Steam has broken its own record of players using the platform. A peak count of 19,728,027 people are using the service, which broke the record of 18,801,944. The number of people on Steam isn’t a big surprise, given with the current situation of the world (COVID-19 outbreak). Most people now have time to visit the platform and play games, as IGN detailed:
Unsurprisingly, this also means that some of Steam’s (and owner Valve’s) most popular games have also set new concurrent players records. Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (also known as CS:GO) managed to peak at 1,007,062 players, while DOTA 2 peaked at 694,829. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has peaked at 525,462 players, while Rainbow Six Siege and Grand Theft Auto Online bring up the rear.
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