An analysis of the Steam community network evolution

Roi Becker; Yifat Chernihov; Yuval Shavitt; Noa Zilberman

doi:10.1109/EEEI.2012.6377133

An analysis of the Steam community network evolution

Roi Becker, Yifat Chernihov, Yuval Shavitt, Noa Zilberman

School of Electrical Engineering

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The Steam community network is a large social network of players on the Steam gaming platform, with over 30 million users to date. In this paper we introduce an analysis of the Steam community network in 2011, looking at the characteristics of the users network and the connectivity graph. We next present the evolution of the network over time and show how the network has changed over the years. Last, we analyze the role of games and groups in the Steam community. This work is the first to analyze the Steam network, and to provide a large scale analysis of the characteristics of gaming platforms communities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEI.2012.6377133
State	Published - 2012
Event	2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012 - Eilat, Israel Duration: 14 Nov 2012 → 17 Nov 2012

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Name	2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012

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Conference	2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012
Country/Territory	Israel
City	Eilat
Period	14/11/12 → 17/11/12

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Becker, R, Chernihov, Y, Shavitt, Y & Zilberman, N 2012, An analysis of the Steam community network evolution. in 2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012., 6377133, 2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012, 2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012, Eilat, Israel, 14/11/12. https://doi.org/10.1109/EEEI.2012.6377133

An analysis of the Steam community network evolution. / Becker, Roi; Chernihov, Yifat; Shavitt, Yuval et al.

2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012. 2012. 6377133 (2012 IEEE 27th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, IEEEI 2012).

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