Covid-19 Quarantine, Steam Breaks Record With Nearly 20 Million Active Users!
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about a virus called COVID-19 which has attacked dozens of countries in the world. The spread of COVID-19 has had an impact on many things, one of which is the cancellation of game exhibition events that have been held regularly every year.
The spread of COVID-19 also requires us to do everything at home including work, avoid crowds, and close schools. Many people follow calls in various countries to isolate themselves at home, there are many things that can be done at home such as watching television, playing games, and so on.
Steam Breaks Record With Nearly 20 Million Active Users
The call that requires people to self-isolate has an impact on increasing the number of active players on Steam. They set a new record for the number of active players at the same time, it was reported that the figure reached almost 20 Million people.
Data taken from Steam’s tracker statistics on March 15 yesterday alone recorded 20,245,755 players playing simultaneously with 6,326,383 players playing in the game. The reason for the increase in the number of players is allegedly due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus outbreak.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Hits 1 Million Active Players!
In addition to the number of simultaneously active players, on steamdb.info there are also details of the most played games. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive had touched the number of 1 million active players, in the second position was Dota 2 which at that time touched the figure of approximately 600 thousand active players.
Since the increase in the number of active players, the game rankings in the games column that have been played the most on steam have not changed. In the third position there is PUBG which touched the number of 300,115 active players simultaneously. While the position below is Grand Theft Auto V and Rainbow Six Siege.
