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Steam Continues To Rack Record after Record

December 9, 2024 by Andrew McKay

Record high concurrent players alongside two new releases

It’s been a record-breaking couple of months for Valve and Steam. Despite various other PC handhelds being introduced the Steam Deck still continues to see growing demand. Half-Life 2 recently saw its highest concurrent user count during an event. Now, Steam has hit new heights with an all-time high peak concurrent user count of over thirty-nine million. 

As reported by Insider Gaming Steam saw record highs this weekend. The release of two major titles – Marvel Rivals and Path of Exile 2 saw the concurrent players count hit 39,205,447. Both Path of Exile 2 and Marvel Rivals have made it into the top five of the ‘Most Played’ player counts, according to SteamDB. That’s behind PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2. 

To further solidify Steam and Valve’s GOAT status. Counter Strike-2 is still number one on the list of most-played games since its initial release in August of 2012. The game being Free-to-Play might contribute to its ranking as PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS(Also FTP) is in third place on this list. 

If you are curious about the best-performing games on Steam it is best to check out SteamDB. There are several metrics to look at and insights to be gained about current gaming trends and games worth looking at.

If you’d like to find out more about Valve’s recent Half-Life anniversary celebration, click here. If you’re just now hearing of Path of Exile 2 then you can find out more about this highly anticipated game here. 

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