official game itself doesn't really have much content. At its core it is just a random mobile game from the early 2010s that got popular randomly. It is developed by one guy called Robert and doesn't have in-game-purchases. It only costs like 4$ and Robert took 7 years to release the recent update. So how is it in the top100 then? Well I think it isn't for the same reasons another "Classic" like Stardew is up there. The gameplay is similar to little rage games like the Impossible Game and is really really challenging. What really drives its playercount is the community, how else could it have gone 7 years without an update? The level editor in this game is probably the most open for creativity, unlike others, which has led the community to create over 30k dev-approved levels. Basically, infinite content. If I were to make a category for it, i'd call it "community-driven" Funny thing, during the update drought the player count only grew and didn't decline

[@iAmLufa]

I’d consider it a classic

[@owaloid9995]

i mean people play it because it's fun the fact that the content is user-made doesn't change that

[@SolarSillySolace]

Yeah I think we need another category for UGC (user generated content games) where most of the content is provided by user generated stuff. Think Fortnite (creative) Roblox, vr chat, raven field, basically any paradox game with a popular modding scene, tabs, tf2, and more. They can all go into some category (mainly titans and classics) but the games mainly thrive off ugc from either modding, or through a creation area made by the dev.

[@fruiity8911]

Hey same, GD is like the perfect game to me. Its also all I upload 😭 You can challenge yourself practically infinitely and at your own pace, and the community is extremely active given its size, I can't really see any issues in the game at all unlike almost everything else I play.

[@Alexsny12]

I remember my GD arc 🙏

[@SheaN1026]

You should do the most popular games on consoles too. Xbox has some interesting ones that show the demographics of the console well, it’s available online for anyone interested.

[@devineorpheus1477]

@@SheaN1026 console is garbage and has no chart like steam does for player count

[@iAmLufa]

While I’d take a PC any day, consoles do have their perks. Maybe it’s weird but I love a console’s hub. They can have very good ui

[@SolarSillySolace]

*(nice suggestion for a follow up video)* “Fuck you console sucks you idiot lmao”

[@devineorpheus1477]

More people have console hell i even have one i love the ui as well just the lack of freedom on games you pay a 100 dollars for is crazy

[@bearpoop720]

@@devineorpheus1477 no one asked for your opinion

[@loreta4665]

900+ hours in Binding of Isaac, still haven't completed the game

[@Chessegggs]

Stardew also get free updates without paying for dlc or no microtransaction

[@iAmLufa]

I should’ve mentioned that

[@gabrielandy9272]

just like terraria, theres very few companys that does free updates, larian studios with baldurs gate 3/divinity original sin 1,2 was one of then.

[@Nekudza]

​@@gabrielandy9272 no man sky updates are simply the best for many years now

[@Chaki21]

@@gabrielandy9272 Team Cherry did too !

[@SnowyRaptor64]

Crab game deserves its place at 29th spott

[@OpposingFork]

Nah

[@fexofenadine7054]

I think we can all agree this channel qualifies as a Classic. Great video.

[@iAmLufa]

Thank you :D

[@robert7100]

When you put the cod mobile skin i started dying😂 It took me a little bit to realize it was even a gun😂

[@shaggy665]

you didn't mention the amount of bots that idle for items that alone makes the player count so much bigger

[@iAmLufa]

I got ahead of myself there. Good point

[@JardTheRat]

The amount of bots in cs is crazy. At night it'll say 400k players online but when I search for a match it literally tells me only 5 people are searching for a match in my region.

[@skoop4477]

@@JardTheRat the bots don't make up a huge percentage of the playercount. since bots don't sleep there at least under 400k bots and you can subtract the peak by 400k to get 1.2 million for the peak player count. I highly doubt that a game with that high of a peak has more than around 50k bots.

[@JardTheRat]

@@skoop4477 even if its 50k that is still is a lot. every deathmatch has at least 5 bot accounts spinning around afk with aim hacks farming its ridiculous

[@puggamer7896]

such a great video and so well done (idk if i wrote that right,english ins't my first language)

[@succnasty6256]

you did

[@iAmLufa]

Thank you it’s nice of you to say that

[@thecuchikiller]

In my case it suprise me to see, for example, 200 players in games like Space Marine 1 or 500 in the original Resident Evil 4, there is at least ten players, right now, somewhere in the world playing a specific game.

