Popular video game digital distribution service Steam has broken its record for most concurrently online users that was held for two years. The previous record was 18,537,490 users.

.@Steam has broken its record for most concurrently online users that was held for two years. Previous record was 18,537,490 users. It's still increasing!



But there's about 1 million less players actually in-game (≈5.8mil vs ≈7mil two years ago).https://t.co/D6WDHbz0B4 — Steam Database (@SteamDB) February 2, 2020

According to SteamDB, Steam broke its record for the maximum concurrent users online with a peak of 18,801,252 users. The previous record was 18,537,490 users.

The chart shows that on Feb 1, 2020, between 7-8 PM they broke their record. However, they might have broken the record but there was about 1 million less player actually playing any kind of game and SteamDB said there were around 5.8 million users in-game.

Why the numbers grew all of a sudden is still unclear but the top three games were Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2 and Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds. As both Dota 2 and PUBG lost a lot of its active users, it can be the main reason why 1 million fewer players were in-game.

Despite Epic, Origin and multiple other digital game platforms it is interesting to see Steam is still getting a lot of users. Steam is undoubtedly the best launcher for PC gamers and the numbers just prove that Steam is getting more and more popular among PC gamers.