SteamDB is an excellent resource—as someone who occasionally has to pull up a game's concurrent numbers or pricing to make a point, I'd be lying if I said I haven't used it in a professional capacity. What's been more staggering is its status as a site run entirely on donations.
Well, that's ending soon. The site's founder, xPaw, has decided to move on due to a feeling of burnout. In their full statement, they write: "After Covid and with the rise of AI, the internet we once loved is gone, and with it my passion. I have started experiencing burnout with the project, but I powered through.
"A few years ago I tried to find someone to continue the project, but I couldn't find a team that I was confident in, so I decided to keep going by myself. Steam keeps growing, in terms of games, players, and the number of new features being added. It's hard to keep on top of this alone, and the mental load has only kept increasing, and in good conscience I cannot continue like this."
The buyers in question? NexusMods, which has Read Entire Article
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