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Steam Tops 30 Million Concurrent Users for First Time

Steam Tops 30 Million Concurrent Users for First Time - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 24 October 2022 / 2,212 Views

Valve's Steam has set a new record over the weekend with over 30 million concurrent users.

Earlier today, Steam reached 30,032,005 users online at the same time on Sunday, October 23, according to SteamDB.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was the most played game with a peak of 1.05 million concurrent players on Sunday. It was the only game to cross one million players. 

Other popular games include Dota 2 with a peak of 752,713 concurrent players on Sunday, PUBG with 442,148 players, Apex Legends with 214,493 players, and Lost Ark with 214,493 players.

It was recently confirmed Valve's Steam Deck has shipped over one million units worldwide.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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Azzanation (on 24 October 2022)

Well deserved. Its the OG platform that pushed digital gaming media and still the best at doing so.

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Jumpin (on 24 October 2022)

For anyone curious: that amounts to roughly 25% of the 120 million accounts.

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Ka-pi96 (on 24 October 2022)

And I was one of them, yay me!

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Jumpinbeans (on 24 October 2022)

If steam runs at login but you don't actually do anything in it - does that count?

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SecondWar Jumpinbeans (on 24 October 2022)

If you look at the chart on the link it says 30 million were online but only 8.5 million were in-game.

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Dallinor SecondWar (on 24 October 2022)

See that's a huge difference. I barely play on steam but I'm always logged in.

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SanAndreasX Jumpinbeans (on 24 October 2022)

I have Steam, it logs me in but I seldom actually use it.

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The Fury (on 24 October 2022)

I logged on on Sunday for the first time in like a month, wonder if I hit at the right time to help. :P

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Jumpin The Fury (on 24 October 2022)

This was all YOUR fault! :D

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KLAMarine (on 24 October 2022)

Wow! This PUGB seems a popular game! First I've heard of it though...

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deerox KLAMarine (on 24 October 2022)

I love PlayerUnknown's GroundsBattle.

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Ashadelo (on 24 October 2022)

What a beast claps

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pokoko (on 24 October 2022)

Just goes to show that Microsoft was right to cancel GFWL. The PC gaming market is doomed.

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SecondWar pokoko (on 24 October 2022)

Yeah, that’s why MS has their own PC store, makes all their first party games available on Steam as well and has PC Gamepass.

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pokoko SecondWar (on 24 October 2022)

Whether you want to admit it or not, Microsoft gave up on PC gaming. They only came back when someone else was actually successful and proved that it was a viable market.

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SecondWar pokoko (on 25 October 2022)

In what world has Microsoft given up on PC gaming?

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pokoko SecondWar (on 25 October 2022)

Are you going to tell me that the GFWL fiasco didn't happen and they didn't screw over people who bought games on that service by abandoning it suddenly despite claiming otherwise? Because that would be foolish.

"I think it's fair to say that we've lost our way a bit in supporting Windows games," Microsoft Studios VP Phil Spencer admitted.

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SecondWar pokoko (on 25 October 2022)

That was 2013. What I mentioned (Xbox PC store, Xbox on Steam, PC Gamepass) is all live right now.
Why try and focus on what happened nearly 10 years ago? Things have moved on.

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pokoko SecondWar (on 26 October 2022)

Of course that was years ago, that was obvious from the moment I mentioned GFWL. Duh. And, seriously, it was a sarcastic joke, though one Microsoft absolutely deserved. I really didn't expect anyone to get butthurt over it or to White Knight quite so hard.

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SecondWar pokoko (on 26 October 2022)

White Knighting? Lol#, you're reading way too much into this, and now trying to pass a ill-thought out comment as a joke now you seem to realise it. If it really was a joke, you need to work on your tone, as it read more like a rant., like you're buthurt over the loss of GFWL and haven't moved on in the intervening years.

There's no point trying to beat any company with a stick for something they did years ago. Next time, try to make a better and more relevant argument. You might feel better for it.

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