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Steam breaks concurrent user record with 28m players News Jan 10th, 2022

Steam breaks concurrent user record with 28m players

Almost double the simultaneous player peak from January 2019

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive saw a 17% drop in players last month News Jul 6th, 2021

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive saw a 17% drop in players last month

Follows the introduction of Prime status

Record-breaking 26.5m concurrent users were on Steam this weekend News Feb 8th, 2021

Record-breaking 26.5m concurrent users were on Steam this weekend

Of that figure, 7.4m were in-game

Apex Legends hits new Steam concurrent player record News Feb 1st, 2021

Apex Legends hits new Steam concurrent player record

Title saw 13.7 per cent spike in peak simultaneous users in January

Cyberpunk 2077 and CS:GO DLC help Steam hit new concurrent users record News Dec 14th, 2020

Cyberpunk 2077 and CS:GO DLC help Steam hit new concurrent users record

Platform clocked in 24.8 million simultaneous players over the weekend

Old School RuneScape hits record of 157k concurrent players News Nov 3rd, 2020

Old School RuneScape hits record of 157k concurrent players

Follows launch of new Leagues II: Trailblazer content

Steam breaks simultaneous active player record News Mar 30th, 2020

Steam breaks simultaneous active player record

Both in-game and out

Roblox's Bloxy Awards draws in 600,000 spectators News Mar 24th, 2020

Roblox's Bloxy Awards draws in 600,000 spectators

At is peak there were four million concurrent players

Borderlands 3 saw 93.5k concurrent players on Steam News Mar 17th, 2020

Borderlands 3 saw 93.5k concurrent players on Steam

Comes in the wake of exclusivity period on Steam

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hits one million concurrent players News Mar 16th, 2020

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive hits one million concurrent players

The third time its broken a record this year

Steam hits 20.3m concurrent users News Mar 16th, 2020

Steam hits 20.3m concurrent users

Likely due to people staying at home due to coronavirus

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive breaks concurrent player record News Feb 12th, 2020

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive breaks concurrent player record

Steam also has broken its record for concurrent users (again)

Halo: The Master Chief Collection was one of Steam's most-played games on launch News Dec 4th, 2019

Halo: The Master Chief Collection was one of Steam's most-played games on launch

Saw a peak of 161,024 concurrent players in first 24 hours

Destiny 2 tops 220k concurrent players on Steam launch News Oct 2nd, 2019

Destiny 2 tops 220k concurrent players on Steam launch

Bungie's title sees pickup on Twitch, too

Resident Evil 2 is the series’ biggest launch on Steam so far News Jan 25th, 2019

Resident Evil 2 is the series’ biggest launch on Steam so far

Capcom’s second-biggest launch can’t hold a candle to Moster Hunter: World, however

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