Steam Sets Concurrent-User Record At About 43.5 Million
The record arrives about half a year after the March peak, and the games carrying it are a mix of long-running staples and new releases like AION 2 and WARDOGS rather than one title alone.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
On October 11, Steam recorded an all-time high of roughly 43.5 million concurrent users. Valve's own figure was 43,501,449, while SteamDB put the peak at 43,505,724, with 14,464,385 people actually in games at that moment. The previous mark, 42,686,616, was set in March of this year. Counter-Strike 2 led the past 24 hours at 1,404,227 players.
The peak count comes about half a year after the 42,686,616 set in March, and just over 1.8 million above the 41,666,455 recorded in the same period last year. SteamDB's separate tally of people actually in a game at that moment was 14,464,385, so the headline number includes clients left open away from play. Counter-Strike 2 held the top spot over the past 24 hours with 1,404,227, ahead of Dota 2 at 1,034,493 and PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS at 713,683.
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