Steam has broken yet another user count record, thanks in large part to the astonishing (and, perhaps most importantly, continuing) success of single-player action RPG Black Myth: Wukong.
As noted by Steam tracking site SteamDB, Valve's gaming platform broke 37 million users this weekend, reaching an impressive total of 37,266,324 users within the last few days.
To remind you, the last time Steam broke its user record was around the time of July's summer sale, when the platform managed to reach 36,928,521 users online at the same time. This weekend's record therefore represents a jump of around 300,000 users, which is not too shabby.
According to SteamDB's data, Black Myth: Wukong has managed to reach a concurrent player count of 2,130,243 over the last 24 hours, easily shattering its record-breaking launch day player count record.
Of course, players were enjoying other games over the weekend as well; perennially popular games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and PUBG: Battlegrounds (as well as definitely-not-a-cynical-moneymaking-exercise Banana) scored big user numbers this weekend too.
Still, the fact that a single-player game has managed to amass these kinds of numbers is very impressive indeed, especially considering that Wukong is leagues ahead of the highest player count achieved by hugely popular RPG Baldur's Gate 3 (which, yes, does technically feature multiplayer).
It also demonstrates that the controversy surrounding the document sent to streamers by Black Myth: Wukong's publisher hasn't really dented the game's sales. It's worth noting, though, that the vast majority of Wukong's player base is in China, where the story may not have been quite as controversial.
It remains to be seen whether Steam will break the 38 million user count at some point in the next few months, although if the platform keeps going at its current pace, that seems inevitable. Stay tuned for more on this and all other things Steam.
