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: Today it just got a new record again! A few hours after I posted this post, lol. To me stats and numbers are interesting. New numbers:

Peak Online: 37,497,703

Date: 2026-05-22

  • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 hour 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
      1·
      1 hour 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.