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How many video games are there?

832,803 unique video games, and counting

Counted across 20 stores and catalogues, deduplicated by GameBrain’s clustering engine and recounted after every catalogue update. Last count: .

How we count

Cite as: There are 832,803 unique video games as of October 25, 2026, according to the GameBrain Video Game Census (https://gamebrain.co/how-many-video-games-are-there).

1,254,155 store listings. 832,803 unique games.

Every store lists the same game again under its own name, ID and edition. GameBrain’s clustering engine merges those listings — by store IDs, normalised titles, developers and publishers — into one entry per game. The number above is what is left after that merge: not app IDs, not SKUs, not DLC, just games. That deduplication is the same machinery behind the GameBrain API.

How many games are on each store?

One game can be on several stores, so these rows overlap and add up to more than the total. itch.io is the largest single catalogue we track with 384,438 games; only 4.4% of them are also on Steam.

  1. itch.io 384,438 games (46% of all games, 4.4% also on Steam)
  2. Steam 189,107 games (23% of all games)
  3. Apple App Store 130,974 games (16% of all games, 1.5% also on Steam)
  4. IGDB 113,998 games (14% of all games, 54% also on Steam)
  5. Google Play 50,382 games (6% of all games, 3.6% also on Steam)
  6. GameMonetize 32,075 games (3.9% of all games, 0% also on Steam)
  7. Kinguin 24,236 games (2.9% of all games, 90% also on Steam)
  8. G2A 14,261 games (1.7% of all games, 91% also on Steam)
  9. OpenCritic 14,215 games (1.7% of all games, 74% also on Steam)
  10. Xbox Store 10,339 games (1.2% of all games, 56% also on Steam)
  11. Game Jolt 9,279 games (1.1% of all games, 6.9% also on Steam)
  12. CrazyGames 6,364 games (0.8% of all games, 5.6% also on Steam)
  13. Armor Games 3,110 games (0.4% of all games, 0.4% also on Steam)
  14. Poki 2,963 games (0.4% of all games, 3.4% also on Steam)
  15. Internet Archive 2,573 games (0.3% of all games, 0.1% also on Steam)
  16. PlayStation Store 1,578 games (0.2% of all games, 62% also on Steam)
  17. Epic Games Store 1,183 games (0.1% of all games, 78% also on Steam)
  18. Nutaku 1,172 games (0.1% of all games, 19% also on Steam)
  19. Gamezop 220 games (0% of all games, 0% also on Steam)
  20. RetroPie 170 games (0% of all games, 0% also on Steam)

How many games are on Steam?

We count 189,107 unique games with a Steam store page. SteamDB, the authority on Steam alone, reports a higher figure because it counts Steam app IDs — including DLC, soundtracks, demos, software and delisted apps — while this census counts games only, once each, even when the same game has several app IDs or is also sold elsewhere.

Which stores share the most games?

  • 61,282 games are on both Steam and IGDB
  • 21,879 games are on both Steam and Kinguin
  • 17,033 games are on both IGDB and Kinguin
  • 16,760 games are on both itch.io and Steam
  • 12,991 games are on both Steam and G2A
  • 12,878 games are on both itch.io and IGDB
  • 12,626 games are on both IGDB and G2A
  • 10,084 games are on both Kinguin and G2A
  • 5,295 games are on both Apple App Store and Google Play
  • 3,244 games are on both Apple App Store and IGDB
  • 2,618 games are on both itch.io and Kinguin
  • 2,555 games are on both IGDB and Google Play

How many video games are made each year?

87,530 games were released in 2025, and 41,875 in 2026 so far. The biggest year on record is 2021 with 88,752 releases.Half of all the games ever released came out in 2021 or later.The oldest dated game in the census is Nim (1951).

Hover or tap a year for the split by store. Each game is counted once, under the store it is listed on first.

  • itch.io
  • Steam
  • Apple App Store
  • IGDB
  • Google Play
  • Other stores
  • 1951: 1 game
  • 1952: 1 game
  • 1953: 0 games
  • 1954: 0 games
  • 1955: 0 games
  • 1956: 0 games
  • 1957: 0 games
  • 1958: 1 game
  • 1959: 0 games
  • 1960: 0 games
  • 1961: 0 games
  • 1962: 1 game
  • 1963: 0 games
  • 1964: 0 games
  • 1965: 1 game
  • 1966: 0 games
  • 1967: 2 games
  • 1968: 1 game
  • 1969: 8 games
  • 1970: 1 game
  • 1971: 1 game
  • 1972: 4 games
  • 1973: 2 games
  • 1974: 5 games
  • 1975: 7 games
  • 1976: 14 games
  • 1977: 25 games
  • 1978: 45 games
  • 1979: 54 games
  • 1980: 91 games
  • 1981: 166 games
  • 1982: 322 games
  • 1983: 422 games
  • 1984: 384 games
  • 1985: 309 games
  • 1986: 363 games
  • 1987: 431 games
  • 1988: 401 games
  • 1989: 510 games
  • 1990: 547 games
  • 1991: 643 games
  • 1992: 733 games
  • 1993: 703 games
  • 1994: 768 games
  • 1995: 808 games
  • 1996: 781 games
  • 1997: 778 games
  • 1998: 861 games
  • 1999: 894 games
  • 2000: 897 games
  • 2001: 903 games
  • 2002: 861 games
  • 2003: 813 games
  • 2004: 816 games
  • 2005: 952 games
  • 2006: 1,064 games
  • 2007: 1,449 games
  • 2008: 2,004 games
  • 2009: 2,674 games
  • 2010: 3,319 games
  • 2011: 4,475 games
  • 2012: 6,016 games
  • 2013: 8,223 games
  • 2014: 13,189 games
  • 2015: 19,639 games
  • 2016: 29,786 games
  • 2017: 34,123 games
  • 2018: 36,481 games
  • 2019: 42,940 games
  • 2020: 69,033 games
  • 2021: 88,752 games
  • 2022: 72,736 games
  • 2023: 74,852 games
  • 2024: 80,760 games
  • 2025: 87,530 games
  • 2026: 41,875 games

