PvP
11568 games sharing this Steam feature
Popularity of 'PvP' over time
This chart displays the games released over the years with the PvP feature and the percentage of total Steam releases they represent. The number of releases gives an appreciation of the quantity of games published each year. It often tends to increase naturally, just like the total amount of Steam games released.
The percentage, on the other hand, gives a better idea of the trend a feature follows. It shows if, in proportion, the PvP feature is getting more or less popular from a developer's perspective. The Review chart will tell us if this trend is a good thing (i.e. players interest is increasing, feature is undercrowded) or if it's the opposite.
The PvP game feature peaked in 2022 with 1402 games released. The popularity of the feature is in a range between 0.96% in 2014 and 4.3% in 2018.
Keep in mind that the current year is not over, so the number of games released will still increase. But the percentage is usually a good estimate.
Evolution of 'PvP' game reviews
This chart shows the reviews for games with the PvP feature, either as count and as a percentage of all Steam reviews, and the average value for a game. Note that if the normalized and average lines are too small, you can deactivate the review count and % of the average lines by clicking on the legend.
The review count gives a view of the sheer amount of reviews a feature receives, but it also follows the popularity of Steam itself. That is why the normalized value as a percentage of all Steam reviews is often more interesting, as it gives you the popularity trend for PvP feature games.
A typical game associated with this feature collected on average between 79 (2010) and 2424 (2014) reviews. Keep in mind that it is the average and not the median, meaning it is heavily influenced by extreme values, like a very successful game with this feature.
The reviews per game as a percentage of the average show that games in the PvP feature received between 217% (2010) and 391% (2015) reviews compared to other features.
| Image | Name | Description | Price | Rating | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  | Counter-Strike | Play the world's number 1 online action game. Engage in an incredibly realistic brand of terrorist warfare in this wildly popular team-based game. Ally with teammates to complete strategic missions. Take out enemy sites. Rescue hostages. Your role affects your team's success. Your team's success affects your role. | 9.99 | 97% | Nov 1, 2000 |
  | Team Fortress Classic | One of the most popular online action games of all time, Team Fortress Classic features over nine character classes -- from Medic to Spy to Demolition Man -- enlisted in a unique style of online team warfare. Each character class possesses unique weapons, items, and abilities, as teams compete online in a variety of game play modes. | 4.99 | 85.6% | Apr 1, 1999 |
  | Deathmatch Classic | Enjoy fast-paced multiplayer gaming with Deathmatch Classic (a.k.a. DMC). Valve's tribute to the work of id software, DMC invites players to grab their rocket launchers and put their reflexes to the test in a collection of futuristic settings. | 4.99 | 80.2% | Jun 1, 2001 |
  | Ricochet | A futuristic action game that challenges your agility as well as your aim, Ricochet features one-on-one and team matches played in a variety of futuristic battle arenas. | 4.99 | 80.6% | Nov 1, 2000 |
  | Half-Life | Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Also includes an exciting multiplayer mode that allows you to play against friends and enemies around the world. | 9.99 | 96.5% | Nov 8, 1998 |
  | Left 4 Dead 2 | Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) is the highly anticipated sequel to the award-winning Left 4 Dead, the #1 co-op game of 2008. This co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns. | 9.99 | 97.6% | Nov 16, 2009 |
  | SiN: Gold | SiN: Gold has returned! Free update for original owners! | 9.99 | 82.8% | Mar 18, 2020 |
  | DEFCON | Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare. You play a General hidden deep within an underground bunker. | 9.99 | 86.7% | Sep 29, 2006 |
  | Multiwinia | "Long ago a computer scientist called Dr Sepulveda created a beautiful digital world existing entirely within a computer network of his own invention. This world was called Darwinia and it was inhabited by a peaceful, law-abiding digital life-form called the Darwinians. | 9.99 | 81.8% | Sep 19, 2008 |
  | Two Worlds Epic Edition | ... 300 years after Aziraal has been banished, a brother and sister are drawn into the conflict which has flared up between the Orcs and the free world. Kyra, the hero's younger sister, suddenly disappears in mysterious circumstances.«...If my family really belongs to the chosen ones, why then have we always been as poor as church mice? | 9.99 | 76.8% | Apr 30, 2009 |
  | Quake III Arena | The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS. | 14.99 | 95.3% | Aug 3, 2007 |
  | DOOM (1993) | You’re a marine—one of Earth’s best—recently assigned to the Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC) research facility on Mars. When an experiment malfunctions and creates a portal to Hell, the base is overrun by blood-thirsty demons. You must shoot your way out to survive. | 4.99 | 96.8% | Aug 3, 2007 |
  | DOOM II | Hell has invaded Earth, and to save it, you must battle mightier demons with even more powerful weapons. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking DOOM (1993) introduced players to the brutal Super Shotgun, the infamous Icon of Sin boss, and more intense FPS action. | 4.99 | 95.1% | Aug 3, 2007 |
  | Quake | Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original. | 9.99 | 96.4% | Aug 3, 2007 |
  | Quake II | Mankind is at war with the Strogg, a hostile alien race planning an invasion of Earth. In response, we launched a preemptive strike...it failed. Outnumbered and outgunned, you must fight to shut down the enemy's war machine. Only then will the fate of humanity be known. | 4.99 | 92.6% | Aug 3, 2007 |
  | The Ship: Murder Party | The Ship is a murder mystery multiplayer. | 9.99 | 83.9% | Jul 11, 2006 |
  | ThreadSpace: Hyperbol | ThreadSpace: Hyperbol is an action-strategy game set in the distant future. Players battle each other on roads in space as they pilot massive ships capable of firing a wide variety of weapons. Create defenses, coordinate with your team, and launch an assault against your opponents to achieve victory! | 4.99 | 93.3% | Jul 12, 2007 |
  | Garry's Mod | Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play. | 9.99 | 96.8% | Nov 29, 2006 |
  | S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl | S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes. | 19.99 | 94.7% | Mar 20, 2007 |
  | Cossacks II: Battle for Europe | Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a standalone add-on for "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars" presenting new nations with the possibility to wage multiplayer battles. | 4.99 | 79.6% | Aug 26, 2011 |
  | Natural Selection 2 | A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival! | 4.99 | 85.7% | Oct 30, 2012 |
  | STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™ | You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon. | 9.99 | 95.6% | Jul 8, 2009 |
  | STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™ | Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker. | 9.99 | 96.1% | Sep 16, 2009 |
  | STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast™ | The Legacy of Star Wars Dark Forces™ and Star Wars® Jedi Knight lives on in the intense first-person action of Jedi Outcast. | 9.99 | 91.6% | Sep 16, 2009 |
  | Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (Classic, 2005) | Join the rise of Darth Vader’s elite 501st Legion of Stormtroopers as you fight through an all new story-based saga where every action you take impacts the battlefront and, ultimately, the fate of the Star Wars galaxy. | 9.99 | 94.2% | Jul 8, 2009 |