{"id":28780,"date":"2023-01-09T20:48:15","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T20:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/09\/steam-reaches-10-million-concurrent-active-players-milestone\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T20:48:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T20:48:15","slug":"steam-reaches-10-million-concurrent-active-players-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/09\/steam-reaches-10-million-concurrent-active-players-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Steam Reaches 10 Million Concurrent Active Players Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Business is good at Valve. Over the weekend, Steam reached the exciting milestone of 10 million concurrent in-game players\u2014the highest number of players the distribution platform has ever seen at one time.<\/p>\n

SteamDB, a third-party Twitter bot that tracks and shares Steam statistics, marked the occasion on Saturday at 9 a.m. EST as gamers were settling into their long weekend sessions. A total of 10,080,827 people were in-game at the time, while 32,186,301 people were active on the platform. Steam\u2019s in-game player count peaked<\/a> the next morning at 10,284,568. The most-played game at the time was Counter-Strike: Global Offensive<\/i> with 1 million concurrent players.<\/p>\n

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Steam has reached 10 million concurrent in-game players for the first time, as well as 32 million concurrently online users today.https:\/\/t.co\/D6WDHbz0B4<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rbRabSCLye<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 SteamDB (@SteamDB) January 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These numbers constitute a stark change since 2019 when Steam\u2019s concurrent in-game player count stagnated at around 6 million. Unsurprisingly, COVID-19 caused these numbers to jump: As more people were stuck at home, more turned to gaming for entertainment and connection. By March 30, 2020\u2014less than three weeks after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic\u2014Steam had reached 8,171,592 concurrent in-game players. This count continued to climb over the months, reaching 9 million for the first time in February 2022.<\/p>\n

Steam\u2019s growth might be an indication that the PC gaming scene is healing. Demand for essential computer parts spiked in 2020 for the same reasons mentioned above, resulting in GPU and CPU materials shortages<\/a> that lasted a solid two years. PCs finally began to catch their breath<\/a> in the spring of 2022, and while our colleagues at PCMag have accurately pointed out<\/a> why that can spell trouble, it does<\/i> mean parts and whole PCs have become more affordable. As a result, gamers have been able to get their hands on the hardware they need to dive into their unplayed libraries.<\/p>\n

But we obviously can\u2019t forget that Steam\u2019s record numbers are likely owed in part to the launch of the Steam Deck. Just eight months after launch, Valve crossed<\/a> the one million Steam Decks sold mark\u2014and that\u2019s when the consoles were in short supply. They\u2019ve since come far easier to get, no reservation required<\/a>, meaning it\u2019s practically a given that a chunk of Steam\u2019s active players from this weekend weren\u2019t on a conventional PC at all.<\/p>\n

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