Steam Breaks Record With 26.4 Million Concurrent Users (February 2021)
In February 2021, Steam broke its concurrent-user record with 26 million 401 thousand people online at once, according to a Steam Database tweet.
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In brief
AI summaryIn February 2021, Steam announced through the Steam Database Twitter account a new concurrent-user record of 26 million 401 thousand people online at the same time.
Steam had announced a concurrent-player record last year during the pandemic and, per the article, broke a similar record when 1 million people played Cyberpunk 2077 at launch.
Steam's record-breaking growth is tied by the article to the COVID-19 pandemic, which kept people at home and lifted the gaming industry.
Steam, one of the locomotives of the gaming industry that rose while the whole world stayed home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, continues to break records.
Steam Broke Its Own Record Again
Steam had announced last year that it broke a concurrent player record during the pandemic. Steam had broken a similar record when 1 million people played Cyberpunk 2077 at its launch.
https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/1336924375212318721?s=20
This time, Steam announced with a tweet shared from the Steam Database Twitter account that 26 million 401 thousand people were online at the same time and that the record was refreshed again.
https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/1358423347281985536?s=20
