Ever wonder how popular a given game really is?

How many times have you read on a forum about how some game is way more popular than some other game.  Is there a reasonable objective way to tell? Actually, yes.

www.steamcharts.com

Here are some Stardock games:

LH: http://www.steamcharts.com/app/228260#All

Sins: http://www.steamcharts.com/app/204880

GalCiv II: http://www.steamcharts.com/app/202200

There are a lot of metrics you can come up with to tell how popular a game really is. My personal favorite is to look at the “all” option for the active players graph and take a look at it.  What is, roughly, its typical player base.

Here’s FE: Legendary Heroes:

Now, eyballing it, I would guestimate it’s steady state user base is about…900 players at once.

Here’s the same graph but for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion:

I’d guess that it’s average userbase is about 1400 players at once.

Anyway, have fun!