A great reference in digital game stores is undoubtedly Steam. Many people like it, while others also dislike it for various reasons, but there is no doubt that Valve is constantly trying to stay in this position. Whether thanks to the extensive catalog, the usual addition of new features and even bets on the device market, sometimes successful like the Steam Deck, others much less fortunate like the Steam Machine.

During these years of course rivals appeared to try to oppose him, but so far the only digital game store that has come to the fore has been the Epic Games Store, which is still not very close to Steam in terms of numbers. Other stores like GOG and Itch.io have chosen by their origins to specialize in very specific markets, so they are not a threat to Steam, but they are not a threat to Valve’s store either.

So in this dominant position It’s normal to see growth milestones from time to time in its numbers and just last weekend a recent and remarkable one was achieved, with no less than 34 million users connected at the same time. It’s true, yes, that number includes all connected users, not just those who play, but we’re still talking about a spectacular figure and a sign that the store, which was launched more than 20 years ago, still has a long way to go.

We didn’t expect this number to be surpassed so quickly by the new brand, which it did. And as we see in SteamDB, Steam has once again broken its record, now with more than 35 million users connected simultaneously. The exact peak dates are 35,385,530 connected users and 11,117,276 simultaneous players, although in the latter case we are not talking about a record, because in the last 30 days alone, 11,155,445 concurrent players have already been registered, and the highest number in this sense since the data exists , took place in January of this year with 11,582,167 participants.

The most interesting thing is that we also have fun a week in which there was no exceptionally relevant launch, we’re not talking about steady numbers in a year-long premiere. No, we see that Steam continues to grow, to the delight of its users and especially Valve, one of the great forerunners of digital distribution.