# For the second time this year, Steam has set a major new concurrent user record

> There's clearly no stopping Steam's continued growth. Valve's PC digital store and social platform set a new user concurrent record on Sunday, with a staggering 43,505,724 million users (via SteamDB).

- **Source:** [Eurogamer](https://www.eurogamer.net/steam-new-user-concurrent-record-october-2026?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6accd0bcc2f0d19de4645bbc)
- **Published:** 2026-10-12
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #steam
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6accd0bcc2f0d19de4645bbc

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