Top 10 Steam Games by Hours Played

It started as a conversation around the threshhold to purchasing a game. Where a successful purchase was suggested as $1 per hour of fun. The next metric was $1 per 10 hours of play time. A strong implication can be inferred that a $60 AAA title would have to produce 600 hours of play! 😲

Setup a virtual environment.

python -m venv .venv

Install required Python modules.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Create a file named config.yaml. Then add your Steam API key and Steam ID to the config.yaml file. E.g.

api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
steam_id: YOUR_STEAM_ID

Run the script.

python top_games.py