https://wccftech.com/steam-breaks-concurrent-player-record-for-the-third-time-in-a-month-on-its-way-to-30-million-concurrent-users/

Everyone’s been at home more often than not following the state of affairs since the middle of 2020. Since we’re stuck home, we wind up turning to digital forms of entertainment, such as YouTube or playing video games. The latter is what we’re discussing today, as Steam’s popularity continues to rise.

The service, originally created all the way back in 2003, has gone through many changes, game releases, store updates, and more in the almost two decades it’s existed. It’s also been one of, if not, the, most popular storefronts for PC gamers. As we draw closer to February 2022, this trend hasn’t changed.