[@BruceKettina352]

Great video! I would have mentioned also that bots can inflate numbers a lot. Games that are bounded to some kind of earning are naturally flooded with bots, skin and hats were/are/will be farmed with bots alongside human players. I can't believe that many people are clicking bananas, a big chunk must be bots.

[@illchangethislater7936]

This was a lot more deep than I was expecting. Before even watching this video I recently realized I wasn’t going to play games just for gaming sake and now I realize what the underlying thing holding me back was: feeling the time pressure to crank game hours for “exclusive” cosmetics that at the end of the day you couldn’t even touch, smell, or feel

[@SolarSillySolace]

“These titans can be extremely fun!” (Playing siege footage in the backround):

[@iAmLufa]

I'll stand by that point I love siege

[@boxspite]

4:00 I think using plat from Warframe to depict the negative connotation of premium currency is really bad, it's literally the only "premium currency" that's earnable and tradeable. I m not talking about 10 dollar worth for grinding a year like some other but actually 50-100 dollar worth every couple days. Within community it's not even considered a premium currency but rather a universal currency.

[@iAmLufa]

Idk I played the game for over 20 hours free to play and have zilch to show for it

[@infernaltoaster_]

​@@iAmLufa might take a bit but I have plenty of cosmetics that I bought with platinum, despite never spending money

[@jazzyjswift]

​​@@iAmLufa Those 20 hours barely scratched the surface. Did you join a clan? Did you trade your items you got in missions for platinum to other players? Did you even open up any void relics to get prime parts to trade? Those are the most sought after ones. You can get enough prime parts in an hour to trade for about $5-10 worth of plat to another player. More if you're lucky. What about corrupted mods from Deimos missions using the Dragon Keys? Those go for about 5-10p each and you can literally get one every 90 seconds if you use a fast frame like volt or titania. I've got 3k hours over roughly 7 years in Warframe and there's absolutely zero instances in which I felt like the monetization was predatory or scummy ever. It's the gold standard for what games that you called "titans" should do, but won't because it's not as profitable. It player-centric. Hell, I spend money on WF as a thank you to the devs for the countless hours of fun and free content because I feel bad getting all that I do for free. Just because you had a bad experience doesn't mean that the whole game is bad. Frankly, it's better than most of the games in the top 100 but most people drop the game before they learn enough about it to really see all it has to offer, like yourself.

[@shiagururdnot2116]

@@iAmLufa So you didn't even get to the first big story quest yet? Having zilch to show for experiencing 1% of a game is not surprising.

[@iAmLufa]

@@shiagururdnot2116 "what do you mean? now we can finally play the game"

[@firun2635]

6:00 unexpected C&C 1 - nice! On a more serious note a healthy way to deal with DLCs and cosmetics and all that is not looking at it as an investment. If I spend money on such things, I accept that the money is just gone. It's like going to see a movie or concert; you pay for the ticket, you get entertainment in return, and that is it. It's not invested, it's money spent for some entertainment, and it's gone as soon as it is spent. Break the false sunk cost fallacy and just see these things as entertainment.

[@thejp8152]

i guess one other reason why certain indie games are successful is because they don't use any voice acting, so they can export to many countries much easier.

[@Average_Bread]

The thing about TF2 is that cosms and paid stuff actually went down for like 2 weeks in the summer and nobody cared

[@CassiusZedaker-pr7kc]

This is the most insightful analysis of Steam, and modern gaming in general, that I've ever seen.

[@dek4714]

Honestly amazing commentary, would love to see more like this. Some of the points made in this video made me think of why I love The Finals (which I think is #93 on the list). It's such a fun game and while it has a battlepass and cosmetics, they are really not as scummy or bad as other games. Ok, good video bye!

