Steam started the year with records. The number of simultaneous users on the platform in the first week of 2018 exceeded 18.5 million people. This is the largest indicator in the history of the service, according to the Steam Database resource.
Compared to January 2017, the number of simultaneous users present on Steam increased by 4 million users, demonstrating the largest annual growth during the existence of the platform.
Growth of online user experience on Steam, Steam Database
Note that of the 18.5 million people present on Steam at the same time, just over 7 million users played games, the rest were just in the system.
The number of Steam users who are in the system and games at the same time, Steam Database
Let’s add that 42% of the playing and 16% of the total Steam audience at the beginning of this January were players in the online shooter PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, whose online also updated record values, exceeding 3 million people.
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