The number of players on Steam breaks records

The number of players on Steam has been growing ever since Valve launched its digital video game store. Although there are alternatives (some like GOG are excellent) there is no doubt that it has become the most important one on the planet.

The new record users on Steam occurred on September 22 and rose to an incredible 38.367.277It should be noted that these are users who are online and not actually playing (the record here is 12.5 million simultaneous players), but the figure is still impressive and confirms the portal as one of the most popular websites. The trend is clear, upwards, especially in the last decade.

All the usual “suspects” are behind these figures, such as the top-10 of the most played on the platform, including Counter-Strike 2 (close to 2 million players), Dota 2, Banana and PUBG, as well as the one that broke the previous record, Black Myth: Wukong. Completing the list are Satisfactory 1.0, Space Marine 2 and Deadlock itself.

Last week, previous exclusives like God of War Ragnarok and Final Fantasy 16 launched for the first time on Steam, which surely helped as well. Other big games like Diablo IV got a workout on Steam in previous weeks. And everything adds up to the continued growth of the platform’s popularity.. Another section that Valve is relying on to One of the most popular games and services of all time is the Steam Deck. It was very well received, continues to sell at a good pace and is responsible for the new youth that portable consoles are experiencing.

And autumn is here… The last quarter of the year is usually profitable for electronics sales and video games in particular as we approach the Christmas season, the best of the year. And as the increase in Steam players seems to be motivated by the arrival of high-impact games, we can mention that before the end of the year we have a few and to start with, in October, the launch of a blockbuster like Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 with which we are sure to see a new release. Steam surpasses the 40 million connected barrier.

And Steam for ARM, which we saw yesterday and is intended to support the new generation of PCs, is also in the works. The same; everything continues to add up so that Valve can boast about its digital software store, the most important on the planet in terms of video games.