Steam Records to beatThe number of concurrent players has exceeded 10 million. For the first time since opening together with up to 32 million people online at the same time
On January 8, 2023, SteamDB released information that as of January 7 at 11:00 PM, Steam has more than 10 million concurrent players for the first time since the service launched. Along with online gamers a total of 32 million people
Steam reached 10 million concurrent in-game players for the first time, plus 32 million concurrent online users today.https://t.co/D6WDHbz0B4 pic.twitter.com/rbRabSCLye
— SteamDB (@SteamDB) January 7, 2023
from such statistics Arose from last winter’s sale. The result was on a Saturday night, many different players came to play the game that was owned. This does not count for massively multiplayer free-to-play games.
The top five games during the period were Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (1.08M), Dota 2 (770K), Goose Goose Duck (600K), PUBG (440K) and Apex Legends (3.7 lakh people)
It’s considered to be a strong start to the year for Steam, with the number of people using the service at the same time only increasing year on year. It’s worth keeping an eye out for any trends this year that break this record.
Reference information from: SteamDB