Public builds: methodology

How it is calculated

Each new public build id counts once, dated by the time Steam says it went live. Beta and private branches, store page edits and a return to an earlier build don't count.

Window: Selected range
Unit: builds
Data since: 20 October 2026
Definition version: 1, from 20 October 2026

Caveats

We see a game's builds only from the day we started watching it. Before that we know just the build it was on, so counts over a window are shown only for games watched for the whole window.
A build is not necessarily a content update: developers also ship fixes, and some builds change only files players never see.

Source

Steam client network (PICS), App info, public branch (documentation, terms). Data from Steam. Not affiliated with Valve.

How it is calculated

Each new public build id counts once, dated by the time Steam says it went live. Beta and private branches, store page edits and a return to an earlier build don't count.

Window: Selected range
Unit: builds
Data since: 20 October 2026
Definition version: 1, from 20 October 2026

Caveats

We see a game's builds only from the day we started watching it. Before that we know just the build it was on, so counts over a window are shown only for games watched for the whole window.
A build is not necessarily a content update: developers also ship fixes, and some builds change only files players never see.

Source

Steam client network (PICS), App info, public branch (documentation, terms). Data from Steam. Not affiliated with Valve.