Steam has established a new concurrent users record on Sunday, February 2, reaching a peak of no less than 18,801,944 users.
This new concurrent users record beats Steam’s long-running previous record established all the way back in January 2018, when it reached 18,537,490 concurrent users.
Steam New Concurrent Users Record
News of Steam’s new concurrent users record was broken by website SteamDB. “Steam has broken its record for most concurrently online users that was held for two years. Previous record was 18,537,490 users. It’s still increasing!”, it said in a tweet.
“But there’s about 1 million less players actually in-game (≈5.8mil vs ≈7mil two years ago).”, it continued, pointing out the rather interesting detail that setting a new concurrent users record doesn’t mean Steam also broke its record of in-game users.
If you fancy numbers and graphs, you can take a look at the concrete data over on the storefront’s SteamDB page.
Aside from Steam breaking concurrent user record, Valve is also not doing all that poorly with its upcoming VR flagship title Half-Life Alyx.
Slated for a March release, Half-Life Alyx led to the Valve Index headset being sold out globally well ahead of its launch. A team of 80 people worked on the title, making it Valve’s biggest team ever.
.@Steam has broken its record for most concurrently online users that was held for two years. Previous record was 18,537,490 users. It's still increasing!
— Steam Database (@SteamDB) February 2, 2020
But there's about 1 million less players actually in-game (≈5.8mil vs ≈7mil two years ago).https://t.co/D6WDHbz0B4
