https://store.steampowered.com/charts/

Peak Online: 37,185,128

Date: 2026-05-19

A new record has been reached. And I feel like Saubnatica 2 and Forza Horizon 6 are partially responsible for this new peak. I don’t see anyone talking or posting about this new logged in users of Steam.

EDIT SECOND TIME: Today it just got a new record again!:

Peak Online: 39,532,653

Date: 2026-05-23

  • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldBanned from communityEnglish
    28·
    2 months ago

    After killing the competition with exclusivity deals and shoehorning itself into physical copies as DRM.

    I know you weren’t born when that happened, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.

      • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldBanned from communityEnglish
        37·
        2 months ago

        Except they kinda did.

        They pay publishers to use Steam as DRM for physical releases.

        If you wanted to play the game on PC, you needed Steam.

        • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
          51·
          2 months ago

          First, this is not what you said earlier, its a different statement. Also… where do you get that Valve pays publishers to use Steam as DRM? And therefore forces them a kind of exclusivity deal? No, Valve does not do that.

          • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldBanned from communityEnglish
            12·
            2 months ago

            They did.

            They don’t need to anymore because they killed the market of physical discs for PC games.

            • thingsiplay@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
              21·
              2 months ago

              I ask again: Where did you get that idea from? Any source other than “trust me bro” statement? Valve did not, unless you can proof your extraordinary claim with an extraordinary source.

        • doublah@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          41·
          2 months ago

          Publishers used Steam for physical releases because Valve takes no fee for CD keys, so it was cheaper for them.