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Differences in culture mean different regions can have vastly different rates of people who decide to join PlayTracker or make their profile public on a given platform, and those are the two samples that we use for our owner estimates. This means that some regions are inherently underrepresented whi

For years now we have been working on an audience segmentation tool that would allow the people who use PlayTracker for market research to gain unparalleled insight into the market niches that are relevant to them. After all, if you are developing an exciting new metroidvania game, it is hardly rele

Been a while since we've done one of these. The PlayTracker team spent 2023 creating our 2.0 update: a complete redesign and back-end revamp of PlayTracker. We've added numerous features, frantically fixed bugs, released a desktop app, and even did a little advertising. But now, as things settle int

Late last year we began work on a new version of PlayTracker, rebuilt from scratch to be faster, better, and most importantly allow us to continue adding new features that people were asking for, but could not happen without lots of technical work. Over the coming days, this new version will roll ou

This month, we're connecting with you to fix even more bugs and polish up new features. Recent changes Restored Playtime distribution graph Fixed achievement rarity not syncing properly for Steam games Fixed achievement counts for Steam games not appearing for some users Fixed various other Steam sy

It's been a busy month behind the scenes for the PlayTracker team. Let's dive right in. Recent changes Fixed all reported bugs with the new Steam sync system Fixed a bug where Quest challenge generation did not work for some users Fixed some incorrect achievement icons Quest for November This month

Hello once more! Over the past month we've been rebuilding Steam achievement sync, fixing bugs, and making some big moves behind the scenes. Recent changes The system that syncs achievements for Steam games has been rewritten to be much faster. Steam achievements now have rarity. Steam achievement d

Hello again! Over the last month, we've released an absolute mountain of improvements that are sure to make using PlayTracker even better! Recent changes Revamped and improved game search, now no longer sensitive to rogue trademark symbols, random spaces, inconsistent colons, adventurous hyphens, or

The new library page is live now! Let's dive in to the new stuff we released this month. New library page After a long development cycle, the new library page is live. It features a clean redesigned look more in line with our more modern UI elements, blazing fast load times for all users, a load mor

Hello everyone and welcome to the PlayTracker development update for July 2022. What is this? We'd like to try a new way of keeping the community up to speed with how development on PlayTracker is going: monthly development updates like this one. There would usually be a post about each new monthly

A much requested feature goes live today. Playtime tracking is now available for XBOX! The playtime stat is available for: XBOX Series X/S XBOX One X/S PC via the XBOX app Unfortunately, there is no playtime data available for XBOX360 and older platforms. Premium users and users that have logged in

Cutting it close, so to be clear - this is not a joke! A new feature is actually available for PlayTracker Insight. A new graph and stats utilizing playtime data are available for Steam and PlayStation games on Insight for free to all users: Median playtime stats have been added alongside the existi

You're gonna need to stay in the shadows for this one. Sneak your way to Illegitimate Acquisitions - the PlayTracker Quest for January. The free game for December is Thief - Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. Thank you for your support and stay tuned for more!

The end of the year is approaching, Winter is Here for those in the Northern Hemisphere, and there's a chill in the air... Join us for Cold Snap - the PlayTracker Quest for December. The free game for November is SYMMETRY - A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems h

At long last! The achievement page has been entirely redesigned to be more useful, informative, and visually pleasing. We want PlayTracker to be the best place to browse your games and achievements, and we have been working towards that goal by redesigning some of our pages to be faster, easier to u

Go green in Pact with Nature - the PlayTracker Quest for November. The free game for October is the lovely Seasons after Fall - a 2D platform-puzzler game that will let you dive into a captivating universe and explore a land governed by magic and nature. Thank you for the support and stay tuned for

It is the very first day of October, and you know what that means: it's time to induce tonal whiplash and rapidly pivot from summer chill to Halloween horrors. Fight to Survive is your PlayTracker Quest for October. The free game for September, fittingly, is Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn - a first p

