Steam Passed Another Milestone

Steam has passed the 40 million concurrent user mark for the first time ever.

Another Success from Steam

Steam was initially launched in late 2003, with Valve using it as a way to distribute its own games digitally, notably the critically acclaimed FPS Half-Life 2. As the years passed, more and more third-party publishers began to release their own games on Steam, and set the service up for success. For many gamers, the popularity of Steam is largely down to Valve continuing to make consumer friendly choices on the platform, in an industry where many feel the opposite is largely true. With players building up their game libraries on Steam over the years, it’s getting harder and harder to dethrone Steam, no matter the resources of the competitor.

SteamDB’s charts have revealed that Steam has just crossed the 40 million concurrent users milestone for the first time ever, after coming close a few times over the last few weeks. The total peak is sitting at 40,270,997 and could still rise. It’s not clear exactly what has caused the milestone on this occasion, although it could be down to the massively successful launch of Monster Hunter Wilds on Steam, with it jumping into the top five all time high player counts on the platform.

Looking at the patterns of years gone by, it wasn’t until late 2022 that Steam managed to reach 30 million concurrent users, which in itself was a massive achievement at the time. To add another 10 million in what is ultimately a pretty short space of time is mighty impressive.

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