Steam hits new all-time high of over 43 million concurrent users just 7 months after its last record

We regularly report on individual games breaking their concurrent player records on Steam, but this time the focus is on Valve's storefront itself. This month, October 2026, the marketplace hit a new all-time record for concurrent users, safely leapfrogging the previous benchmark. Per SteamDB, Valve's platform had a ridiculous 43,505,724 people using it at once during October 11. Steam on track to earn a record $20 billion this year thanks to games like The Witcher 3 Remastered and Wardogs, analyst says after a massive September.