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Steam had more players and playtime than ever in 2021Including 69m daily active players
Including 69m daily active players
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Those efficiencies are increasingly important as Steam and game download sizes grow. Steam’s growth figures are large, too, even when compared to the large, pandemic-fuelled growth of 2020. In 2021, the service had 132m monthly active users, 69m daily active users, 27.4m peak concurrent players, 31.2m new purchasers, and 21% more playtime than 2020.
A lot of the feature updates described in the post are those designed to benefit developers, from UTM tracking to help measure external marketing campaigns, to Steam Playtest making free open beta testing easier, to the expansion of Steam Remote Play and the launch of the Steam Deck. There’s also discussion of front-facing changes to the store, including the continuing Steam Next Fests and growth of seasonal sales.
The full post is long and packed with stats not mentioned here,so take a look.
