A new record was set this week in the number of Steam instant players. The number of players playing Valve’s giant gaming platform instantly has officially exceeded 28 million players. According to the Steamdb report, the all-time record for the number of players using Steam instantlywas seen yesterday (January 9th) with 28,230,853 players. Steam set a record for instant players again last week, approaching 28 million players.

Steam has set a new record for instant gamers

This is an increase of 2,800,000 players compared to January 2021. Industry analyst Daniel Ahmad explained how the pandemic process has also affected interest in Valve’s giant gaming platform28 . According to Ahmad, between January 2020 and January 2022, there was an increase of approximately 10 million players using Steam instantly.

Ahmad has listed an increase in the number of Steam instant players since January 2019, that is, over a 4-year period:

-January 2019: Around 17 Million 600 thousand

-January 2020: Around 18 Million 300 thousand

-January 2021: Around 25 Million 400 thousand

-January 2022: Around 28 Million 200 thousand