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The more popular a game is, the more frequently the number of players online can change as new players start and others end their gaming session. Special announcements by Valve, the game developer, or tournaments by famous players can affect how many people are playing Steam right now.
The number of active players you see above is the closest estimate of how many people are playing Steam all over the world in real-time; this figure is estimated using our Gohost Network Protocol technology, otherwise known as GNP.
Steam Overview
Developer
Valve
Release Date
12 September 2003
Registered Users
337 million
Available Platform(s)
Windows.
Steam Live Player Count 2024
Steam has 62.6 million daily active players with an all-time high of 26.85 million, reached in March 2021.
The number of monthly Steam active users is more than 132 million.
To date, Steam has more than 337 Million registered users.
Steam is most popular in the US with 13.7 million users.
As of 2024, Steam has around 132 million active monthly users. Unfortunately, there isn’t a publicly available source that precisely tracks Steam’s monthly active users (MAU) over a specific timeframe. Valve, the company behind Steam, doesn’t release this data very frequently.
Countries With The Most Steam Players
Below you will find stats on the top five countries by active daily participation.
Country
Number Of Steam Users
United States
13.7 million
China
11.4 million
Russia
9.5 million
Brazil
4.9 million
Steam Key Statistics 2024
Steam’s total lifetime revenue is unclear.
The age group 20-29 has the largest number of Steam players.
When it comes to total sales, big franchises like Grand Theft Auto V or PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) are likely contenders, but official lifetime sales data isn’t readily available from Steam.
Over the last few years, Steam generated revenue equal to $10 billion in 2021 and $8.56 billion in 2023.
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