Steam continues to break record after record. Valve's platform and its biggest hit have never attracted so many players
Valve's platform has broken another record for user activity, and its biggest hit - Counter-Strike 2 - is not far behind. Much of this is due to the Spring Sale on Steam.
Steam once again proves its dominance in the PC market, breaking another user activity record. As recently as yesterday, Valve's platform reached the highest number of simultaneously logged-in players in history—40,486,225 people (via SteamDB). In recent years, Steam has been consistently raising the bar. Nearly five years ago, this "record" number was 20 million, and just at the beginning of March this year, it doubled.
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The Spring Sale undoubtedly had an impact on the increase in the number of Steam users. The Steam Spring Sale 2025, where many games and DLCs were on sale, likely drew in crowds of players searching for deals.
Counter-Strike 2 in record-breaking form
Counter-Strike 2 also achieved a fantastic result. At its peak, the game attracted 1,824,989 players simultaneously, thereby setting a new activity record. This is the best result in the series' history and another proof of the title's enduring popularity.
On X, popular dataminer Gabe Follower referred to the above success of CS, ironically suggesting that the record number of players might be the result of bot farm activity: "Get ready to unload your comments about the Chinese bot farms below."
R.E.P.O - new hit on Steam
Among the record holders, we can also add an unexpected Steam star - R.E.P.O., a cooperative horror game with very good reviews. The game reached its highest score yesterday, attracting over 207,000 users simultaneously (via SteamDB). Since its release (February 26th) in Early Access, REPO has been regularly breaking its own records and enjoying great reception, maintaining 96% positive reviews.
