Valve has once again brought millions of gamers together with Steam.
Passing a record peak of 25 million online users in January 2021, Steam crossed a total of 30,012,957 simultaneous online users on October 23rd. This data is taken from Steam statistics, although SteamDB shows a slightly higher number, namely 30,032,005.
Steam passes 30 million concurrent online users for the first time https://t.co/D6WDHbzyqC
— SteamDB (@SteamDB) October 23, 2022
Valve’s online store, Steam, has been growing for a while, but exponentially over the course of two years when the coronavirus (COVID-19) blew the numbers up in big waves. While it’s impossible to tell without careful study, these gaming habits persist for some gamers for much longer than expected. Steam’s rapid growth in recent years far exceeds its past growth. By comparison, it took Steam 14 years to reach a peak of 15 million concurrent users in 2017, and only 5 years for the next 15 million.