The pandemic is hitting back hard again, so let's play a game in the comfort of your house. In terms of player counts, the platform reached a new peak over the weekend, almost 27 million players, or more specifically 27,182,165 players, were online.

The previous high-water mark was 26.9 million players, which was achieved in April. A number of variables contributed significantly to the achievement of this goal. Because of the current pandemic and harsher laws, it is likely that more individuals have spent more time on computers and playing games, especially given the fact that there are several very popular games available right now. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive had the most players at its peak, followed by Dota 2 with 663,561 players and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds with 241,902 players. Many others are also playing Amazon's New World, Respawn's Apex Legends, and a variety of other games.

In the course of the corona pandemic, the player record on Steam was broken six times, and the end is still a long way off. You may also have a good understanding of the gaming behavior of the community by looking at the statistics on SteamDB. Consequently, one recognizes, for example, the normal "summer slump," during which fewer players come online every month in the months of May to August, while the numbers grow rapidly again in the months of September and October.

Steam Pushes more than 27 million players online simultaniously