Steam and covid

There is no better example for the saying "it doesn't rain to everyone's liking". Steam reaches 20 million players this weekend.

The coronavirus is causing quarantines worldwide, which means staying home for a long time. People have to be entertained: they watch movies or series, read books, play sports or… play video games. Steam is one of the few companies that has benefited from people having free time because it has reached a peak of 20 million logged-in players this weekend. We tell you the details.

Steam reaches 20 million logged in players this weekend

Many media wonder , is the coronavirus behind this? We affirm that yes. And is that free time has to be filled with something, something that gamers take advantage of to play video games. As it is Steam, the largest video game platform in the world, it would be expected that all players “get addicted ” to their favorite games.

The data is as follows: around 20.3 million players logged in concurrently and 6.4 million of them actively playing a video game. Steam's previous record was 19 million players, reached in February 2020. So if we dig deeper, we'll see that no major release took place last week.

What did Steam users play? This question has been answered by the media The Verge through its report, which shows that those 6.4 million played the following titles:

• CS: GO, more than 1 million people. PUBG, more than 700, 000 users. Dota2, more than 500, 000 users.

However, beware of this record because Doom Eternal is coming this weekend, which may mean surpassing that number of players on Steam.

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Do these figures surprise you? Do you think the release of Doom Eternal will beat this record?

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