Steam set a new concurrent user record at 27 million on Saturday.
As first spotted by GamesRadar, Steam’s peak concurrent record is 27,384,959 users, according to SteamDB. Of all those accounts, more than 7,835,449 were in-game. The latter statistic did not break the platform’s previous record, though, that’s still held by April 2020 at 8,171,592 in-game concurrently.
There’s no doubt that Steam’s annual Black Friday Autumn Sale had a significant impact on these figures. Many games got a second wind during sales, including CD Project Red’s open-world RPG Cyberpunk 2077. Plus, a little free-to-play shooter called Halo Infinite is a big hit, even as developers acknowledge its battle pass issues.
Steam once again beats its online concurrent users record with over 27 million users currently online.
Previous record was set in April at 26.9 million.https://t.co/D6WDHbz0B4 pic.twitter.com/z9d5cDd1JL
— SteamDB (@SteamDB) November 27, 2021
Valve Software, the company that owns and operates Steam, is likely pretty happy that the platform continues to gain popularity. Due to supply problems, the company recently delayed its highly-anticipated handheld gaming PC, the Steam Deck. A problem that Nintendo is all too familiar with currently, as is Sony.
Valve’s games played a part in this new concurrent record, of course. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and DOTA 2 were the first and second most played games over the weekend, respectively. Either title is rarely dethroned from those spots, however.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
