{"id":43171,"date":"2026-10-22T08:27:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/academic-research-looking-for-historical-steamdb-steam-data-on-international-market-entry-and-regional-pricing\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T08:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T06:27:22","slug":"academic-research-looking-for-historical-steamdb-steam-data-on-international-market-entry-and-regional-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/academic-research-looking-for-historical-steamdb-steam-data-on-international-market-entry-and-regional-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"[Academic Research] Looking For Historical SteamDB \/ Steam Data On International Market Entry And Regional Pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>Hi everyone!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m an economics researcher working on a project about the international expansion of digital products and the effects of trade policies on digital product pricing, with a particular focus on PC games distributed through Steam.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m looking for <strong>historical SteamDB data or similar Steam datasets<\/strong>, ideally covering 2010 to the present.<\/p>\n<p>My research focuses on two main questions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>International market entry:<\/strong> When did individual Steam games first become available in different countries or regions? What determines their international market entry timing and geographic expansion patterns?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trade policies and regional pricing:<\/strong> How do changes in trade-related policies, cross-border digital trade restrictions, tariffs (where applicable), sanctions, and relevant tax policies affect Steam game prices across countries?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Ideally, I&#8217;m looking for the following historical data:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Game information:<\/strong> Steam AppID, Package\/SubID, title, developer, publisher, genre, and release date.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Historical regional availability:<\/strong> The dates when individual games first became available for purchase in different countries, as well as subsequent regional restrictions or removals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Historical regional prices:<\/strong> Country-level prices in local currencies, discounts, price changes, and dates of price adjustments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Market performance:<\/strong> Historical player counts, user reviews, rankings, or other available measures of game popularity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time dimension:<\/strong> Daily or monthly historical observations, ideally suitable for constructing a Game \u00d7 Country \u00d7 Time panel dataset.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m particularly interested in datasets that preserve <strong>historical changes in country availability and regional pricing<\/strong>, rather than just current snapshots.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve explored SteamDB, but I&#8217;m unsure whether historical bulk datasets are available for academic research.<\/p>\n<p>I would greatly appreciate any suggestions regarding:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Public datasets, GitHub repositories, or archived SteamDB\/Steam data.<\/li>\n<li>Academic papers with publicly available replication datasets.<\/li>\n<li>Researchers who have constructed similar historical datasets and might be open to collaboration.<\/li>\n<li>Official APIs, licensed data exports, or other legitimate ways to access historical records.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Even partial datasets covering selected games, countries, or years would be extremely valuable.<\/p>\n<p>The data would be used for non-commercial academic research, with appropriate attribution and full respect for licensing and data-sharing restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for any suggestions or leads!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON -->   submitted by   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Traditional_Kiwi_871\"> \/u\/Traditional_Kiwi_871 <\/a> <br \/> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/datasets\/comments\/1xcar3h\/academic_research_looking_for_historical_steamdb\/\">[link]<\/a><\/span>   <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/datasets\/comments\/1xcar3h\/academic_research_looking_for_historical_steamdb\/\">[comments]<\/a><\/span><\/p><div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-right'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-43171 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='43171' data-nonce='8bd368e94e' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/www.graviton.at\/letterswaplibrary\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-43171 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-43171 status align-right'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! 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