Steam set a new record with more than 34 million concurrent online users

Just a few months ago, Valve proudly announced a record of 33.6 million concurrent online users on Steam. Today, that record continues to be raised to a new level, with the number of concurrent Steam users recorded reaching more than 34 million accounts.

Specifically, there were 34.298 million Steam users online at the same time, according to SteamDB data. Here is the list of the 100 games with the most players on Steam in the past 24 hours:

1. Counter-Strike 2 1,474,396 people
2. Dota 2 705,679 people
3. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS 627,348 people
4. Apex Legends 465,266 people
5. HELLDIVERS 2 429,446 people
6. NARAKA: BLADEPOINT 286,947 people
7. Palworld 273,204 people
8. Last Epoch 223,801 people
9. Source SDK Base 2007 201,592 people
10. Grand Theft Auto V 166,477 people

And here are the top 10 games with the most online players at the same time on Steam:

1. Counter-Strike 2: 637,749 people
2. HELLDIVERS™ 2: 368,731 people
3. Dota 2: 294,709 people
4. Source SDK Base 2007 (Software Development Kit): 145,034 people
5. Last Epoch: 143,511 people
6. Palworld: 125,050 people
7. Baldur's Gate 3: 119,051 people
8. Apex Legends: 116,834 people
9. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS: 100,587 people
10. Call of Duty: 88,353 people

It can be seen that shooting games are still the genre that attracts the largest number of players on Steam. Among them, Counter-Strike 2 and HELLDIVERS™ 2 are the two leading FPS games in terms of the number of concurrent online players. The next positions belong to familiar games in the MOBA, RPG and Survival genres. Specifically, Dota 2 ranked 3rd with 294,709 players at the same time; Last Epoch ranked 5th and especially the famous name recently - Palworld ranked 6th.

The new record of users shows Steam's strong growth in recent years. According to predictions of game site DSOGaming, Steam could reach a record of 35 million players at the same time in the third quarter of 2024.

Jessica Tanner

Update 04 March 2024