@inproceedings{c29c2f2e762c452caa5417541f2b5638,
title = "The Panorama of Steam Multiplayer Games (2018-2020): A Player Reviews Analysis",
abstract = "People approach video games for a multitude of reasons, such as connecting with others, escaping reality, or challenging their abilities. As a consequence, video games have reached an increasingly broader audience and their consumption was even more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent studies have shown how playing video games together improved the well-being of people during period of movement restriction and how video games were an important tool for connecting with physically distant people. However, little is known about how the relationships of people with video games have changed across the years. In order to answer this question, we collected data from the Steam platform and analyzed players' opinions about multiplayer video games as stated in the respective reviews. The reviews analysis showed that players had played more and in addition their reviews had not been influenced by the difficulties of this significant moment. Their contribution, however, had been less relevant for the community when compared to the situation in the years before the pandemic. Finally, an increase in players choosing to play more casual and amusing games became evident.",
keywords = "Multiplayer games, Review Analysis, Steam",
author = "Simone Petrosino and Enrica Loria and Alexander Kainz and Johanna Pirker",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 Owner/Author.; 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games : FDG 2022, FDG 2022 ; Conference date: 05-09-2022 Through 08-09-2022",
year = "2022",
month = sep,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1145/3555858.3555922",
language = "English",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
publisher = "Association of Computing Machinery",
editor = "Kostas Karpouzis and Stefano Gualeni and Allan Fowler",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, FDG 2022",
address = "United States",
}