Steam Shatters Concurrent Players Peak Yet Again

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Just a week ago, Steam broke its all-time concurrent player peak with over 23 million players. It should perhaps come as no surprise then that the record has been broken yet again. About 24,534,770 peak concurrent players were recorded over the weekend, which is absolutely bonkers.

You could attribute this to more people staying at home due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Also, eagerly awaited games like TaleWorlds’ Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord and Resident Evil 3 launched before the weekend, resulting in a bump in player numbers. Either way, Steam is benefiting greatly from the increased traffic.

We’ll have to wait and see how the coming weeks plays out especially as more people stay at home. In the meantime, some of the bigger releases for the month on Steam include Square Enix’s Trials of Mana and The Coalition’s Gears Tactics. Stay tuned for more details to see if the concurrent player peak goes up once more.

Posted: Apr 08, 2020 4:17 pm
Related Forum: PC Gaming Forum

Source: https://gamingbolt.com/steam-shatters-concurrent-player-peak-yet-again

Comments

CentPosted: Mon. Apr 20, 2020

Int I really hope though that this helps Steam grow in general and not just because there's a pandemic, I'm hoping they actually keep users on board.

I'm sure they will. A lot of people who are home probably are trying out steam for the first time or using it more than they normally do which is probably making them fall in love with it because it's very user friendly and offers a lot.

IntPosted: Thu. Apr 09, 2020

I really hope though that this helps Steam grow in general and not just because there's a pandemic, I'm hoping they actually keep users on board.

TTGPosted: Wed. Apr 08, 2020

The player count will continue to climb until this pandemic is gone, hopefully it's resolved soon. But steam has seen a lot of growth like other platforms.

BonkPosted: Wed. Apr 08, 2020

I wish all gaming platforms were as transparent about their player counts as Steam is

CentPosted: Wed. Apr 08, 2020

Just gonna keep on going up unless this gets any better.

breadstickPosted: Wed. Apr 08, 2020

This will keep happening I'm assuming as well. The company I work for just furloughed 75% of our workers. It seems cool that more people are playing, but in this case the cost outweighs the benefit. Watched a lot of good people go today who may not be back since we don't know when the current work environment will ease up.