2017 has been a great year for PC gaming thanks to some excellent exclusive games and ports of console titles, but it seems like the best had yet to come regarding Steam, as a new all-time highest users peak has been reached recently.
According to Steam DB, an all-time peak of 17,683,804 users has been reached 2 days ago. Yesterday, the number dropped slightly, but it was still above 17 million users, 17,557,288 users. Among the games that have contributed the most to these numbers if PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, which contributed around 3 million users.
The Steam Autumn Sale 2017 is also helping in getting these very high numbers. The sale, which will run until tomorrow, November 28th, includes some very impressive deals for games like Assassin's Creed Origins, Dark Souls III, Fallout 4, Grand Theft Auto V, Middle-Earth: Shadow of War and many others.
- Assassin’s Creed Origins – $49.99 (17% off)
- Cities: Skylines – $7.49 (75% off)
- Civilization VI – $29.99 (60% off)
- Counter-Stroke: Global Offensive – $9.99 (33% off)
- Dark Souls III – $23.99 (60% off)
- Dead by Daylight – $9.99 (50% off)
- Dead Space 2 – $4.99 (75% off)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – $8.99 (85% off)
- Dirt 4 – $23.99 (60% off)
- Dishonored: Death of the Outsider – $14.99 (50% off)
- Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition – $13.49 (66% off)
- Doom – $14.99 (50% off)
- Dying Light – $17.99 (55% off)
- Elite Dangerous – $13.49 (55% off)
- Fallout 4 – $14.99 (50% off)
- Friday the 13th: The Game – $9.99 (50% off)
- Ghost Recon Wildlands – $29.99 (50% off)
- Grand Theft Auto V – $29.99 (50% off)
- Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice – $22.49 (25% off)
- Just Cause 3 – $7.49 (85% off)
- LA Noire – $8.99 (70% off)
- Left 4 Dead 2 – $1.99 (90% off)
- Little Nightmares – $9.99 (50% off)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of War – $35.99 (40% off)
- NieR: Automata – $35.99 (40% off)
- Prey – $19.99 (50% off)
- Project Cars 2 – $35.99 (40% off)
- Rainbow Six Siege – $7.49 (50% off)
- Resident Evil 7 – $29.99 (50% off)
- Resident Evil: Revelations 2 – $0.65 (87% off)
- Rise of the Tomb Raider – $19.79 (67% off)
- Rocket League – $9.99 (50% off)
- Ruiner – $13.49 (33% off)
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VI – $29.99 (50% off)
- Skyrim Special Edition – $19.99 (50% off)
- Sniper Elite 4 – $20.39 (66% off)
- South Park: The Fractured But Whole – $44.99 (25% off)
- Stardew Valley – $9.99 (33% off)
- Tekken 7 – $24.99 (50% off)
- The Evil Within 2 – $29.99 (50% off)
- The Long Dark – $13.99 (60% off)
- The Orange Box – $1.99 (90% off)
- The Witcher III: Wild Hunt – $19.99 (50% off)
- The Witness – $15.99 (60% off)
- Total War: Warhammer – $20.39 (66% off)
- Undertale – $4.99 (50% off)
- Watch Dogs 2 – $20.39 (66% off)
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – $29.99 (50% off)
- Wolfenstein Two Pack (The New Order/Old Blood) – $14.99 (50% off)
- XCOM 2 (67% off)
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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