As we transition from Summer to Fall, there is a new rule on PlayTracker: Good Vibes Only - your Quest for September. The mystery free game for August is Smoke and Sacrifice - an adventure into a grotesque underworld on a quest that will lead her to a darker truth. Thank you for your support! Please

We've rolled out an update to PlayTracker Insight which includes a revamp of the achievement activity chart that displays the achievement data of game's players spread over time. Monthly chart An additional more detailed chart based on monthly achievement activity data for a more in-depth view. This

Due to popular demand from supporters on Patreon, we have updated the Geography chart on Steam and PlayStation game pages on PlayTracker Insight. In addition to the existing relative popularity score, which is also used for the map itself, each country on the list now also includes an absolute figur

Windows API data has been restored to PlayTracker Insight, and games are no longer showing 0 popularity. The issue was a result of a change on Microsoft's end which caused our system's way of discerning what is a Windows game and what isn't among the many games reported to no longer be valid. As a r

Summer is coming to a close, so let loose with your best buds in Summer Party - the PlayTracker Quest for August. The free game for July is Chariot - embark on a journey to give his majesty the ride of his afterlife. We are planning to release not one, but two long-awaited features during the coming

After laying the groundwork with our new PlayStation sync system last month, we have now pushed a small update exposing some new data for PlayStation games on Insight: Geography chart - shows the relative popularity of a game by country (adjusted for the overall number of users from the country) Ave

Great news for the best achievement hunters on PlayTracker: League rewards have been awarded for all previous seasons to all eligible users! We've changed up the reward structure a bit since the announcement given the results that came in: All users on PlayTracker have access to the League card for

Something lurks in the darkness just beyond reach. Deadly Shadows descend in the PlayTracker Quest for July. The free game for June is Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. Keen eyes will notice a PlayStation only challenge in thi

After a long time and a lot of work, we have redone our entire sync code from scratch to adjust to changes Sony has made on the back-end over the past year. All PSN profiles on PlayTracker Social will sync automatically over the next day or so. Users do not need to take action. This new system inclu

It's time for things to get heated. Join us in Turn up the Heat - the PlayTracker Quest for June. The free game for May is Puzzle Agent - a classic, delightfully dark puzzle game by the masters at Telltale Games. While June 1st marked the end of PlayTracker League Spring 2021 season, the leaderboard

Get ready to soar through the air. Join One with the Wind - the PlayTracker Quest for May. The free game for April is Just Cause 2 - an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles. Stay tuned for exciting additions to Quest/S

Browse the most popular and trending games that share an attribute like genre, developer, and more. Today we are releasing a new page as part of PlayTracker Insight that contains a top 10 list of the most popular of all time as well as currently trending games that have a given attribute. An attribu

Another big hitter to end the Winter 2021 season: Endzone - A World Apart is the free game for February Also live now is a retouched PlayTracker Quest page (and all related page) to make it fit in more with the rest of the site and provide some basic information for newcomers hitting the page for th

Give in to greed and make it big, join us for "Chasing Riches" - the PlayTracker Quest for January. The free game for December is Iron Fisticle - a modern take on the classic arcade arena shooter. As Quest continues, the time has come for a redesign of its page. Like much of PlayTracker, it has grow

Take part in a most unusual holiday celebration. Step into the shoes of a superhero in Holiday Hero - the PlayTracker Quest for December. To help you on your way, the free game for November is Batman™: Arkham Origins. PS5 players worry not - we are working on support and should have it before the en

Hello, this week the new consoles came out worldwide and we've been trying to figure out what's up with the data and how it ties into PlayTracker. TLDR: XBOX Series X/S syncs, PS5 does not sync yet and we're working on it. This means estimates on Insight for cross-generation games on PlayStation are

Rise and lead your people to glory join the PlayTracker Quest for November and weave the Fabric of Empires. The free game for September is Circle Empires - a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world. In addition, after a long and troubling development cycl

