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Steam's done it again: another weekend, another concurrent user record broken and a new one set.

Once again, Helldivers 2 has raised its concurrent player cap, this time to 800,000 players.

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead says it has had to «cap» concurrent players to around 450,000 to «further improve server stability».

Helldivers 2 is now Playstation's biggest Steam launch, clocking up over 150,000 concurrent users on the PC platform over the weekend.

Just a few weeks after the announcement of Monster Hunter Wilds, Monster Hunter World has been seeing quite a resurgence. The game hit a new concurrent players peak of 138,148 players according to SteamDB. For the sake of reference, this is the highest number of players the game has seen since July 2020, when it saw 144,376 concurrent players.

The launch of the new LEGO Fortnite mode has helped Epic's reach over 7.6 million concurrent players over the weekend.

Indie developer Zeekerss has revealed that co-op game Lethal Company has been incredibly successful. The developer took to social media platform X to reveal that the game had recently crossed 100,000 concurrent players on Steam.

Steam's latest hit is a cooperative horror game about scavenging derelict moons called Lethal Company, and its now reached more than 100,000 concurrent players.

The co-op horror / scavenging game Lethal Company has exceeded 100,000 concurrent players via Steam. In fact, according to Steam Charts, the horror experience has reached a peak player total of 114,672 at the time of writing.

Given the hype surrounding it prior to release, pretty much everyone expected Starfield to be a rousing success. However, most probably expected (hoped, even) it would have a healthy amount of staying power. But as recent stats show, Bethesda’s newest IP is experiencing a drop in popularity.

Fortnite has set a new all-time concurrent player record, with tracker fortnite.gg reporting 6.1 million concurrent players as the game's all-time peak yesterday, November 4 2023. That new total of 6,172,463 people online at once might be chalked up to the Fortnite Chapter 4 release, Fortnite OG, which brings back the original island and weapons, along with some early gadgets, from the heady days of Fortnite's 2018 success. As of press time, Fortnite is holding at just over 5.5 million players.

An open beta for THE FINALS, Embark Studios’ free-to-play multiplayer shooter, went live over the weekend and ends on November 5th. Based on SteamDB, it’s doing pretty well, peaking at 235,948 players on PC. There are over 190,000 players online right now, so it’s likely that the peak concurrent player total could increase before the beta’s conclusion.

Diablo 4 launched on Steam last night and saw users jhave dished out a “mixed” review rating of 55%.

Valve has officially launched Counter-Strike 2.

Starbreeze Studios’ Payday 3 was released on September 21st for Standard Edition owners after a short early access period and faced several issues. Matchmaking errors meant the game was unavailable for most players, and it doesn’t help that even solo play isn’t possible without being connected online.

Having already surpassed Skyrim and Fallout by becoming Bethesda’s biggest launch to date - with over six million players, according to the developer - Starfield has now smashed another of its predecessor’s records.

Starfield has already smashed Skyrim's concurrent player record on Steam.

Starfield is now in full release, and—surprise!—it's a hit: Shortly after it went into release on September 6, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said on Twitter that Starfield had surpassed a «great milestone» of one million concurrent players across all platforms. That's a big number for sure, but is it really a high water mark of note? As the Doctor once said, it depends on the context.

Starfield has exceeded 1 million concurrent players across all platforms within 24 hours of launch.

Starfield left its early access period yesterday (September 6), and managed to quickly surpass a whopping one million players across all platforms, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed.

Is there anybody out there who didn’t think Starfield would be an immense hit the yoctosecond it released? It became Steam’s top game before it even officially launched. Now it’s been declared that Bethesda’s anticipated sci-fi RPG has surpassed one million concurrent players.

Starfield has exceeded a million concurrent players across all platforms by the end of its first day of full release.

Starfield topped one million concurrent players on its official launch day, according to Microsoft’s head of gaming.

Phil Spencer has officially confirmed that Starfield has gone past 1 million players.

Starfield has surpassed one million concurrent players across all platforms.

The recently-released and highly-anticipated Starfield surpassed one million concurrent players shortly after its launch.

Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield was released yesterday for Xbox Series X/S and PC players, including Game Pass subscribers, and notched up some impressive numbers. Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer revealed on Twitter that it had over one million concurrent players across all platforms.

Bethesda's Starfield exceeded one million concurrent players across all platforms today, according to CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer.

Starfield officially arrives September 6, but it has already begun breaking records on Steam. The expansive space RPG hit an all-time peak of 248,632 concurrent players, at the time of writing, which goes to show how impatient players have been for Bethesda's latest. For the uninitiated, those who aren't willing to wait for the official launch can purchase the Rs. 6,699/ $100 Premium Edition of the game and play it early. This is applicable across both Steam and Xbox platforms, with even Game Pass members willing to fork over $31.49/ Rs. 2,519 for early access, despite the title being essentially free for them.

Starfield has hit another milestone, as it reaches a new all-time high of concurrent players on Steam.

Starfield’s full global launch is still a few days away, but the highly anticipated sci-fi RPG became available in early access to owners of its Premium and Constellation Editions. And upon its early access release, the game seems to have got off to a flying start.

Starfield hit more than 230,000 concurrent players in its first two hours on Steam, despite only being in its early access period.

Baldur's Gate III is dominating the Steam charts with record-breaking numbers, surpassing the 800,000 concurrent player mark on August 6. To be precise, the peak count was 814,666, perching it as the ninth-highest ranking PC game, when sorted by all-time peak variable — right below Hogwarts Legacy. It's an impressive feat, considering the game had been out for nearly three years now, albeit in early access, which allowed developer Larian Studios to slow-cook it to perfection based on player feedback. The completed version of the game dropped August 3 on PC and has shown no signs of slowing down.

Baldur's Gate 3 reached over 800,000 concurrent players on Steam on Sunday, a peak reached within a few days of its launch.

Those who have been paying attention to the gaming world these past few days won’t be surprised to learn that Baldur’s Gate 3 is currently doing quite well for itself. In fact, when last checked, the game had hit a pretty big milestone, showing more than 800,000 concurrent players on Steam.

After nearly three years in early access (during which time it sold 2.5 million copies), Baldur’s Gate 3 finally saw its full launch on PC last week, and though many expected the game would do well on critical and commercial fronts given the massive anticipation and hype it generated in the lead-up to its release, its actual performance has somehow managed to blow all expectations out of water.

Baldur’s Gate 3 already did pretty well for Larian Studios in early access, selling over 2.5 million copies before its final release for PC. However, the response from players, particularly on Steam, has been overwhelming. It saw over 470,000 peak concurrent players on its first day and has since surpassed the half-million mark.

Baldur's Gate 3 has topped 500,000 concurrent players on Steam in one day.

One of the most highly anticipated releases of the year, Baldur’s Gate 3, is out now on PC, and given the massive levels of excitement it generated in the lead-up to its launch, it’s not a surprise to see that it’s got off to a flying start.

Anticipation has been steadily building for Baldur’s Gate III following a well-received early access period, but just how big is this game going to be? Sure, CRPG fans are excited, but the CRPG genre is arguably a bit niche. Well, judging by early numbers, Larian Studios has a legit major hit on their hands.

Recently-released shooter Remnant 2 has already attracted more simultaneous players than its predecessor.