Steam has launched its 2020 “Year in Review”, an analysis of how things were last troubled year, and it has been revealed that 50.7% more was played on the platform than in 2019.
From Steam they know perfectly that the COVID-19 epidemic has been (and continues to be) an enhancer because people have to stay at home, and that represents a significant increase that begins with lockdowns in mid-March.
This situation has led to a new record for Steam, including reaching 120 million active players per month, 62.2 million active per day, 24.8 million simultaneous players, 2.6 million purchases per month and 21 ‘4% more games purchased than in 2019, in addition to the 50.7% increase in hours played compared to the 2019 statistics.
The increase in shopping and gaming has led traffic to increase between 30 and 40% in total traffic in terms of downloads, which Cyberpunk 2077 also helped, breaking records by reaching 52 terabytes per second; this is doubling the previous record.
