Steam Sets Another Record Today with 26.4 Million Concurrent Users

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It appears that there is nothing stopping the PC games juggernaut that Valve built. Following an already-impressive milestone of 25.4 million peak concurrent users back in January, the digital distribution service managed to outdo itself again today with a new record of 26.4 million users. The achievement was highlighted by Steam Database, which shared a graph confirming that over 7.3 million were in-game during the peak.



“While Steam was already seeing significant growth in 2020 before COVID-19 lockdowns, video game playtime surged when people started staying home, dramatically increasing the number of customers buying and playing games, and hopefully bringing some joy to counter-balance some of the craziness that was 2020,” Valve...

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[Dogsofjune]

Who has the record for biggest Steam library backlog?

 

[Armenius]

Who has the record for biggest Steam library backlog?

I think I'm around 1,000. I had a problem with buying games that I admit to. I have thankfully grown out of that. I take extra time now while browsing sales to think about when I plan on playing this. I will add things to my shopping cart and then go through it removing things that way. It has been working out for me really well. I will still buy games that are licensed that I may have a a strong interest in due to those having a habit of having short distribution deals. My FOMO is still real in that area.

 

[Grimlakin]

Another way to read this...

With just about everyone with an office job working from home now... there is a WHOLE LOT of goofing off going on.

 

[Brian_B]

Humble Bundle has had some surprisingly fun titles, but it's equally guilty of bloating my library with a lot of junk. I recommend it.