Steam reached 120 million monthly active users in 2020

In context: Like numerous other digital home entertainment services (such as Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+), Steam took off in appeal throughout 2020. This was no excellent surprise provided the lockdowns and stay-at-home orders troubled the general public due to the Covid-19 pandemic, however regardless, it was an amazing year for PC players.

With that stated, even Valve itself most likely could not have actually forecasted simply how explosive its development would end up being towards the latter half of the year. In 2020, the massively-popular video gaming platform reached the 120 million month-to-month active gamers turning point, which is a huge advance.

For referral, Steam’s equivalent 2019 figure sat at 95 million month-to-month active users, so 2020 brought a boost of a minimum of 25 million gamers. On an equally-impressive note, Steam likewise handled to draw in 24.8 million peak concurrent gamers.

Those gamers likewise purchased more video games than ever previously– a 21.4 percent boost over 2019– and they invested more time i n stated video games. To be more particular, Steam saw typical playtimes increase by 50.7 percent throughout the board compared to 2019.

Once Again, this isn’t a shock due to the increased downtime a number of us had in 2020 (willingly or otherwise), however that hasn’t stopped Valve from extoling it.

All of this details comes thanks to Steam’s newest “Year In Evaluation” article. The post consists of a couple of other juicy bits, too– for instance, controller usage escalated in 2020, according to Valve.

46.6 million users chose to utilize a gamepad as their input technique of option throughout the whole year, versus 2019’s 31.8 million. VR profits likewise saw a great increase on Steam, increasing 71 percent year-over-year.

Half-Life: Alyx is accountable for the bulk of that boost (39 percent), however other VR video game sales likewise saw excellent success, increasing profits by the staying 32 percent.

With all of this in mind, now comes the concern: can Steam keep all of this success in the long term? As PC lovers, we hope so, however just time will inform.