Dota 2 Managed To Hit Over 1 Million Players

Dota 2's popularity is still continuing to surge, and it has recently hit a new milestone of over 1 million players.

It's actually the first game on Steam to ever reach this new height:

Dota 2 is the first game on Steam to have over 1,000,000 players online at a time. https://t.co/8ElvO1cmb7 pic.twitter.com/ATHnr4DCwY

Steam Database (@SteamDB) February 14, 2015

This is still dwarfed by League of Legends which doesn't have a Linux version, but it's starting to properly gain on it now.

The count for the last month's unique players is over 10 million too, so the game is extremely healthy.

Some personal thoughts
I gave up playing Dota 2 due to the absolutely terrible community. For a game that requires a good team to play together, the constant quitters and rather angry people do ruin the experience.

The major frustration for me comes from when you get matched with people who don't speak your language, and they proceed to constantly yell at you in their chosen language. You also do get a fair few trolls playing who do some pretty silly things; stealing the courier from you when you have an urgent item on its way is one such example.

If you have a full party of friends this can make the game a pretty fun place to be, so it certainly can be enjoyed with a proper team.

Do you play it? How do you feel about the community? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.