Steam just broke its own record for concurrent users, hitting – and then surpassing – its prior record of 18,537,490 users earlier today.
According to SteamDB (thanks, PCGN), the number of concurrent Steam users peaked at 18,801,944 players a little before 2.30pm UK time today – 2.20pm to be precise – smashing the record it set back in January 2018.
.@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!
But there’s about 1 million less players actually in-game (≈5.8mil vs ≈7mil two years ago).https://t.co/D6WDHbz0B4
— SteamDB (@SteamDB) February 2, 2020
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As SteamDB points out, however, what’s interesting is that while we’re seeing record numbers of concurrent Steam users, that’s not reflected in the in-game figures.
“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!” SteamDB tweeted earlier today. “But there’s about 1 million less players actually in-game (≈5.8mil vs ≈7mil two years ago).”