Valve's Steam just seem to be unstoppable lately, with another huge user milestone achieved over the weekend.
For the first time, the concurrent user count managed to rise over 38 million! 38,367,277 to be exact, according to the numbers on SteamDB. At the time 12,270,218 players were actually in-game.
Going over the data at the time these were the most-played games:
- Counter-Strike 2
- PUBG: Battlegrounds
- Dota 2
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Banana
- NAKARA: BLADEPOINT
- Apex Legends
- Source SDK Base 2007 (GTA V FiveM - multiplayer mod)
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Satisfactory
Pictured - Black Myth: Wukong
Looking back over the history of Steam breaking user counts, it's clear that 2024 has been an insane year for the growth of Steam overall. This makes the 5th time just this year that the online count has been shattered and smashed through:
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So that's the entire population of Poland being online on Steam, pretty much.
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Steam is going from strength to strength.
I did not expect to see Satisfactory on that list but I guess that is my fault .and I guess many were waiting for the 1.0 release. I highly recommend playing this game however just be warned it is a time sink.
I did not expect to see Satisfactory on that list but I guess that is my fault .and I guess many were waiting for the 1.0 release. I highly recommend playing this game however just be warned it is a time sink.
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at least 5 million are bot account.
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For comparison, Epic last reported their EGS peak CCU as 13.2 M in 2021, when their MAU was 62 M and they had 194 M total users. They've got 2023 reports for MAU (75 M) and total users (270 M).
Valve last reported their MAU for 2021 as 132 M; they haven't reported on the total number of users in a long time.
Valve last reported their MAU for 2021 as 132 M; they haven't reported on the total number of users in a long time.
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Steam is just an absolute juggernaut in the space. ESPECIALLY for us linux gamers. There's really no true competition is there? I think it would nice for them to have true competition, but I just don't see that happening anytime soon.
I mean, I absolutely love Steam, but competition is good for the market!
lol what on earth do all these acronyms mean!
I mean, I absolutely love Steam, but competition is good for the market!
Quoting: CatKillerFor comparison, Epic last reported their EGS peak CCU as 13.2 M in 2021, when their MAU was 62 M and they had 194 M total users. They've got 2023 reports for MAU (75 M) and total users (270 M).
Valve last reported their MAU for 2021 as 132 M; they haven't reported on the total number of users in a long time.
lol what on earth do all these acronyms mean!
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