Just shy of 28 million Steam users were logged in concurrently on Sunday, breaking the PC gaming platform’s previous record.
User Turbostrider27 on Reddit pointed out that according to SteamDB, Valve Software’s storefront reached 27,942,036 peak concurrent users. That’s a new record for Steam, which previously peaked back in November at 27,384,959 users. It’s only about 500,000 more people, but more than half of Canada’s population logging in to play video games is still quite a feat.
Steam’s annual holiday sale likely had an impact on this new milestone, especially as the past weekend was most people’s last break before the new year rolled in.
The SteamDB statistics also show that 8,219,950 players were in-game at the time, with titles like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, DOTA2, Grand Theft Auto V, Apex Legends, and PUBG: Battlegrounds. The usual stable of titles that always round out these lists, more or less. Though New World, which came out last fall, remains in the top 10 most played titles on Steam.
Despite reports of China allegedly banning Steam, the platform continues to trudge ever-onward. Valve has yet to comment on whether or not there is any validity to those stories as of Monday.
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