For the past several months, we've had numerous issues regarding PSN account sync on PlayTracker with many individual trophies missing and even a short period where Insight was unable to gather new data. While we've dealt with some of these problems as they were reported to us, PSN sync remained fin

At the request of one of our Patrons, who had need for such a feature, we have implemented and are testing the option to download a JSON file of the data used to create a chart. Available only on historical data graphs available to Epic-tier Patrons for now, but coming to all users on all graphs soo

Last month's challenge was tough. Time to let loose. Let loose a bit too much - Hymn of Destruction is the PlayTracker Quest for October. The free game for September is Sine Mora EX - a side-scrolling shoot'em up that provides a unique challenge, where time is the ultimate factor. During this month

As PlayTracker Insight (and in turn this Patreon) grew we knew we had to expand functionality to meet the more specific market analysis needs of many of our patrons. This is why we are happy to announce that Lens, a new feature for PlayTracker Insight is coming soon for Legendary tier patrons, repla

Take on the hardest monthly challenge so far - Tough as Nails is the PlayTracker Quest for September. The free game for August is Atomik: RunGunJumpGun - A tough as nails game that puts a gravity-defying weapon in your hands. But that's not all, we've launched a new feature: The League. Compete glob

Tomorrow, a new monthly challenge begins for PlayTracker Quest as it does every month. However, this time that's not all. In our quest (hah) to expand the features available to Quest lovers, we are adding another piece to the puzzle - The League. Starting tomorrow with the Fall 2020 season, PlayTrac

Owner estimates have been one of the most used features of Insight since its launch, but they have also been the most controversial. We've had a lot of hits, but we've also had some misses. While we've made no secret of our methodology and the very wide array of "wrong" that methodology brings, we'v

Dip into vibrant worlds with A Sea of Color - the PlayTracker Quest for August. The free game for July is Hue - a vibrant, award-winning puzzle-adventure, where you alter the world by changing its background colour. Quest fans will be happy to hear that development on a big update for Quest (mention

Hello everyone! Thank you so much for helping break 100$ monthly pledges! It means a lot to me and shows that PlayTracker has a bright future ahead! Let's talk development - primarily what's going on with the Spring update and how we are going to improve PlayTracker Quest. What's going on with the S

Whether you're hot or cold, the PlayTracker Quest for July has you covered. The free game for April is Last Inua - an emotional tale of an Inuit family’s fight for survival in the harsh elements of the mythical Arctic. Stay tuned because tomorrow we're going to post a development update, including a

A new PlayTracker Quest has started, join us for Rebel Alliances. The free game for April is Vandals - an infiltration game that will transport you to the most emblematic cities of street art. The new perk for Legendary tier Patrons is live now. Eligible patrons can find the button to create a globa

Hello everyone! This Patreon is growing quickly and that is amazing to see and fills me with joy. I'm happy to report that as of this month, infrastructure costs for PlayTracker are fully covered thanks to your support! I've noticed that a lot of supporters that are big fans of PlayTracker Quest did

Carrying on with the relaxing theme from last month, join us for Tranquil Worlds - this month's PlayTracker Quest. The free game for April is Beyond Eyes - a modern fairy tale about finding courage and friendship. Step by step, uncover an incredible world, carefully guiding Rae, a young blind girl,

Now that PSN sync has been restored (backlog of individual trophy data pending) and we upgraded our server storage to accommodate our ever-growing database, I'd like to talk about a big change I've been working on, coming to PlayTracker this Spring. Multiple features in the works require reshaping h

Take worries of your mind as you enjoy some 2D games in Horizontal Vistas - this month's PlayTracker Quest. The free game for March is The Sun and Moon - A platformer with a unique mechanic: you can dive into the ground. Complete achievements and earn a free game: https://playtracker.net/quest/

Hi everyone, as some of you probably know, back in February changes in Sony's PlayStation systems broke PlayTracker's PSN functionality and required us to rewrite much of the code related to it. The majority of this work is now done, and we are beginning to restore PSN functionality in phases, start