Over 30 million people simultaneously played video games on October 23rd, according to SteamDB. The most well-known of these were PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Apex Legends, Lost Ark, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and (PUBG). Not all 30 million gamers were actively participating in a specific game, but most probably were perusing the Steam Store, discussing in community forums, and more.

The worldwide health crisis has repeatedly caused Steam's concurrent user count to exceed one million. The peak concurrent user count was 27.3 million over Thanksgiving weekend in 2021. Only a few weeks later, it had 28 million simultaneous users. It has now, for the first time, reached the milestone of 30 million modern users after another month of sustained development