How many video games are there on each platform?

215,847 games run on PC (391,842 on Windows, 86,788 on Mac OS, 69,593 on Linux). We track 72 platforms in total; the 30 largest are below, each linking to the games themselves.

  1. Windows 391,842 games
  2. Mobile Platform 238,450 games
  3. Phone 218,743 games
  4. PC 215,847 games
  5. Tablet 214,600 games
  6. Web Browser 179,120 games
  7. iPad 140,164 games
  8. iPhone 140,155 games
  9. Android 91,570 games
  10. Mac OS 86,788 games
  11. Linux 69,593 games
  12. Xbox 29,442 games
  13. PlayStation 27,786 games
  14. Virtual Reality 14,228 games
  15. Nintendo Switch 13,237 games
  16. Xbox Series X|S 12,131 games
  17. Xbox One 11,873 games
  18. PlayStation 4 11,000 games
  19. PlayStation 5 9,023 games
  20. Steam Deck 7,199 games
  21. Ms Dos 2,721 games
  22. PlayStation 3 2,631 games
  23. Wii 2,440 games
  24. Oculus Quest 2,043 games
  25. Zx Spectrum 1,971 games
  26. PlayStation 2 1,927 games
  27. Amiga 1,887 games
  28. Xbox 360 1,793 games
  29. PlayStation Vita 1,559 games
  30. Oculus Rift 1,549 games

Retro spotlight

Also tracked, but not counted as platforms: cloud catalogues — Xbox Cloud Gaming (2,863), GeForce Now (868), Amazon Luna (83), Netflix Games (14).

What would it cost to buy every game?

$1,025,856

That is the sum of the lowest US price we hold for each of the 147,404 games with a known price. 91,173 games (11%) are free-to-play. The rest have no price on record — most browser games, retro titles and delisted games are not sold anywhere.

How we count

  • What counts as a game. One entry per game after deduplication across stores. DLC, soundtracks, demos, betas and pre-release builds are excluded; editions of the same game are merged.
  • Where the records come from. 20 stores and catalogues we crawl ourselves, listed above. Not covered directly: GOG and the Nintendo eShop — Switch titles reach the census through IGDB, OpenCritic and cross-platform store listings, GOG-only releases do not.
  • How listings become games. The clustering engine merges records that share a store ID, or a normalised title together with a developer or publisher. 1,254,155 listings currently collapse into 832,803 games.
  • Release years. A game’s year is the earliest release date on record; 742,978 games have one. Placeholder dates (before 1950 or far in the future) are ignored, and 5,727 announced games with a future date are left out of the chart.
  • Prices. Only US-dollar store prices above $0 and below $500 enter the sum, and only the lowest per game. Free-to-play is the store’s own free-to-play flag.
  • Freshness. Recounted after every catalogue update (at least every 12 hours) and served from the same database as the rest of GameBrain — the number on this page is the number in the search index.

Frequently asked questions

As of October 25, 2026 there are 832,803 unique video games in the GameBrain Video Game Census. That is what remains after deduplicating 1,254,155 store listings across 20 stores and catalogues — the same game sold on several stores counts once, and DLC, demos and soundtracks are not counted at all.

215,847 games are playable on PC (391,842 on Windows, 86,788 on Mac OS, 69,593 on Linux). PC is the platform with the most releases; browser games (179,120) and mobile games are counted under their own platforms.

189,107 unique games have a Steam store page in our data. SteamDB counts Steam app IDs, which include DLC, soundtracks, demos, software and delisted apps, so its number is higher; this census counts games only, once each.

87,530 games were released in 2025, and the record year is 2021 with 88,752 releases. Half of all games ever released came out in 2021 or later.

Counting current and past generations together: 27,786 on PlayStation, 29,442 on Xbox, 13,237 on Nintendo Switch. Console counts overlap heavily because most console games ship on more than one system, and many are also on PC.

We crawl 20 stores and catalogues, then merge listings that share a store ID or a normalised title with the same developer or publisher into one game. Release years use the earliest date on record, prices use the lowest US-dollar price per game, and free-to-play is the store’s own flag. The full method is described above, and the raw numbers are available as JSON.

Query these numbers yourself

The census is a plain JSON document, refreshed with every count, and the games behind it are searchable through the GameBrain API — the same clustering, the same 800,000+ games.

Explore the APICensus JSON