[@noo4726]

In my opinion tf2 is a perfect example of a shooter done right becoming a classic

[@zbwg463]

Another Lufa banger, as expected

[@iAmLufa]

Yo long time no see OG

[@bjorngg45]

It's interesting how the classics are also the games where you can easily change things up with mods and etc if you feel they're lacking, whereas the titans get you banned for modding or make it unnecessarily difficult

[@Tamed_Delirium]

So well done couldn’t have said it better myself

[@FeelLovely]

Watch-Along Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:56 - The Application 2:31 - The Classic 8:29 - The Titan 18:46 - The Clicker 26:07 - Call To Action 29:32 - Outro

[@capsgi]

i agree with most of the things you say in this video, however for the titan games like cs2, fortnite, and others, i would say battle passes and microtransactions are not the reason people play the games, me and my friends have tons of hours in both cs2 and fortnite but rarely wasted money in the game for cosmetics, we play them for the gameplay and mechanics of the game, and because of the big competitive community surrounding those games, maybe the more casual players play the game for that reason? Your correct about new seasons / maps in the games tho, the new content makes it so that people stick to playing the game therefore making it more adictive.

[@cacaodemon5220]

It's unfair how KZbin treats your channel, hope this gets 500k or more, you deserve it 🙏

[@Herringbone0920]

TF2 is kinda funny because it introduced modern microtransactions and all that, but they are out of the way enough to where you can just play the game as an F2P or spend a grand total of 0.99 and chill forever playing the game

[@saulgoodman5073]

Im a simple man, i see isaac in the thumbnail, i click

[@theedex7506]

Generally love the thumbnail change, hope the algorithm catches up

[@erikofskullisland3987]

Played over 3,500 hours in tf2. Had a friend who was over 10,000 hours. Played 3,000 hours of Binding of Isaac between the original flash game for almost 1,000, and over 2,000 in the remake. 700 hours in Age of Empires 2 700 hours in Don't Starve. Over 100 hours in just Half-Life, replaying it over and over. Thousands of hours in Final Fantasy games, between discs and at least 1,000 hours on Steam.

[@verybored1261]

Criminally underrated video, hoping the algo picks this up. Btw, what's the song from that starts at 16:00

[@iAmLufa]

Thank you! It’s Smart Race from Deltarune’s OST

[@verybored1261]

@@iAmLufa Huge. Thank you!

[@shrexd]

900 views? Damn. I thought i was watching a video made by a creator with like 2mil subs, Great video my guy!

[@Lunchbox20fr]

@shrexd fr, I was surprised when I saw only 1200 views i thought it would be closer to 120k

[@heftyx3]

30 minutes well spent! Thanks for this BANGER of a video my dude. Banana slots is craaaaaaazy! Thanks for never recommending me that game 🫡 Information and entertaining. 10/10 would watch again

[@iAmLufa]

@@heftyx3 thank you hefty appreciate it!

[@scifi-zn7hm]

I just looked and my beloved eu4 is 89th on the list right now, im so happy

[@zach-dr9yg]

one thing about a lot of the top few games is that they are free and only require you to pay when you want cosmetics and not sitting behind a 30-100 dollar pay wall before you even try the game

[@Wavebreakerd]

Finally another likeminded Satisfactory appreciator 🙏

[@julianbrown4371]

I feel like titans explanation is missing the point that those games have become inherently massively competitive. If you’re a rank gamer who likes a competitive scene then those games are probably for you. Same with fighting games, the gameplay is a big part of it but the dopamine is from conquering your opponent. Being the best or seeing the victory/KO screen. Not just skins like you’re pointing out solely.

[@julianbrown4371]

This is where the divide seems to happen where A LOT of people become burned out and just don’t like the competitive scene. Which is fine lmao. Whenever I get tired of R6, The Finals, Marvel Rivals, or Apex I hop on BG3 and do another run. Maybe I’ll download mods for Skyrim and do a run of that. Skins is a part of it but it’s really not the main reason people play those games.

[@Beep477]

@@julianbrown4371 I agree, I feel like this guy’s entire argument doesn’t really make any sense at all. The “classic game” analogy he uses doesn’t work because that’s simply not what “classic” means, he instead should have explained why the games he liked in the top 100 were instead classics to HIM and Reiterate his own opinions instead of treating his views as objective. Also Multiple points he made to further his argument didn’t make much sense either, he stated that cosmetics and seasons are the only reason those games are consistently in the top 100, which in itself is incorrect. The competitive scene alone in those games makes them huge and those “seasons” often come with a lot of content to accompany any cosmetics. That introduces new players and keeps player counts high. That’s how live service games work. He can’t reinvent the term “classic” as a roundabout way of trashing on games HE doesn’t like, along with literally lying about what makes the games he doesn’t like popular.

