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Steam continues to break record after record. Valve's platform and its biggest hit have never attracted so many players

Valve's platform has broken another record for activity, and its biggest hit - Counter-Strike 2 - is not far behind. Much of this is due to the Spring Sale on Steam.

Michal Harat

Steam continues to break record after record. Valve's platform and its biggest hit have never attracted so many players, image source: Valve.
Steam continues to break record after record. Valve's platform and its biggest hit have never attracted so many players Source: Valve.

was 20 million, and just at the beginning of March this year, it doubled.

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The Spring Sale undoubtedly had an impact on the increase in the number of Steam s. The Steam Spring Sale 2025, where many games and DLCs were on sale, likely drew in crowds of players searching for deals.

Counter-Strike 2 in record-breaking form

Counter-Strike 2 also achieved a fantastic result. At its peak, the game attracted 1,824,989 players simultaneously, thereby setting a new activity record. This is the best result in the series' history and another proof of the title's enduring popularity.

On X, popular dataminer Gabe Follower referred to the above success of CS, ironically suggesting that the record number of players might be the result of bot farm activity: "Get ready to unload your comments about the Chinese bot farms below."

R.E.P.O - new hit on Steam

Among the record holders, we can also add an unexpected Steam star - R.E.P.O., a cooperative horror game with very good reviews. The game reached its highest score yesterday, attracting over 207,000 s simultaneously (via SteamDB). Since its release (February 26th) in Early Access, REPO has been regularly breaking its own records and enjoying great reception, maintaining 96% positive reviews.

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Michal Harat

Author: Michal Harat

He graduated in Polish philology with a specialization in journalism at the University of Gdańsk. He fell in love with games at the age of 4, when his older cousin turned on his dusty Pegasus. He completed his first title, Wolfenstein 3D, in the basement of his friend from kindergarten (his father kept an outdated PC there). Today, he plays almost exclusively on consoles, mainly on Switch and PlayStation, but he also has a lot of retro equipment on which he makes up for what he missed as a child. He says about every soulsborne production that "it's a good game, maybe the best." In his free time, he reads books that no one is interested in and goes to the gym. He is a fan of the Berserk manga and films from the A24 production company.