Nearly 28 million people used Steam at the same time on Sunday

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Just under 28 million Steam users logged in at the same time on Sunday, breaking the previous PC gaming platform record.

User Turbostrider27 on Reddit pointed out that, according to SteamDB, Valve Software’s showcase has reached a peak of 27,942,036 concurrent users. This is a new record for Steam, which previously peaked in November with 27,384,959 users. That’s only about 500,000 more people, but more than half of the Canadian population accessing video games is still a business.

Steam’s annual holiday sale likely had an impact on this new milestone, especially since last weekend was most people’s last hiatus before the start of the new year.

SteamDB stats also show that 8,219,950 players were in the game at the time, with titles such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, DOTA2, Grand Theft Auto V, Apex Legends, and PUBG: Battlegrounds. The usual stable of titles that, more or less, always complete these lists. Although New World, released last fall, remains in the top 10 most played titles on Steam.

Despite news of China’s alleged banning of Steam, the platform continues to move forward unabated. Valve has yet to comment on whether or not there is validity to those stories starting Monday.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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