The last record of Steam simultaneous users of what we echoed was in January 2024, when there were 33.6 million. At that time, offers, gifts and free time of party days come together, so it is practically a tradition that in January Steam exceeds the number of concurrent players. In January 2023 it also passed and by then there were 32 million, while in 2022 there were 28 million. Regardless of when, the important thing for the digital store is that the figure does not stop growing, which makes the PC an increasingly attractive platform for any company, including Sony.
For those who want to write down the exact figure, around 15:00 Spanish peninsular time there were 40,236,608 online users in Steam, of which about 12.7 million were playing what did they play? To the usual suspects, which are the games as a service and free-to-play Counter-Strike 2 (1.7 million players), Dota 2 (657,000 players) and PUBG: Battlegrounds (819,000 players). They have to add Monster Hunter Wilds, who manages to reach second position with 1.3 million players, and Marvel Rivals, who arrived at the store at the end of 2024 and looks at him from the distance with a peak of 290,000 players.
The number of concurrent players reached by Monster Hunter Wilds is remarkable. The Capcom game has overcome the peaks that once registered titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 (1 million players), Elden Ring (953,000 players), Hogwarts Legacy (879,000 players) and Baldur's Gate III (875,000 players). The only prémonic title that surpasses Monster Hunter Wilds in this aspect is Black Myth: Wukong, which managed to accumulate 2.4 million players. We will see if in the next few days Capcom reveals the units sold. In 2018 Monster Hunder World began by placing 5 million units in three days.