Steam vs third-party rankings
Steam provides profiles, libraries, achievements, and per-game playtime. It does not publish one official “world rank” for every player across all games.
Third-party sites aggregate public data to create leaderboards, ladders, and friend comparisons. Those rankings follow each site’s own rules—often hours, achievements, or value-based scores.
Why playtime shows up everywhere
Playtime is a simple, comparable metric across many titles, so hour-based boards are common. If a site sorts by time played, your visible hours are the input.
Improving your position on hour-based boards
If the ranking is driven by playtime, then increasing legitimate playtime for that game is the aligned strategy. HourBooster focuses on adding time via server-side sessions you control from the dashboard.