![]() ![]() Today’s peak of 669k has now subsided to a more modest 170k players on Valve’s platform, but it’ll be interesting to see if PUBG can maintain anything like its initial free-to-play boost over the coming days and months – and whether similar numbers are reflected on consoles, where the title is also now free-to-play. That’s some considerable way off its all-time peak of 3,236,027 players on Steam, reached in January 2018, but it’s still a significant boost for a title that’s seen a steady decline in player numbers since then – starting 2021 with around 450k concurrents based on figures from Steam Charts, and failing to climb back above the 400k mark in the last three months of the year. So, it is safe to say that a part of those 30 million players was not actually playing games during that period.PUBG: Battlegrounds is now free-to-play, and the gambit appears to be going well so far, with the popular battle royale shooter having peaked at 669k concurrent players on Steam earlier today, meaning it came close to doubling December’s figures.Īce noted by industry analyst Daniel Ahmad on Twitter, PUBG saw its concurrent peak player count climb to 668,707 on Steam following its shift to free-to-play earlier today, beating its previous two month highs by more than 300k players. Thanks to Valve's hand-held gaming platform, Steam is no longer tied to stationary PCs or laptops, and can actually be used on the go.Īlso, keep in mind that Steam does count players as active users when they are browsing the store or the Steam communities. The arrival of Steam Deck can also be counted as one other reason for the recent surge in the number of concurrent players on Steam. The new season of Apex Legends will also be available next month, which could add up even more to the game's current audience. Regarding the fact that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 is still a few days away from its global launch, and the fact that Warzone 2.0 is yet to arrive, we can probably expect another record-breaking concurrent player count on Steam in November. The fourth and fifth places belonged to Apex Legends and Lost Ark. Dota 2 placed second with 750K users, followed by PUBG: Battlegrounds with 440K players. When the Steam concurrent players count reached a new all-time high, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was the biggest contributor with over 1.05 million players. A Plague Tale: Requiem, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Early Access, Gotham Knights, Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, Football Manager 2023 Early Access, and the PC version of Persona 5 Royal were among the big titles that were launched last week, which resulted in many users planning a gaming-oriented weekend. ![]() Looking at the big games launched last week on Steam, it wasn't a huge surprise to see a record-breaking amount of users becomes online on Steam. ![]() RELATED: Apex Legends Announces New ‘Broken Moon’ Map For Season 15 Launch Last weekend, enough Steam players were using the platform for gaming that the number of concurrent players managed to reach over 30 million online users for the first time in history, another huge milestone for Steam as the most popular gaming platform on PC.Īs reported by EuroGamer, SteamDB has confirmed that the number of concurrent players on Steam reached an all-time high of 30,032,005 online users during the weekend, which broke the previous record that was set back in March 2022, when the Elden Ring's launch contributed a lot to submit that record. ![]()
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