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Steam hits 30 million concurrent users.

The gaming platform’s latest milestone was achieved this weekend, with games like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive alone achieving over a million daily concurrent players. It’s taken Steam eight months to beat its own record, having hit 29 million concurrent players back in January 2022.

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