Steam Player Count
How many people are signed into Steam right now, and how that number rises and falls through the day.
Logged in now
27,058,183
Peak (24h)
37,691,523
Low (24h)
23,890,025
Day/night swing
37%
Peak (2d)
41,395,704
Accounts signed into Steam, not players in a game. Peak and low cover the last 24 hours, not Steam's all-time record. The swing is how far the platform falls from its daily peak to its overnight low.
Steam Users Logged In
Last 2 days, UTC - the daily rhythm of the whole platform
Frequently Asked Questions
How many players are on Steam right now?
The figure at the top of this page is Valve's own count of accounts signed into Steam, and it updates every few minutes. It moves by millions across a single day, peaking in the European evening and bottoming out overnight, so the answer depends heavily on when you look.
Is the Steam player count the same as players in a game?
No. This counts accounts signed into Steam, which includes everyone sitting in their library, browsing the store or leaving the client open in the background. The number actually playing something is a good deal smaller. A single game's concurrent players, like the CS2 or Dota 2 charts, is a third figure again.
Does the Steam player count include console players?
No. Steam is a PC platform, so this covers Windows, macOS, Linux and Steam Deck. Players on PlayStation, Xbox or Switch never appear here. That is why a cross-platform game's Steam number is only a slice of its real audience, and why it is the wrong figure to quote for a console-led release.
How often does the Steam player count update?
Valve samples its own figure roughly every five minutes and keeps about 48 hours of history before dropping the oldest points. This page reads that feed directly for the live number, so the headline is within a few minutes of Valve's latest sample, and the chart is our own stored copy of the window.
What is Steam's highest player count ever?
Steam's record tends to fall in early January, when the winter sale and holiday downtime overlap. Valve publishes only a rolling 48-hour window, so the all-time figure cannot be read from the source itself and comes from sites that have been recording it for years. The peak shown here is the highest point in the last 24 hours.