[@cloudboyistrash]

I though this video had at least 100k views but i was surprised! It definitely deserves that tho, cuz its a great analysis

[@cloudboyistrash]

Also you get a sub too!

[@iAmLufa]

Thank you so much! Very nice of you to take the time to say this. I appreciate it!

[@RealMajora]

Red Dead 2 has premium currency and microtransactions yet you placed it in Classic rather than Titan. Curious.

[@BlouePickdMan]

16:22 the ranked skins in brawl stars aren't exclusive tho. they are released the season after and the game tells you about it. i get what you mean tho

[@viperdragon29]

DRG out here making one of the most non-intrusive, completely awesome and non-stressful battle-pass systems to ever exist in the current market (Deep Rock Galactic is an awesome game)

[@willerdude]

😮 I expected a million views but only 1000? Crazy underrated

[@iAmLufa]

Thank you!!!

[@flora424]

Good video! I do want to say that for me and many others, grinding ranked can be a lot of fun. I don't get too worried about my rank and stats, and I like looking at my rank as sort of a skill assessment(I am very driven by improvement in many of my hobbies). Getting skins for rank placements are like nice little trophies I can feel proud of and look back on. I do totally agree that ranked skins only usable during the current are lame as hell. I don't want this comment to sound negative, just wanted to share my perspective !! :3

[@sashaborisenkochelovek8631]

You using the coolest meme of my childhood regarding the topic of the banana is so sardonic xd

[@OrdoMallius]

Dota. One map since 2003. One game mode. Still playing it.

[@freetickle]

perfectly encapsulates what went wrong with gaming. Great video!

[@matveykrylov]

great video

[@Ramog1000]

16:54 competitive games aren't a practice but a type of game a certain playerbase wants.

[@That_1_Stalin_Guy]

Tbh the finals has been really fun but it is like the only fps game i play

[@abnorth2276]

15:45 they can be harmless if you can do them at any time even after newer ones has released. That, together with EVERYTHING being unlockable in the battlepass and NOT through a shop, would make for a great live service game in my opinion.

[@The_Fracture1]

I don't play cod, but it seems like the over the top skins would give you a disadvantage

[@wispophobia]

We need more games that make us think and actually stay intelligent sentient people. Also I saw this game in my recommended and knew it was something I wanted to watch, why is the algorithm acting up?

[@robert7100]

chess? puzzle games?

[@Inaluogh]

Age of Empires 4, Civilization 6(7 on the way soon), Your Only Move Is Hustle, literally any classic fighting game because fighting games are more about mental stack than people realize. Hunt Showdown is more about outsmarting people than having god aim because the win condition isn't kill everyone. XCOM 2 (without save scumming), Portal 2 (and billions of workshop maps), literally any version of Tetris... the list goes on and most of these are modern titles. It's not like people stopped making games that provide a mental challenge. But if your purpose to play them is to feel smart and rub yourself to the idea, you may very well not be as intelligent as you would want to believe.

[@simeongalda5988]

Quick tip for better video, try to have spaces where you pause (it can be in video editing or in way you speak), just moments where viewer gets little time to process data. You are blasting word after word, there is no space. Other than that straight up facts. Keep up the good work

[@lorantpapp07]

Great video, crazy how little views it has at the moment Also, those clicker games are botted to hell and back, no real players whatsoever. I feel like they should be banned from this list, or the site as a whole.

[@justaguywholikesmusic]

good vid, you deserve more subs

[@Niceice6540merci]

Not the kind of video I expected but I really enjoyed it

[@faustyplayz8464]

Warthunder not mentioned during micro transaction part is crazy 💀

[@Ramog1000]

15:05 I think something you are ignoring completly is, that you can play most of those games for free

[@outroruan]

@@Ramog1000 agreed

[@hemishramchurn1492]

Its crazy how stardew was made by only one singular guy who made it out of passion and ended up nearly top 10. Wtf??? He broke the competition lmao

[@MrCrashtester]

the COD mobile one is not an inspect animation its a whole ass movie 😭

[@rhandycs]

cs is for sure a classic. you can't even really use the they have skins argument cus they release a new set of skins like once every year sometimes even longer. cs2 from its release until like a year later pretty much got no cosmetic content or any new content in general but it was still gaining players throughout that period. that being said they have still have by far the best incorperation of cosmetics and its interesting to see how deep it goes.

