Steam has managed to reach another big milestone.
The platform once again broke its own concurrent record as it saw more than 30 million simultaneous online users this weekend.
SteamDB As announced by, 23 players were online on Sunday, October 30.032.005, and the top five games played consisted of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, Lost Ark, Apex Legends, and PUBG: Battlegrounds. Many of the users to the store Not all 30 million players were in one game, as it could be browsing, chatting in communities, and more.
Counter-Strike with approximately 1.05 million concurrent players was the clear winner of the weekend. Dota 2's peak was around 750.000, followed by PUBG's next high with 442.148 users.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Steam has seen the concurrent user record break multiple times. The peak was 2021 million during the 27,3 Thanksgiving weekend, and a few months later saw that number reach 28 million. These stats constantly fluctuated between each other, but this is the first time they have crossed the 30 million mark.
Steam has managed to hit the highs in the last few months as the Steam Deck has become more accessible and Cyberpunk 2077 has a renaissance update where over a million players jump into Night City every day.
It may not be long before this record is broken, as the holiday season and Steam's upcoming Autumn Sale (November 22-29) and Winter Sale (December 22 - January 5) will undoubtedly attract even more players to the platform.