Steam reaches another milestone with 40 million concurrent users

Valve’s gaming platform 'Steam' recently saw 40 million concurrent users online at the same time, marking a new milestone for the gaming platform. Out of those, almost 13 million were busy playing games. This comes just a month after the platform saw over 39 million users last year in December which shows the growing popularity of PC gaming.

While the jump may not seem significant, a closer look will show a constant rising pattern in user count, which the platform often hits time and time again each month. The latest numbers came on March 2nd, a few days after Monster Hunter Wilds launched. It’s safe to assume that the game also contributed to a significant chunk. Before that, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 also saw incredible success.

Steam isn’t the only platform growing in player count

Steam’s success can be due to various factors and considering it remains the first choice of platform for all gamers and publishers/developers, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. However, over the last year, PC gaming has also become more and more popular. We know this because Epic Games also reported something similar.

In its annual report, Epic Games revealed it now has close to 300 million registered users on its platform. Not only that, the platform also brings millions of players to times. While Epic does not share live player count, Fortnite brings in millions of players every day and recently saw a peak player count of over 14 million players. Going by the numbers one can guess Epic is also doing well.

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Game developers also focusing on PC ports

If the numbers were not enough to convince people of the increasing popularity of PC gaming, some of the biggest gaming companies might. Both Capcom and Take-Two Interactive have acknowledged the fact that PC gamers are increasing in numbers. Take-Two’s CEO revealed that almost 40% of their earnings come from PC while Capcom says the increase in PC gamers across Japan has led them to provide better support for PC ports.