How can I list the users which have a game in Steam?
So, for example. Imagine I want to do some little research: to find out the average time invested in a game by its players.
What I am looking for is a way to get a list of the people who have bought that game. So I can go, one by one and count the hours they have invested in the game.
(not interested in how big is the playerbase, peaks of people playing etc..)
Best Answer
The steam web API is useful: https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_Web_API#GetOwnedGames_.28v0001.29 https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_Web_API#GetGlobalStatsForGame_.28v0001.29
I haven't tried the second linked method, I also haven't found a good place to look for what parameters you can pass. But I don't think there's any good way to find all the users that own a game if that doesn't work.
Searching for profiles and going through them one by one seems like it would probably take a very long time.
Edit: Wasn't clear why I believe there to be stats other than achivements accessible through that method: http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/WebAPI/GetGlobalStatsForGame Again, haven't tried it.
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