[@theoddtracy6917]

Wow... how don't you have mo- oh nvm

[@dinkmartini3236]

"Late for supper." Don't think for a second that I'm not gonna steal THAT one. 🤓

[@rbze7255]

Ignoring the obvious fact that competitive multiplayer games have infinitely more replayability than solo games by design is not helping your argument. I fully agree with what you are saying but really dislike this kind of omission of causal effects to tunnelvision on a single narrative, because it serves no purpose other than to provide an extremely easy refutation of your entire point.

[@iAmLufa]

@@rbze7255 yeah of course, point is many players aren’t coming back for replayability. They return because of incentives outside of gameplay. That might not be the dominate reason why for everybody, but there’s certainly been a trend

[@Athanasius-t1t]

Love the video!

[@iAmLufa]

Thank you! Anything in particular?

[@Athanasius-t1t]

@iAmLufa you exposed something really important in the game industry. As someone who is trying to make games rn, I needed to hear how dangerous some methods are. I would have liked to hear more about "the good". But you put the video together well and it was funny too!

[@bals1632]

Chill Anger Foot track track detected - respect earned.

[@IsaacCode95]

i'm pretty sure that even if you take out the skins and the other stuff out of cs2 it will still probably be in the top 10 must played games. same goes for tf2, which is an absolute classic, never bought anything, and played that for years.

[@JustinSeizure]

Very good points presented in a good way.

[@Ramog1000]

13:39 titans as you called them, are also competitive, balancing is much more of a deal if its players vs players and a metch takes 90 minutes and the player is messured based on their skill but also based on the balancing on the game. The game isn't about being fun completly anymore its about trying to one up each other as the players, being better than everbody else, its about skill first and foremost not against predetermined enemies but against other players. That is why balancing is so hard, you can't make it easier for one group of people without making it harder for the other group of people. In games like Terraria you only have to balance it against single team of players. People don't complain more in the balancing of titans because its worse but because its harder to do by its nature. Titans don't opimize for fun but for a balanced battlefield.

[@kAntishko]

Rdr2 is a "titan" though.

[@RevJR]

The first microtransaction was not horse armor, though it is probably the most well-known. The first real microtransaction was probably a Mr. Accessory in Kingdom of Loathing.

[@Aliumei]

Please give a list of the music you used 🙏 I heard Anger foot OST and I knew it was going to be good. Also great video !

[@GameTamer100]

In fairness I think CS2 is so dominant because it has both a “dopamine hack” skin system but also incredibly tight and masterfully designed gameplay. It gets the best of both worlds. CS could drop all the skins tomorrow and it might lose some gambling addicts but would still maintain many players. It was already an upcoming esport in previous iterations that lacked skins.

[@23r9oi0ietvadxzcmvivcghdbne]

16:20 oh boy cs2 faceit goes BEYOND the measures of toxicity even though realistically you don’t earn ANY item from reaching a higher level

[@Vanawy]

Awesome video!

[@excancerpoik]

banger vid but skins on ranks isnt bad as long as you unlock it for free at a certain rank and its guaranteed and its not time limited with those criteria met its fine imo I agree with everything else

[@NeoCinnamon]

Nothing could’ve prepared me for the whole cutscene that was a weapon skin

[@TheDevourerOfGods]

An interesting battlepass version I've seen is in Deep Rock Galactic. Since the game itself is $20, the "performance pass" for each season can be returned to at any time, even for new players.

[@CricketStyleJ]

Just when you thought playing with your banana couldn't get any worse

[@KanyeNorth100]

Counter Strike was a huge game before skins arrived and buying or unlocking skins is verrrrry rare. I dont believe the skins are nearly as influential in the the success of CS2 as the ESports scene of the game.

[@stake-e1315]

Project zomboid mentioned 10/10 you got a new sub

[@martsmart3291]

Dude. Nice music at 6.30 from the C&C games😀