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How recommendations are calculated
Last updated: 2026-11-09
Recommendations first apply must-have conditions, then calculate preference scores. Games that fail required conditions such as free-only, Korean-language support, or low-spec filters are excluded. Player-count logic also distinguishes online games that can be played solo from single-player-only games.
When multiple tags are selected
If enough games match every selected tag, exact matches are prioritized. If not, the search expands gradually to games matching the most tags, and result cards show matched and missing tags.
New, popular, and trending
New uses the catalog release date; popularity uses sampled player scale. Trending distinguishes 3-day comparisons for releases within 90 days from 7-day comparisons for established games, requiring sufficient observations, meaningful gains and recent persistence. We do not fill the list with games that fail the criteria.
What does today's TOP 100 mean?
Only games ranked 1–100 in the latest collected Steam Most Played chart qualify. Cards show the sampled rank. Selected player count, budget and tags still apply; browsing shows all matching games in rank order. This is a snapshot, not a live rank or a full-day average.
Weekly popularity versus trending
Weekly popularity is the top 100 by seven-day average concurrent-player samples among tracked games, not an official all-Steam weekly chart. Trending instead looks for meaningful and persistent growth, allowing smaller new releases to qualify. Missing evidence is not replaced with a guess.
Trending qualification
Comparable prior-day observations must be 18–30 hours apart, with the latest within 36 hours and a previous count of at least ten. Games released within 90 days need at least 50% and 20 additional players; established games need 30% and 100 additional players. Three increasing observations on consecutive dates receive a sustained-observation badge. This is neither a full-day average nor sales growth.
If comparable daily data is unavailable but supported longer history exists, the previous multi-day average and persistence checks remain available. Missing readings are never invented.
Giving rookies observation slots
Of the default daily budget of 250 games, up to 100 slots go to current Steam chart games and up to 100 to releases within 90 days; remaining slots explore other candidates. Duplicates are sampled once. Low review volume does not exclude a game from the rookie slots. Discovery cohorts rotate every 14 days so evidence can accumulate. We cannot observe all of Steam daily, so an untracked rookie may be absent.
Only the latest observation per UTC date counts. Data older than three days, future timestamps and invalid counts are excluded. Rebuilding summaries does not refresh the original observation time. Collection is scheduled daily at 12:17 Korea time but may be delayed or fail.
Indie is independent of popularity
Indie describes a production or publishing classification, not a small audience or low quality. WARDOGS lists Indie among its Steam genres; indie games can also be in the Steam TOP 100. Read genre tags separately from sampled popularity ranks.
Sources and interpretation
Game features, genres, reviews and player counts come from public Steam information and the collected catalog. GamePickNow decides how filters and ranking narrow those candidates. Our comparisons are not first-hand reviews or hardware benchmarks. Verify current price, mode capacity and same-team restrictions on Steam before buying. Report incorrect details through the email on our contact page.
Rank changes and anticipated games
Today’s rank and concurrent-player changes compare the latest two snapshots from different UTC dates. Same-day retries retain the earlier baseline. These are sample-to-sample changes, not daily averages or an explanation of growth. We omit changes when snapshots are more than seven days apart. Outside the previous TOP 100 does not mean a new release. Weekly popularity does not use this rank movement.
Anticipated games reads the first 50 games in the US Steam Top Wishlists list and validates game type and coming-soon status with Steam store details. Released or unverified entries are omitted without renumbering. We do not estimate wishlist counts or worldwide absolute ranks. Movement is unavailable until comparison history exists. Announced dates can change; these games are kept separate from playable recommendations.
Prices and optional support details
Prices are the final KRW amounts sampled from the Korean Steam storefront, including any discount at collection time. A verified free base game shows FREE. Missing prices or records older than three days show Check Steam price. These are snapshots, so confirm the checkout price on Steam.
Language, low-spec and player-capacity details appear when the corresponding filter is selected. A Massively Multiplayer genre does not establish a five-person party. Desktop companions are excluded from shared-game recommendations; Bongo Cat is excluded on that basis while its online feature remains recorded.
Browse all while keeping filters
Popular, new, trending and weekly popularity are browsing modes. Switching modes preserves manually selected tags, exclusions, capacity, budget, language and hardware requirements. Without selected filters, automatic defaults do not constrain the list. Browsing requires every chosen tag and never fills empty results with partial matches. Popularity lists use rank order; new releases use release-date order.
Official app type and genres take priority when excluding software and utilities. An Education user tag alone does not exclude an educational game. New apps are saved only after their Steam game type and genres have been checked.
Default weekly list and sorting
The initial list uses weekly popularity: the mean of actual concurrent-player observations from dates within the last seven days, using the latest reading per UTC date. Limited observations are not a complete seven-day average; cards show observed days. Trending qualification remains based on sustained growth evidence.
All selected required tags must match. Any selected excluded tag removes a game. Each checkbox can be independently cleared. Popularity sorting uses sampled concurrent-player rank, sales sorting uses Steam global revenue rank, and price sorting uses verified Korean-store prices. Unknown ranks and prices go last. Revenue rank is not purchase count or units sold.
Spotlight, reviews and discounts
Spotlight games were released within three days and appear in a sales/player TOP 100 or have at least 30 reviews and 85% positive feedback. A first-day spotlight is not a growth claim. Highly rated means at least 100 reviews and 90% positive; well-rated new games are within 90 days with at least 30 reviews and 85% positive. Review volume is displayed alongside the percentage.
On-sale filtering requires a verified Korean-store original price, final price and matching discount percentage sampled within 24 hours. Cards display the original, final, percentage and savings. Verify the checkout price and availability on Steam.
The initial view includes all games, prioritizing weekly ranks and placing unranked games later. Player observations are scheduled about every four hours; execution may be delayed.