Yesterday, Valve’s leading PC games distribution platform, Steam, reached a new user concurrency record. As confirmed by SteamDB, at 14:00 UTC, Steam surpassed 42 million concurrent users. The previous record (41.6 million users) was set in October 2025, but the platform has been on a steady growth trajectory for years now: A quick data analysis reveals distinct growth phases during this period. Before the pandemic, the Steam platform was growing slowly, at a rate of +4.5% per year. The lockdown year obviously exploded the platform (as well as all other gaming platforms) with +31.5% in a single year, followed by […]
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