What simply occurred? Over the weekend, Steam as soon as once more set a document for probably the most concurrent customers in what has been a protracted, regular rise. Its newest bump was probably helped by PUBG going free-to-play and a brand new Yu-Gi-Oh sport. It’s solely a matter of time earlier than Valve’s platform reaches 30 million.
Steamdb’s charts present that Steam hit 29,201,174 customers on January twenty third at round 9am EST. Steam’s personal stats put the height quantity at 29,198,370. Both manner, Steam has climbed during the last milestone earlier than hitting 30 million.
The variety of customers truly taking part in a sport on the similar time additionally hit a document on the twenty third, reaching 8.5 million. That beats the earlier document of 8.1 million set in March 2020, simply as Covid-19 lockdowns had begun.
At present, the 2 hottest video games on Steam are the Valve mainstays Counter-Strike: International Offensive and Dota 2. In third is PUBG, which went free-to-play earlier this month. Nonetheless, what might need lastly pushed participant counts to their newest data is the sport presently holding fourth place—Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel—which can also be free-to-play and got here out final week. These are adopted by different ordinary suspects like Apex Legends, Rust, Grand Theft Auto V, and Soccer Supervisor.
The following sport to leap excessive into the charts is more likely to be Elden Ring, which launches February 24 and simply went gold.
