This year, due to the outbreak of the epidemic, many players were forced to stay at home, which led to an increase in game sales and game time. The main PC game platform Steam also set an unprecedented record for Christmas this year, with approximately 23 million players at the same time online.
According to Valve data, about 23 million players were online at the same time on Christmas Day, which is much higher than the 15 million in 2018 and 2019.
According to the statistics of Steam DB, a third-party data website for Steam, Steam exceeded 24.5 million (about 24.65 million) people on December 26 and 27 after Christmas. In April, due to the outbreak of the epidemic and many people working from home, the number of people on Steam at the same time hit a record of 24.5 million. After the release of the masterpiece “Dian Yu Renke 2077”, Steam as a whole once set a new high in mid-December. Reached 24.8 million people.
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